Tretiakov Wins Third of the Season

From Lake Placid, USA

(Feb. 16, 2019) – Alexander Tretiakov won his third race of the season, edging out Martins Dukurs and Sungbin Yun for gold.

The Russian was the fastest in both heats, saving his best start for the final run of the day. Tying Dukurs with a 4.78 start, Tretiakov looked to be falling back to Dukurs. Tretiakov found speed at the bottom of the track where few had and came back to win his third gold medal of the season.

From L-R: (Top) Dukurs, Tretiakov, Yun (Bottom) Jungk, Tregubov, Grotheer

Dukurs finished second, holding back Yun by .11. Nikita Tregubov, Axel Jungk, and Christopher Grotheer rounded out the top six.

The United States had high hopes coming into their only home race of the year, and all three American men found themselves in the top ten at the end of the race. Greg West led the way in eighth place, just ahead of teammates Kyle Brown and Austin Florian who finished in ninth and tenth, respectively.

Dave Greszczyszyn was the top finishing Canadian with a 15th place run. Kevin Boyer finished in 18th, moving up from 20th in the first heat, while Kyle Murray just missed the second heat in 23rd.

Prior to today’s race, Marcus Wyatt said that he really enjoyed sliding in Lake Placid, and felt like he fit the track well. He finished with a seventh place showing, moving up from tenth in the first heat to just miss out on a top six. Craig Thompson finished 16th, just ahead of Jerry Rice in 17th.

With two races to go in Calgary, Tretiakov holds a 24 point lead over Sungbin Yun. Nikita Tregubov, Martins Dukurs, and Axel Jungk are all battling for third, well behind Tretiakov and Yun.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 9 4.81 4.78 53.47 53.72 1:47.19
2 Martins Dukurs LAT 12 4.80 4.78 53.58 53.75 1:47.33
3 Sungbin Yun KOR 6 4.85 4.70 53.71 53.73 1:47.44
4 Nikita Tregubov RUS 11 4.91 4.89 53.79 53.96 1:47.75
5 Axel Jungk GER 10 4.93 4.85 53.93 53.90 1:47.83
6 Christopher Grotheer GER 18 4.94 4.95 53.88 54.18 1:48.06
7 Marcus Wyatt GBR 7 4.91 4.85 54.22 54.11 1:48.33
8 Greg West USA 2 5.03 5.01 54.11 54.33 1:48.44
9 Kyle Brown USA 17 4.95 4.96 54.05 54.45 1:48.50
10 Austin Florian USA 20 4.87 4.89 54.12 54.40 1:48.52
11 Felix Keisinger GER 4 4.80 4.81 54.23 54.51 1:48.74
12 Vladslav Heraskevych UKR 8 5.16 5.16 54.58 54.40 1:48.98
13 Wengang Yan CHN 21 5.04 4.93 54.46 54.55 1:49.01
14 Vladislav Marhcenkov RUS 14 5.06 5.07 54.40 54.79 1:49.19
15 David Greszczyszyn CAN 16 5.04 5.01 54.49 54.80 1:49.29
16 Craig Thompson GBR 15 4.82 4.84 54.56 54.80 1:49.36
17 Jerry Rice GBR 5 4.88 4.88 54.89 55.01 1:49.90
18 Kevin Boyer CAN 19 5.04 5.01 55.04 54.96 1:50.00
19 Joseph Luke Cecchini ITA 23 5.13 5.13 55.00 55.15 1:50.15
20 Ander Mirambell ESP 3 5.32 5.28 54.97 55.38 1:50.35
21 Nicholas Timmings AUS 22 5.04 55.18
22 Alexander Hanssen NOR 1 4.96 55.26
23 Kyle Murray CAN 25 4.97 55.33
24 Florian Auer AUT 13 5.10 55.43