Repilov Wins World Championship on Home Ice in Sochi

From Sochi, RUS

Feb. 16, 2020 – Roman Repilov continued a successful World Championships for Russia, edging Jonas Müller for gold on home ice.

Roman Repilov (Courtesy FIL TV)

Repilov came into the second run in second place, behind 2018 Olympic champion David Gleirscher. After Müller put down the fast run of the second heat, Repilov answered with a quick enough run to take the lead with only Gleirscher to go.

In the first half of his final run, Gleirscher was in the hunt for gold when an early hit into Curve 9 flipped him out of his sled. Gleirscher couldn’t get back on the sled, and scored a DNF.

Gleirscher’s crash handed Repilov his first career World Championship gold, and Müller his second World Championships medal with silver.

Wolfgang Kindl finished third, sliding into the medals from sixth place in the first heat and edging out Johannes Ludwig in fourth.

Kristers Aparjods made the big jump from 11th in the first heat to fifth overall, while Russian Aleksandr Goratcevich rounded out the top six.

Tucker West led the way for the United States, finishing 14th, up from 16th in the first heat. Jonathan Gustafson finished 17th, up from 18th, while Chris Mazdzer finished 19th.

Great Britain’s Rupert Staudinger finished 31st.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Roman Repilov RUS 3 4.619 4.626 51.513 51.586 1:43.099
2 Jonas Müller AUT 16 4.641 4.639 51.564 51.567 1:43.131
3 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 15 4.692 4.690 51.646 51.655 1:43.301
4 Johannes Ludwig GER 2 4.628 4.637 51.539 51.786 1:43.325
5 Kristers Aparjods LAT 11 4.653 4.660 51.768 51.614 1:43.382
6 Aleksandr Gorbatcevich RUS 1 4.672 4.669 51.610 51.811 1:43.421
7 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 5 4.610 4.614 51.663 51.790 1:43.453
8 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 13 4.679 4.696 51.762 51.760 1:43.522
9 Felix Loch GER 10 4.669 4.655 51.726 51.817 1:43.543
10 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 6 4.639 4.658 51.878 51.706 1:43.584
11 Maksim Aravin RUS 9 4.716 4.703 51.763 51.890 1:43.653
12 Jozef Ninis SVK 17 4.681 4.698 51.831 51.906 1:43.737
13 Inars Kivlenieks LAT 4 4.640 4.649 51.838 51.967 1:43.805
14 Tucker West USA 20 4.633 4.640 51.976 51.908 1:43.884
15 Riks Rozitis LAT 18 4.714 4.720 52.088 51.929 1:44.017
16 Sebastian Bley GER 21 4.640 4.654 52.176 51.916 1:44.092
17 Jonathan Gustafson USA 22 4.631 4.641 52.069 52.093 1:44.162
18 Arturs Darznieks LAT 12 4.652 4.649 52.208 52.113 1:44.321
19 Chris Mazdzer USA 19 4.669 4.667 52.057 52.317 1:44.374
20 Valentin Cretu ROU 30 4.684 4.653 52.459 52.206 1:44.665
21 Max Langenhan GER 8 4.715 4.650 52.450 52.319 1:44.769
22 Mateusz Sochowicz POL 23 4.659 4.665 52.401 52.468 1:44.869
23 Aleksandr Dmitriev KAZ 26 4.691 4.686 52.572 52.833 1:45.405
24 Reinhard Egger AUT 14 4.681 4.700 51.795 64.038 1:55.833
25 Svante Kohala SWE 28 4.736 52.775
26 Jakub Simonak SVK 25 4.660 53.014
27 Alexander Ferlazzo AUS 24 4.672 53.065
28 Kacper Tarnawski POL 29 4.717 53.079
29 Michael Lejsek CZE 34 4.773 53.187
30 Namkyu Lim KOR 33 4.733 53.296
31 Rupert Staudinger GBR 32 4.748 53.314
32 Theodor Turea ROU 31 4.680 53.416
33 Alexey Dmitriev KAZ 27 4.712 54.377
DNF David Gleirscher AUT 7 4.679 4.668 51.466 DNF