Zhu Sweeps Park City Gold

From Park City, USA

Dec. 10, 2019 – Yangqi Zhu of China won her third straight North American Cup gold medal, cruising to victory in Park City.

The Chinese slider had the fastest run in both heats on her way to a 1.8 second victory over Katie Tannenbaum, who finished second.

The win was the third in four career starts for Zhu, while the silver for Tannenbaum was a career-best finish at any level of IBSF racing.

Eunji Kim of Korea finished third for her second straight NAC medal.

The United States’ Michelle Toukan finished fourth, with Brazil’s Nicole Silveira fifth and Korea’s Jeonghyeok Lee sixth.

Lauren McDonald finished her first set of races in Park City with a second seventh place finish to go with a bronze medal the day before. Emily Schelberg finished 13th to round out the American effort.

For Canada, Janelle Khan led the way in ninth place. Sadie Johnson and Natalie Coughlin finished 14th and 15th, respectively.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Yangqi Zhu CHN 11 5.07 5.06 51.31 51.22 1:42.53
2 Katie Tannenbaum ISV 4 5.43 5.37 52.20 52.13 1:44.33
3 Eunji Kim KOR 12 5.12 5.19 52.03 52.52 1:44.55
4 Michelle Toukan USA 6 5.16 5.12 52.31 52.58 1:44.89
5 Nicole Silveira BRA 7 5.17 5.23 52.19 52.75 1:44.94
6 Jeonghyeok Lee KOR 9 5.28 5.24 52.76 52.21 1:44.97
7 Lauren McDonald USA 13 5.06 5.03 52.60 52.46 1:45.06
8 Carolin Andrae SUI 5 5.40 5.36 52.82 52.47 1:45.29
9 Janelle Khan CAN 2 5.26 5.29 52.36 53.28 1:45.64
10 Xiaojiao Du CHN 10 5.54 5.61 52.88 52.85 1:45.73
11 Seokju Yang KOR 16 5.37 5.23 53.26 53.45 1:46.71
12 Akane Jin JPN 8 5.34 5.28 52.94 53.88 1:46.82
13 Emily Schelberg USA 1 5.33 5.28 53.34 53.73 1:47.07
14 Sadie Johnson CAN 17 5.33 5.26 53.81 53.94 1:47.75
15 Natalie Coughlin CAN 15 5.15 5.13 53.15 54.68 1:47.83
16 Georgina Cohen ISR 19 5.68 5.65 54.06 53.89 1:47.95
17 Audra Segree JAM 18 5.21 5.27 53.77 54.39 1:48.16
18 Tirza Lara CAN 14 5.81 5.75 53.92 54.36 1:48.28
19 Paula Raul ESP 3 5.20 5.20 54.97 54.09 1:49.06