From Lake Placid, USA
Dec. 1, 2019 – Below are results from the first Sprint World Cup of the season:
Doubles
Latvian brothers Andris and Juris Sics took gold in the doubles sprint event, edging Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken by just .006 for the spot. Eggert & Benecken’s German teammates Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt finished third despite the slowest start speed of the competition.
The win was the first ever for Sics & Sics in World Cup competition, and the first gold medal ever for Latvia in Lake Placid in 58 races.*
Tristan Walker & Justin Snith finished ninth as the lone Canadian duo in the field. The American team of Chris Mazdzer & Jayson Terdiman crashed in their World Cup race on Saturday and did not qualify for the sprint.
Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | St. Speed | Finish |
1 | Sics / Sics | LAT | 10 | 58.7 km/h | 37.218 |
2 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 14 | 57.5 | 37.226 |
3 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 15 | 57.0 | 37.255 |
4 | Yuzhakov / Prokhorov | RUS | 11 | 59.5 | 37.338 |
5 | Steu / Koller | AUT | 13 | 58.6 | 37.507 |
6 | Gudramovics / Kalnins | LAT | 8 | 58.8 | 37.549 |
7 | Geueke / Gamm | GER | 12 | 58.9 | 37.552 |
8 | Nagler / Malleier | ITA | 6 | 58.6 | 37.585 |
9 | Denisev / Antonov | RUS | 5 | 58.7 | 37.621 |
10 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 9 | 58.3 | 37.671 |
11 | Rieder / Rastner | ITA | 7 | 59.4 | 37.731 |
12 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 4 | 59.6 | 37.897 |
13 | Putins / Marcinkevics | LAT | 3 | 58.0 | 38.164 |
14 | Hol / Levkovych | UKR | 1 | 58.1 | 38.334 |
15 | Müller / Frauscher | AUT | 2 | 58.0 | DNF |
Women
Julia Taubitz swept the weekend for the women, adding a Sprint World Cup gold medal to her World Cup medal a day before. Behind her, the American women went 2-3-4, with Summer Britcher winning silver and Emily Sweeney taking bronze. Ashley Farquharson finished fourth in her first ever Sprint World Cup event. Tatyana Ivanova and Viktoriia Demchenko finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Trinity Ellis finished ninth as the top-finishing Canadian woman, with teammate Carolyn Maxwell behind her in 13th.
Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | St. Speed | Finish |
1 | Julia Taubitz | GER | 15 | 57.7 km/h | 37.187 |
2 | Summer Britcher | USA | 12 | 58.1 | 37.238 |
3 | Emily Sweeney | USA | 14 | 59.2 | 37.369 |
4 | Ashley Farquharson | USA | 7 | 56.5 | 37.456 |
5 | Tatyana Ivanova | RUS | 8 | 59.4 | 37.499 |
6 | Viktoriia Demchenko | RUS | 13 | 57.8 | 37.540 |
7 | Natalie Maag | SUI | 10 | 58.1 | 37.558 |
8 | Ekaterina Katnikova | RUS | 11 | 57.2 | 37.559 |
9 | Trinity Ellis | CAN | 2 | 56.4 | 37.562 |
10 | Kendija Aparjode | LAT | 4 | 58.0 | 37.582 |
11 | Anna Berreiter | GER | 1 | 58.3 | 37.615 |
12 | Ulla Zirne | LAT | 3 | 57.6 | 37.625 |
13 | Carolyn Maxwell | CAN | 5 | 58.5 | 37.705 |
14 | Jessica Tiebel | GER | 6 | 58.1 | 37.740 |
15 | Andrea Vötter | ITA | 9 | 58.4 | DSQ |
Men
Roman Repilov became the first men’s singles slider not named “Jonas Müller” to win gold in the 2019/2020 season, edging out Tucker West on West’s home ice in the process. Repilov overcame a 1.8 km/h speed deficit to edge West by .033.
Müller finished third to win his third medal in as many events, while Chris Mazdzer helped put two Americans in the top four with a fourth place finish. Dominik Fischnaller and Semen Pavlichenko finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Jonny Gustafson finished 7th as the third American in the field.
Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | St. Speed | Finish |
1 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 12 | 88.5 km/h | 32.158 |
2 | Tucker West | USA | 14 | 90.3 | 32.191 |
3 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 15 | 93.1 | 32.280 |
4 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 9 | 84.4 | 32.378 |
5 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 13 | 91.9 | 32.388 |
6 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 10 | 89.2 | 32.433 |
7 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 1 | 90.7 | 32.436 |
8 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 5 | 89.5 | 32.456 |
9 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 8 | 88.2 | 32.494 |
10 | Max Langenhan | GER | 7 | 89.8 | 32.523 |
11 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 2 | 89.5 | 32.568 |
12 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 11 | 91.5 | 32.624 |
13 | Felix Loch | GER | 4 | 91.5 | 32.640 |
14 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 6 | 89.9 | 32.831 |
15 | Maksim Aravin | RUS | 3 | 91.4 | DNF |
* Statistic provided by Associated Press’ Tim Reynolds