Tretiakov Edges Dukurs to Win Lake Placid Gold

From Lake Placid, USA

Dec. 13, 2019 – Alexander Tretiakov won his first gold medal of the 2019/2020 season, edging out Martins Dukurs for the spot.

L-R: Jungk, M. Dukurs, Tretiakov, Keisinger, T. Dukurs, Yun (SlidingOnIce.com)

Tretiakov broke a week-old track record in the first heat despite a very sloppy looking run to take a .03 advantage over Dukurs. On the second run the two veterans were nearly identical, separated by .01, giving Tretiakov a .04 second win over Dukurs.

Felix Keisinger, the former track record holder, finished third, moving up from sixth in the first heat. Teammate and Race 1 winner Axel Jungk finished fourth.

Tomass Dukurs popped the groove in the first heat and had a 16th place run. On the second heat he set the fast run of the heat, moving up from 16th to fifth.

Sungbin Yun finished sixth.

Great Britain put one slider in the top ten, with Marcus Wyatt finishing eighth. Behind him, Dom Parsons continued his comeback with a 17th place finish, while Craig Thompson finished 19th on the strength of the to fastest pushes of the competition.

Austin Florian led the way for the United States in 12th place. Alex Ivanov finished 15th and Andrew Blaser 22nd to round out the American effort.

Kevin Boyer and Kyle Murray finished 25th and 26th respectively for Canada.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 9 4.77 4.78 52.87 53.68 1:46.55
2 Martins Dukurs LAT 13 4.74 4.76 52.90 53.69 1:46.59
3 Felix Keisinger GER 6 4.80 4.81 53.25 53.72 1:46.97
4 Axel Jungk GER 12 4.80 4.81 53.14 53.88 1:47.02
5 Tomass Dukurs LAT 5 5.18 4.90 53.66 53.44 1:47.10
6 Sungbin Yun KOR 7 4.76 4.77 53.02 54.09 1:47.11
7 Nikita Tregubov RUS 4 4.82 4.81 53.04 54.09 1:47.13
8 Marcus Wyatt GBR 8 4.80 4.77 53.37 54.12 1:47.49
9 Alexander Gassner GER 11 4.91 4.91 53.38 54.16 1:47.54
10 Jisoo Kim KOR 19 4.81 4.86 53.46 54.13 1:47.69
11 Wengang Yan CHN 21 4.86 4.86 53.57 54.04 1:47.61
12 Austin Florian USA 17 4.87 4.89 53.50 54.14 1:47.64
13 Seunggi Jung KOR 18 4.79 4.82 53.44 54.25 1:47.69
14 Wenqiang Geng CHN 14 4.99 4.97 53.82 53.96 1:47.78
15 Alex Ivanov USA 1 4.97 4.97 53.45 54.44 1:47.89
16 Evgeniy Rukosuev RUS 10 5.01 5.01 53.47 54.51 1:47.98
17 Dominic Parsons GBR 16 4.99 5.02 53.81 54.36 1:48.17
18 Vladyslav Heraskevych UKR 15 4.98 4.99 53.79 54.47 1:48.26
19 Craig Thompson GBR 23 4.74 4.72 53.58 54.93 1:48.51
20 Nicholas Timmings AUS 22 5.01 5.05 53.84 54.87 1:48.71
21 Samuel Maier AUT 2 5.08 53.90
22 Andrew Blaser USA 24 4.91 53.91
23 Alexander Hanssen NOR 3 4.88 54.18
24 Florian Auer AUT 25 5.03 54.76
25 Kevin Boyer CAN 20 5.03 54.99
26 Kyle Murray CAN 26 5.00 55.02
27 Joel Seligstein ISR 27 5.25 55.77