Nydegger Slides to Igls Gold

February 9, 2024 ken European Cup News, News, Skeleton News 0

From Igls, AUT

(February 9, 2024) – Lukas Nydegger held off China’s Wenqiang Geng to win his second straight Europe Cup gold medal, this time in Igls.

Nydegger took a big lead (by Igls standards) over teammate Stefan Röttig, .27 seconds, with Great Britain’s Laurence Bostock and Geng in third and fourth, respectively.

In the second heat Geng put down what was the fastest run of the heat to take the lead from teammate Jing Zhang a lead that he held until the final run of the day.

That run belonged to Nydegger. As with most sliders in the second heat, Nydegger’s second effort was slower than the first, and not as quick as Geng’s. However, Nydegger kept it close and was able to still score a victory by over three tenths of a second.

Geng took silver, and Bostock bronze.

The victory for Nydegger was his third of the season, and sixth straight podium.

Geng’s silver was a season-best finish and his fourth medal on the season. For Bostock, the bronze was his third medal in four races.

Röttig and Zhang tied for fourth, only .02 off of the podium, while Italy’s Giovanni Marchetti rounded out the top six.

Kane Densley made a big move from 13th in the first heat to put a second British sled in the top ten in tenth. Patrick Atkin had trouble in his second run and finished 22nd.

The United States’ Nick Tucker finished tied for 14th, up from 18th in the first heat. Darryl Payne finished 24th, while Sam Allred finished 35th.

Australia’s Nick Timmings finished 16th, up from 17th in the first heat.

With one race left in the 2023/2024 IBSF Europe Cup season, Lukas Nydegger leads Cedric Renner by 34 points. Stefan Röttig is third, 70 points out of the lead, tied with Wenqiang Geng but ahead with the tiebreaker. Laurence Bostock is fifth.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Finish
1 Lukas Nydegger GER 10 5.04 5.11 52.55 53.24 1:45.79
2 Wenqiang Geng CHN 5 5.07 5.05 52.90 53.21 1:46.11
3 Laurence Bostock GBR 13 4.90 4.92 52.85 53.35 1:46.20
4 Stefan Röttig GER 4 4.89 4.87 52.82 53.40 1:46.22
4 Jing Zhang CHN 35 4.93 4.94 52.93 53.29 1:46.22
6 Giovanni Marchetti ITA 8 4.99 5.05 53.00 53.45 1:46.45
7 Cedric Renner GER 7 5.17 5.19 53.16 53.59 1:46.75
8 Manuel Schwärzer ITA 32 5.03 5.05 53.34 53.51 1:46.85
9 Ludwig Mannhardt GER 15 5.17 5.21 53.17 53.85 1:47.02
10 Kane Densley GBR 11 4.99 4.97 53.79 53.47 1:47.26
11 Timm Beiwinkler GER 6 5.15 5.18 53.47 53.86 1:47.33
12 Pietro Drovanti ITA 12 4.84 4.94 53.55 54.09 1:47.64
13 Gabriele Marenchino ITA 18 5.01 5.01 53.95 53.74 1:47.69
14 Joeri van Kuppeveld NED 16 4.94 4.99 53.89 54.16 1:48.05
14 Nicholas Tucker USA 14 5.08 5.12 54.14 53.91 1:48.05
16 Nicholas Timmings AUS 25 5.27 5.24 54.01 54.32 1:48.33
17 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 26 5.17 5.26 54.27 54.17 1:48.44
18 Cedrik Langer GER 9 5.16 5.21 54.21 54.27 1:48.48
19 Eloy Fernandez ESP 3 5.28 5.29 53.98 54.66 1:48.64
20 Yaroslav Lavreniuk UKR 22 5.25 5.32 54.20 54.52 1:48.72
21 Andrea Monti ITA 19 5.04 5.09 54.48 54.32 1:48.80
22 Patrick Atkin GBR 17 5.03 4.96 53.47 55.36 1;48.83
23 Lin-Wei Peng TPE 29 5.19 5.19 54.48 54.43 1:48.91
24 Darryl Payne USA 28 5.10 5.12 54.25 55.01 1:49.26
25 Maxime Mingeon FRA 23 5.25 5.29 54.56 54.82 1:49.38
26 Guido Persoon NED 20 4.97 54.63
27 Roman Tanzer AUT 21 5.14 54.66
28 Valentino Buff SUI 34 5.58 54.77
29 Bor van den Berg NED 24 5.10 54.92
30 Lorenzo Conti ITA 1 5.19 54.95
31 Gidon Bante NED 2 5.14 54.97
32 Andri Müller SUI 37 5.40 55.19
33 Samuele Battaini SUI 36 5.42 55.26
34 Vladyslav Klymenko UKR 30 5.37 55.62
35 Sam Allred USA 33 5.04 55.77
36 Marko Vincic SRB 31 5.63 57.38
DNS Bradley Nicol USA 27 DNS