Chen Doubles Up in Lake Placid

From Lake Placid, USA

Dec. 6, 2020 – Wenhao Chen swept Monday’s one-heat skeleton races with a gold in the back half of the double-header.

Once again, Chen had the second quickest start, and once again he beat the competition handily, this time by .6 over Chris Strup.

Strup scored his second consecutive silver medal in IBSF North American Cup competition, edging out China’s Zilong Zhu by .04 for the spot.

Zhu finished with his first career bronze medal, .12 ahead of Ander Mirambell in fourth.

The United States’ Daniel Barefoot finished fifth, while Zheng Yin finished sixth on the strength of the quickest start of the competition.

Kyler Sultemeier finished with his second consecutive 12th place finish, while Hunter Williams scored a career-best finish, tied for 14th with Jeff Bauer.

For Canada, Troy Wilson led the way in 16th, while Jordan Rwiyamilira, Patrick Farias, and James Airey finished just behind him in 17th through 19th, respectively.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start	Finish
1	Wenhao Chen	CHN	13	4.80	53.73
2	Chris Strup	USA	7	4.87	54.33
3	Zilong Zhu	CHN	15	4.89	54.37
4	Ander Mirambell	ESP	6	5.22	54.49
5	Daniel Barefoot	USA	4	5.01	54.62
6	Zheng Yin	CHN	12	4.77	54.69
7	Hayisaer Asaierhazi	CHN	9	4.90	54.80
8	Joel Seligstein	ISR	1	5.35	55.20
9	Rin Kinoshita	JPN	8	4.94	55.50
10	Akwasi Frimpong	GHA	10	5.20	55.83
11	Dean Timmings	AUS	11	5.23	55.84
12	Kyler Sultemeier	USA	17	5.28	55.95
13	Peter Makrides	AUS	5	5.17	56.04
14	Hunter Williams	USA	20	5.16	56.30
14	Jeff Bauer	LUX	3	5.38	56.30
16	Troy Wilson	CAN	14	5.15	56.33
17	Jordan Rwiyamilira	CAN	18	5.04	56.87
18	Patrick Farias	CAN	2	5.46	57.11
19	James Airey	CAN	16	5.07	57.23
20	Jorge Caracassis	ARG	21	4.99	58.49
21	Jonathan Yaw	AUS	22	5.49	59.10
22	Joe Della Santina	NZL	19	6.10	59.40