Tregubov Stays Perfect at Junior World Championships

From St. Moritz, SUI

(Jan. 25, 2018) Nikita Tregubov won his fourth men’s skeleton IBSF Junior World Championship in as many tries, cruising to a .93 victory over teammate Vladislav Marchenkov.

The now four-time Junior World Champion was second-fastest off the top in both heats, and set the two fastest times in the race, well ahead of Marchenkov. His winning streak dates back to the 2015 Junior World Championships in Altenberg, where he tied with German Christopher Grotheer.

German Felix Keisinger beat out Evgeniy Rukosuev to break up a Russian sweep of the podium.

Rukosuev finished fourth, ahead of Katsuyuki Miyajima and Felix Seibel, who rounded out the top six.

The fifth place finish for Miyajima is the Japanese slider’s best ever finish outside of North America.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Nikita Tregubov RUS 15 4.88 4.85 68.05 68.31 2:16.36
2 Vladislav Marhcnekov RUS 13 4.95 4.92 68.53 68.76 2:17.29
3 Felix Keisinger GER 14 4.87 4.82 68.68 68.78 2:17.46
4 Evgeniy Rukosuev RUS 12 4.92 4.97 68.74 69.05 2:17.79
5 Katsuyuki Miyajima JPN 8 5.11 5.12 68.92 69.19 2:18.11
6 Felix Seibel GER 21 5.01 4.96 69.28 69.45 2:18.73
7 Krists Netlaus LAT 10 4.97 4.90 69.53 69.41 2:18.94
8 Wengqiang Geng CHN 11 4.98 4.98 69.65 69.62 2:19.27
9 Wengang Yan CHN 16 4.96 4.91 69.65 69.68 2:19.33
10 Mihail Sebastian Enache ROU 29 5.09 5.02 69.58 69.86 2:19.44
11 Samuel Maier AUT 7 5.15 5.14 69.66 69.84 2:19.50
12 Vladyslav Heraskevych UKR 9 5.22 5.18 69.83 70.04 2:19.87
13 Samuel Keiser SUI 25 5.15 5.11 70.00 69.95 2:19.95
14 Manuel Schwärzer ITA 6 5.19 5.14 69.89 70.26 2:20.15
15 Basil Sieber SUI 18 5.13 5.08 69.89 70.49 2:20.38
16 Mihai Daniel Pacioianu ROU 20 5.02 5.04 70.51 70.58 2:21.09
17 Alexander Schlintner AUT 17 5.10 5.06 70.18 70.96 2:21.14
18 Wenhao Chen CHN 24 5.02 4.99 70.18 71.08 2:21.26
19 Lucas Defayet FRA 19 5.14 5.12 70.71 70.60 2:21.31
20 Alexander Hestengen NOR 1 5.22 5.14 70.92 70.73 2:21.65
21 Michal Jakobczyk POL 22 4.99 70.94
22 Hakon Scheie NOR 3 5.61 71.42
23 Bram Zeegers NED 4 5.49 71.52
24 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 2 5.22 71.68
25 Sergi Belliver Catalan ESP 5 5.49 71.96