Ivanova Cruises to Victory in Sigulda

From Sigulda, LAT

(Jan. 12, 2019) – It’s rare to have a race where Natalie Geisenberger is plain out-raced, but in Sigulda Tatyana Ivanova did just that.

Ivanova, who holds the track record in Sigulda, was the quickest in both heats on her way to a .128 second victory over Geisenberger for her first win of the 2018/2019 season.

After the start (where Ivanova was third quickest), Ivanova was the quickest at every timing line to the finish.

Geisenberger finished second, ahead of American Summer Britcher.

The bronze medal for Britcher was her third straight medal (silver in the Lake Placid sprint and in Königssee).

Italian Andrea Vötter missed the podium by .004, finishing fourth, ahead of Nations Cup winner Kendija Aparjode, and Tatjana Hüfner.

Brittney Arndt finished 16th on the second American sled.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Tatyana Ivanova	RUS	23	1.639	1.636	42.272	42.064	1:24.336
2	Natalie Geisenberger	GER	24	1.661	1.653	42.337	42.127	1:24.464
3	Summer Britcher	USA	22	1.661	1.664	42.427	42.259	1:24.686
4	Andrea Vötter	ITA	17	1.649	1.644	42.444	42.246	1:24.690
5	Kendija Aparjode	LAT	15	1.666	1.671	42.444	42.270	1:24.714
6	Tatjana Hüfner	GER	20	1.636	1.634	42.541	42.287	1:24.828
7	Eliza Cauce	LAT	7	1.642	1.637	42.570	42.368	1:42.938
8	Dajana Eitberger	GER	25	1.655	1.655	42.529	42.422	1:24.951
9	Julia Taubitz	GER	21	1.675	1.667	42.587	42.435	1:25.022
10	Ulla Zirne	LAT	18	1.682	1.687	42.691	42.473	1:25.164
11	Ekaterina Baturina	RUS	14	1.642	1.656	42.701	42.465	1:25.166
12	Ekaterina Katnikova	RUS	12	1.666	1.667	42.715	42.570	1:25.285
13	Birgit Platzer	AUT	13	1.680	1.671	42.794	42.508	1:25.302
14	Madeleine Egle	AUT	11	1.638	1.635	42.609	42.785	1:25.394
15	Raluca Stramaturaru	ROU	10	1.693	1.681	42.817	42.727	1:25.544
16	Brittney Arndt	USA	19	1.713	1.692	43.123	42.918	1:26.041
17	Sandra Robatscher	ITA	5	1.646	1.677	42.766	43.276	1:26.042
18	Olena Stetskiv	UKR	8	1.695	1.688	43.061	42.997	1:26.058
19	Natalie Maag	SUI	9	1.691	1.691	43.189	42.930	1:26.119
20	Aileen Frisch	KOR	7	1.658	1.660	43.317	43.146	1:26.463
21	Klaudia Domaradzka	POL	6	1.723	1.721	43.414	43.576	1:26.990
22	Veronica Maria Ravenna	ARG	4	1.719	1.719	43.619	43.529	1:27.148
23	Hyesun Jung	KOR	2	1.710	1.709	44.879	43.396	1:28.275
24	Mihaela-Carmen Manolescu	ROU	3	1.720	1.727	44.736	44.358	1:29.094
25	Sin-Rong Lin	TPE	1	1.766	1.784	44.322	45.656	1:29.978