2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Women’s Skeleton – Race 3

From Königssee, GER

Tina Hermann dominated on home ice, setting a track record in the process.  The German broke the track record in both runs, finishing over a second ahead of teammate Jacqueline Lölling. Lölling had two flawless runs, hampered only by painfully slow starts at the top.

Marina Gilardoni scored her first ever World Cup medal with a bronze medal for Switzerland. Lelde Priedulena also wound up with a career-best finish in fourth, while Sophia Griebel put all three German sleds in the top five in fifth.  Jane Channel finished sixth for Canada.

Annie O’Shea led the way for the United States with a eighth place finish. Rookie teammate Kendall Wesenberg came into the second heat in tenth, but a rough start to her second run left her in 14th.

Canadian Elisabeth Vathje finished ninth in her first World Cup trip to Königssee, while Laura Deas and Donna Creighton finished tenth and 15th respectively for Great Britain.

Kim Meylemans was the biggest mover in the second run, moving up to seventh from 13th after a second run that broke the track record coming into today’s race.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Tina Hermann GER 10 51.63 51.41 1:43.04
2 Jacqueline Lölling GER 8 52.27 51.90 1:44.17
3 Marina Gilardoni SUI 4 52.33 52.27 1:44.60
4 Lelde Priedulena LAT 1 52.33 52.31 1:44.64
5 Sophia Griebel GER 7 52.66 52.36 1:45.02
6 Jane Channell CAN 2 52.41 52.75 1:45.16
7 Kim Meylemans BEL 9 53.18 52.04 1:45.22
8 Annie O’Shea USA 13 52.74 52.55 1:45.29
9 Elisabeth Vathje CAN 11 52.69 52.73 1:45.42
10 Laura Deas GBR 3 52.61 53.00 1:45.61
11 Janine Flock AUT 6 53.24 52.49 1:45.73
12 Elena Nikitina RUS 5 53.19 52.57 1:45.76
13 Maria Orlova RUS 16 53.01 52.78 1:45.79
14 Kendall Wesenberg USA 15 52.97 53.00 1:45.97
15 Donna Creighton GBR 14 53.09 52.99 1:46.08
16 Carina Mair AUT 17 53.42 52.89 1:46.31
17 Yulia Kanakina RUS 12 53.44 52.88 1:46.32
18 Jackie Narracott AUS 20 53.43 53.00 1:46.43
19 Joska Le Conte NED 18 53.44 53.07 1:46.51
20 Micaela Widmer SUI 19 53.68 53.65 1:47.33
21 Maria Marinela Mazilu ROU 22 53.91
22 Katie Tannenbaum ISV 21 55.22