Sleper Sweeps Park City Monobob Races

From Park City, USA

Feb. 16, 2020 – Karlien Sleper dominated the second of two monobob races in Park City, beating the field by over two full seconds.

Sleper carried a .4 second advantage over the United States’ Vanessa D’Arpino going into the second run. In the second heat the track had slowed down considerably, but Sleper was able to find speed where no one else could, setting the only second heat time under a minute on her way to a 2.36 second victory over D’Arpino.

The American finished second, .4 ahead of Marina Silva Tuono in third.

Ashleigh Werner, the previous day’s silver medalist, finished fourth, well ahead of the United States’ Lake Kwaza and Shelby Williamson, who finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Karlien Sleper NED 9 5.85 6.70 57.36 59.27 1:56.63
2 Vanessa D’Arpino USA 1 5.79 6.80 57.99 61.00 1:58.99
3 Marina Silva tuono BRA 2 6.08 7.03 58.44 60.95 1:59.39
4 Ashleigh Werner AUS 5 6.19 6.70 59.36 60.05 1:59.40
5 Lake Kwaza USA 8 5.95 6.39 58.67 61.11 1:59.78
6 Shelby Williamson USA 6 6.11 6.79 59.48 60.81 2:00.29
7 Mikaela Sparre AUS 7 6.27 7.25 60.22 61.68 2:01.90
8 Maude Crossland COL 4 7.27 8.19 61.89 63.98 2:05.87
9 Simidele Adeagbo NGR 3 7.95 9.75 62.21 64.92 2:07.13