Seibel Wins European Cup Finale, Season Title

From Altenberg, GER

Jan. 25, 2020 – Felix Seibel closed out the 2019/2020 season with a sweep of the men’s skeleton races in Altenberg, he left Altenberg both with a pair of gold medals and the season title.

Seibel had the two fastest runs of the race on his way to a .71 second win over Russia’s Vladislav Semenov on his way to his third win of the season. Semenov finished second, ahead of American Samoa’s Nathan Crumpton.

The bronze medal for Crumpton was his first ever in Europe.

Great Britain’s Matt Weston finished fourth, ahead of Ludwig Mannhardt of Germany and Hiroatsu Takahashi, who rounded out the top six.

Seibel had already clinched the season title coming into the race, but solidified his spot with the final gold of the European Cup season. Semenov finished the season in second overall, while Krists Netlaus rounded out the top three in the season standings.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Felix Seibel GER 11 5.25 5.3 56.41 56.61 1:53.02
2 Vladislav Semenov RUS 13 5.11 5.08 57.12 56.87 1:53.99
3 Nathan Crumpton ASA 8 5.15 5.12 57.12 56.87 1:53.99
4 Matt Weston GBR 15 5.13 5.06 56.97 57.30 1:54.27
5 Ludwig Mannhardt GER 17 5.44 5.38 57.25 57.26 1:54.51
6 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 9 5.22 5.17 57.33 57.24 1:54.57
7 Cedric Renner GER 6 5.33 5.29 57.07 57.56 1:54.63
8 Stefan Röttig GER 16 5.08 5.03 57.42 57.28 1:54.70
9 Krists Netlaus LAT 5 5.11 5.08 57.24 57.50 1:54.74
10 Alexander Schlintner AUT 14 5.15 5.16 57.65 57.20 1:54.85
11 Dmitriy Gizitdinov RUS 19 5.21 5.27 57.93 57.71 1:55.64
12 Laurence Bostock GBR 21 5.12 5.15 57.68 58.35 1:56.03
13 Mihai Pacioianu ROU 4 5.14 5.08 58.55 57.72 1:56.27
14 Lucas Defayet FRA 10 5.36 5.30 58.36 58.07 1:56.43
15 Vladislav Marchenkov RUS 3 5.33 5.28 58.23 58.82 1:57.05
16 Austin McCrary USA 20 5.64 5.61 58.98 58.61 1:57.59
17 Toshiki Kuroiwa JPN 23 5.36 5.29 59.07 59.65 1:58.72
18 Pietro Drovanti ITA 25 5.34 5.36 59.84 59.35 1:59.19
19 Francesco Pellicani ITA 26 5.41 5.39 59.97 60.63 2:00.60
20 Elliott Brown AUS 1 5.59 60.14
21 Gabriele Marenchino ITA 2 5.17 60.68
22 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 22 5.55 61.01
23 Ben Fulker GBR 18 5.13 61.42
24 Denis Lorencic SLO 24 5.92 61.72
DSQ Nicholas Timmings AUS 7 5.45 59.35 DSQ