Lölling Wins World Cup Opener in Lake Placid

From Lake Placid, USA

Dec. 7, 2019 – It’s a new season for the IBSF World Cup, but very little has changed atop the leaderboard, with Jacqueline Lölling cruising to victory in Lake Placid.

Lölling entered the second heat .2 ahead of Austria’s Janine Flock. Lölling edged out Flock’s second run downtime to win by .24 over the Austrian.

Jacqueline Lölling (Courtesy IBSF TV)

Both women had equal start times in both heats that were well outside of the top 10.

Flock finished second, securing her fifth medal and sixth top five finish in nine World Cup starts in Lake Placid. Tina Hermann finished third for Germany.

Canada’s Mimi Rahneva fnished just outside of the medals in fourth place, while Elena Nikitina moved up from ninth to fifth. The United States’ Kendall Wesenberg moved up from eighth to sixth.

Meg Henry finished 12th, while Savannah Graybill finished 17th to round out the American effort. The United States will be on home ice again next week, with another race in Lake Placid.

Jane Channell finished just out side of the ten in eleventh place, while teammate Madi Charney finished 20th.

Aussie Jackie Narracott moved up from 18th in the first heat to finish 13th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Jacqueline Lölling GER 13 5.47 5.49 54.79 54.97 1:49.76
2 Janine Flock AUT 6 5.47 5.49 54.99 55.01 1:50.00
3 Tina Hermann GER 12 5.43 5.42 55.11 55.36 1:50.47
4 Mirela Rahneva CAN 11 5.32 5.29 55.10 55.44 1:50.54
5 Elena Nikitina RUS 8 5.14 5.11 55.38 55.17 1:50.55
6 Kendall Wesenberg USA 9 5.55 5.59 55.37 55.50 1:50.87
7 Anna Fernstädt CZE 19 5.60 5.60 55.19 55.71 1:50.90
8 Kim Meylemans BEL 17 5.39 5.41 55.26 55.65 1:50.91
9 Marina Gilardoni SUI 14 5.34 5.36 55.39 55.55 1:50.94
10 Laura Deas GBR 10 5.33 5.29 55.45 55.54 1:50.99
11 Jane Channell CAN 5 5.31 5.29 55.36 55.70 1:51.06
12 Megan Henry USA 1 5.26 5.35 55.44 55.69 1:51.13
13 Jaclyn Narracott AUS 23 5.49 5.47 55.72 55.45 1:51.17
14 Sophia Griebel GER 7 5.44 5.49 55.48 55.70 1:51.18
15 Savannah Graybill USA 18 5.54 5.55 55.57 55.86 1:51.43
16 Yulia Kanakina RUS 4 5.22 5.21 55.58 55.90 1:51.48
17 Kimberley Bos NED 16 5.42 5.48 55.44 56.06 1:51.50
18 Leslie Stratton SWE 24 5.60 5.63 55.77 55.83 1:51.60
19 Madelaine Smith GBR 15 5.38 5.33 55.52 56.32 1:51.84
20 Madison Charney CAN 2 5.45 5.47 55.82 56.20 1:52.02
21 Alina Tararychenkova RUS 22 5.29 55.83
22 Kimberley Murray GBR 20 5.40 55.97
23 Huiyang Lin CHN 3 5.43 56.24
24 Kellie Delka PUR 25 5.51 56.38
25 Valentina Margaglio ITA 21 5.32 56.39