Tararychenkova Wins 1st EC Gold of the Season

From Igls, AUT

Jan. 10, 2020 – Alina Tararychenkova won her first IBSF European Cup gold medal of the season (and third all time) in Igls, coming from behind for the victory.

The Russian was just .01 out of the top spot after the first heat, trailing only Alessia Crippa of Italy. Her second run was the best of the competition and enough to snatch gold from the Italian.

The gold was the first at any level for Tararychenkova in almost two years, with her last also in Igls, while the silver for Crippa was a career best.

Finishing third was Valentina Margaglio, whose bronze medal was also a career best at any level.

German Sarah Wimmer finished fourth, ahead of Great Britain’s Amelia Coltman and Latvia’s Endija Terauda.

Hannah Stevenson helped put two British sleds in the top ten with her eighth place run, while teammate Rachel Hanagan finished 13th.

Sweden’s Leslie Stratton scored her first top ten in European competition, finishing tenth, while Kristen Hurley, the lone American in the field, finished 18th in her first trip to Austria.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Alina Tararychenkova RUS 6 5.43 5.38 54.61 54.26 1:48.87
2 Alessia Crippa ITA 9 5.40 5.36 54.60 54.52 1:49.12
3 Valentina Margaglio ITA 8 5.30 5.31 54.71 54.74 1:49.45
4 Sarah Wimmer GER 23 5.58 5.58 54.98 54.79 1:49.77
5 Amelia Coltman GBR 4 5.51 5.57 55.08 54.83 1:49.91
6 Endija Terauda LAT 7 5.65 5.62 54.81 55.13 1:49.94
7 Stefanie Votz GER 13 6.01 5.97 55.38 55.01 1:50.39
8 Hannah Stevenson GBR 15 5.46 5.46 54.96 55.48 1:50.44
9 Julia Simmchen GER 24 5.85 5.85 55.27 55.30 1:50.57
10 Leslie Stratton SWE 12 5.73 5.69 55.43 55.16 1:50.59
11 Darta Zunte LAT 17 5.74 5.71 55.44 55.31 1:50.75
12 Jinghua Qi CHN 10 5.52 5.61 55.83 55.17 1:51.00
13 Rachel Hanagan GBR 21 5.53 5.48 55.75 55.29 1:51.04
14 Hanna Staub GER 5 5.84 5.82 55.48 55.61 1:51.09
15 Shizuka Uehara JPN 18 5.54 5.54 55.54 55.70 1:51.24
16 Alessandra Fumagalli ITA 2 5.56 5.51 55.79 55.89 1:51.68
17 Alena Huber SUI 19 5.86 5.83 56.05 55.79 1:51.84
18 Kristen Hurley USA 11 5.61 5.58 56.05 55.88 1:51.93
19 Elena Scarpellini ITA 3 5.57 5.56 56.58 55.51 1:52.09
20 Chiara Mai AUT 14 6.08 6.10 55.97 56.50 1:52.47
21 Katrien de Neve BEL 16 5.98 56.74
22 Filippa Nordgren SWE 22 5.86 56.97
23 Paula Raul ESP 1 5.63 57.80
24 Joanna Lahovary Olsson SWE 20 6.15 57.83
25 Kateryna Kuts UKR 25 6.19 59.39