2016 IBSF World Championships – Men’s Skeleton

February 19, 2016 ken News, Skeleton News 0

From Igls, AUT

Martins Dukurs. That’s all that really needs to be said. The Dukurs was fastest in all four heats, setting a track record in both of the final heats, and utterly dominating the 2016 World Championships by well over a second. The championship is his fourth (2011, 2012, 2015).

Dukurs held off two men who could have kept it close with their ability at the top of the track, but neither Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov or Korea’s Sungbin Yun could keep pace with the Latvian. Tretiakov came into the third run just .02 ahead of Yun, pulling away by another .05 in his third run. On the fourth run, Tretiakov once again used a monster start to pull out ahead, but erratic sliding brought him back to the Korean, and at the end of over 4,800 meters of sliding, Tretiakov and Yun were tied for silver.

Axel Jungk was the top-finishing German in fourth, ahead of Nikita Tregybov of Russia in fifth. Tomass Dukurs finished sixth.

Nathan Crumpton led the way for the United States with an eighth place finish in his first World Championships, finishing one position ahead of Olympic medalist Matt Antoine. Kyle Brown made sure all three Americans made the top 15 with a 13th place finish.

Dom Parsons led the way for Great Britain with a tenth place finish, while teammate David Swift had a substantially better second day of racing, moving up to 16th place when everything was all said and done.

Dave Greszczyszyn finished 14th as the top finishing Canadian. Barrett Martineau finished 19th after a major mistake in his third run, while Evan Neufeldt finished 26th to round out the Canadian effort.

Rhys Thornbury finished 24th for New Zealand, while AJ Edelman finished 33rd for Israel.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
1 Martins Dukurs LAT 2 52.14 52.50 52.11 52.09 3:28.84
2 Sungbin Yun KOR 3 52.57 52.62 52.37 52.41 3:29.97
2 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 5 52.49 52.68 52.32 52.48 3:29.97
4 Axel Jungk GER 4 52.78 52.71 52.67 52.55 3:30.71
5 Nikita Tregybov RUS 8 52.84 53.00 52.61 52.51 3:30.96
6 Tomass Dukurs LAT 1 52.90 52.86 52.74 52.72 3:31.22
7 Kilian von Schleinitz GER 14 53.02 53.01 53.01 52.89 3:31.93
8 Nathan Crumpton USA 16 53.22 53.05 52.87 52.98 3:32.12
9 Matthew Antoine USA 7 53.18 53.19 52.83 53.03 3:32.23
10 Dominic Parsons GBR 6 53.12 53.22 53.07 52.88 3:32.29
11 Michael Zachrau GER 9 53.17 53.16 53.15 52.89 3:32.37
12 Pavel Kulikov RUS 13 53.34 53.13 53.05 53.08 3:32.60
13 Kyle Brown USA 15 53.46 53.12 53.20 52.92 3:32.70
14 Dave Greszczyszyn CAN 10 53.28 53.42 53.04 53.05 3:32.79
15 Mattia Gaspari ITA 12 53.43 53.25 53.20 53.17 3:33.05
16 David Swift GBR 23 53.74 53.33 53.03 53.10 3:33.20
17 Florian Auer AUT 28 53.39 53.23 53.46 53.32 3:33.40
18 Alexander Auer AUT 19 53.43 53.60 53.18 53.37 3:33.58
19 Barrett Martineau CAN 11 53.53 53.60 53.33 53.29 3:33.75
20 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 17 53.85 53.70 53.13 53.26 3:33.94
21 Hansin Lee KOR 18 53.66 53.69 53.37 2:40.72
22 Macro Rohrer SUI 24 53.66 53.69 53.48 2:40.83
23 Ronald Auderset SUI 26 53.73 53.78 53.45 2:40.96
24 Rhys Thornbury NZL 20 53.90 53.57 53.51 2:40.98
25 Alexander Mutovin RUS 21 53.54 53.91 53.58 2:41.03
26 Evan Neufeldt CAN 22 53.95 53.68 53.40 2:41.03
27 Ander Mirmabell ESP 25 53.93 54.07 53.37 2:41.37
28 Joseph Luke Cecchini ITA 27 54.26 53.98 53.54 2:41.78
29 Philipp Mölter CZE 29 54.49 54.49 54.47 2:43.45
30 Dean Timmings AUS 30 54.84 55.20 54.62 2:44.66
31 Mihai Pacioianu ROU 33 55.48 54.87 54.86 2:45.21
32 Michael Jakobczyk POL 32 55.14 55.67 54.54 2:45.35
33 Adam Edelman ISR 31 55.59 55.49 54.62 2:45.70
34 Denis Lorencic SLO 34 56.34 55.66 55.74 2:47.74