2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Women’s Skeleton – Race 2

From Winterberg, GER

It was a Germany one-two in women’s skeleton, as Tina Hermann and Jacqueline Lölling dominated on home ice.  Hermann was the only slider with a combined time in the 1:57s, winning by .4 over teammate Lölling. With the win, Tina Hermann takes over the World Cup lead.

Jane Channell scored a bronze medal, leapfrogging British slider Laura Deas, who finished fourth.  Deas, the World Cup leader coming into this race, came into the second run in third, but couldn’t put together as clean of a run as Channell to drop back the one spot. German Sophia Griebel finished fifth, while Lelde Priedulena of Latvia scored her second top-six in as many races.

Annie O’Shea led the way for the United States in 11th, falling back one position from her first run. Teammate Kendall Wesenberg bested her Altenberg finish with a 12th place finish in Winterberg.

Elisabeth Vathje scored a ninth place finish for Canada, moving up three spots after her first run, while Donna Creighton finished 14th for Great Britain.

Swiss slider Marina Gilardoni was the big mover of the race, jumping five positions from 13th to eighth on the strength of the fastest time of the second run.  Jackie Narracott of Australia finished 18th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Tina Hermann GER 5 58.45 59.42 1:57.87
2 Jacqueline Lölling GER 7 58.69 59.58 1:58.27
3 Jane Channell CAN 9 59.21 59.54 1:58.75
4 Laura Deas GBR 1 59.00 59.96 1:58.96
5 Sophia Griebel GER 2 59.07 59.92 1:58.99
6 Lelde Priedulena LAT 6 59.23 59.87 1:59.10
7 Janine Flock AUT 8 59.35 59.80 1:59.15
8 Marina Gilardoni SUI 15 59.85 59.41 1:59.26
9 Elisabeth Vathje CAN 13 59.70 59.60 1:59.30
10 Kim Meylemans BEL 10 59.60 59.80 1:59.40
11 Annie O’Shea USA 12 59.54 59.87 1:59.41
12 Kendall Wesenberg USA 18 60.03 59.49 1:59.52
13 Elena Nikitina RUS 3 59.44 60.09 1:59.53
14 Donna Creighton GBR 11 59.87 60.08 1:59.95
15 Yulia Kanakina RUS 4 59.52 60.51 2:00.03
16 Maria Orlova RUS 14 60.38 60.16 2:00.54
17 Joska Le Conte NED 19 60.74 59.92 2:00.66
18 Jaclyn Narracott AUS 21 60.16 60.79 2:00.95
19 Micaela Widmer SUI 17 60.70 60.29 2:00.99
20 Carina Mair AUT 16 60.80 60.65 2:01.45
21 Maria Marinela Mazilu ROU 20 60.92