Germany Sweeps Men's EC Skeleton Podium

From Winterberg, GER

Dec. 8, 2019 – Lukas Nydegger led a German sweep of the men’s skeleton podium in the European Cup opener in a one-heat race.

Nydegger and teammates Felix Seibel and Martin Rosenberger sat atop the leaderboard after the first heat. Weather cut the race down to one heat, giving Germany all three medals.

The win was the first for Lukas Nydegger.

Russia’s Vladislav Semenov finished fourth, ahead of Latvia’s Krists Netlaus and Russia’s Dmitriy Gizitdinov, who finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Matt Weston was the top British slider in the field, finishing 15th. Laurence Bostock finished 21st and Ben Fulker 24th, with all three sliders making their first career start.

Austin McCrary finished 18th as the lone American in the field.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Run 1
1	Lukas Nydegger	GER	7	5.14	58.01
2	Felix Seibel	GER	5	5.14	58.18
3	Martin Rosenberger	GER	16	4.94	58.25
4	Vladislav Semenov	RUS	8	5.00	58.38
5	Krists Netlaus	LAT	6	4.99	58.47
6	Dmitriy Gizitdinov	RUS	1	5.15	58.51
7	Vladislav Marchenkov	RUS	4	5.12	58.60
8	Hiroatsu Takahashi	JPN	11	5.04	58.91
9	Ronald Auderset	SUI	12	5.07	59.21
9	Artem Drozdov	RUS	10	5.14	59.21
11	Amedeo Bagnis	ITA	18	4.90	59.29
12	Alexander Schlintner	AUT	13	5.14	59.34
13	Hayisaer Asaierhazi	CHN	23	5.01	59.37
14	Lucas Defayet	FRA	14	5.27	59.44
15	Matt Weston	GBR	28	5.01	59.47
16	Zilong Zhu	CHN	22	4.92	59.51
17	Elvis Veinbergs	LAT	15	5.22	59.62
18	Austin McCrary	USA	17	5.43	59.69
19	Mattia Gaspari	ITA	30	5.16	59.72
20	Mihai Pacioianu	ROU	9	5.08	59.76
21	Laurence Bostock	GBR	27	5.01	59.79
22	Gabriele Marenchino	ITA	2	5.16	59.80
23	Martins Muiznieks	LAT	21	5.10	59.85
24	Ben Fulker	GBR	35	5.06	59.92
25	Jean Buff	SUI	29	5.45	60.01
26	Ludwig Mannhardt	GER	32	5.40	60.21
27	Rasmus Johansen	DEN	31	5.29	60.26
28	Toshiki Kuroiwa	JPN	19	5.22	60.45
29	Maximilian Goldmann	SUI	20	5.57	60.96
30	Gregory Martin	RSA	25	5.55	60.99
31	Pietro Drovanti	ITA	24	5.15	61.06
32	Wicher Nijkamp	NED	3	5.23	61.24
33	Sandro Mai	AUT	33	5.22	61.44
34	Christofer Eriksson	SWE	26	5.34	62.87
35	Mike Schoutese	NED	34	5.78	64.05
36	Amadou Krubally	GAM	36	5.20	66.25