FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Women’s Skeleton

From Calgary, Canada

Coming into heat number two, all Shelley Rudman had to do to claim her first ever World Cup championship was finish sixth.  Her first run put her in a tie for second, while Marion Thees was going to have to come from behind.  Thees could only do as well as 10th, and will find herself second overall on the season.  Rudman takes bronze, and the 2011/2012 World Cup title along with it.

Rudman on her championship second run: “I just wanted to stick to my plan and focus to curves I hadn’t done as well in”.

It was a great day for Great Britain, with Lizzy Yarnold taking the gold medal, making it two for her abbreviated World Cup schedule.  Anja Huber takes silver, capping a consistent season, but comes up a bit short in the overall, finishing third.  Canadian Amy Gough ties with Rudman to share bronze.

“I love this track.  We had a fantastic week, and learning the track in six runs was great,” said Yarnold.

Americans Katie Uhlaender and Anne O’Shea finish 8th and 9th, while Canadians Mellisa Hollingsworth finishes 5th and Sarah Reid 7th.

Pos Pos (H1) Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 1 Elizabeth Yarnold GBR 11 58.03 57.90 1:55.93
2 2 Anja Huber GER 2 58.29 58.18 1:56.47
3 5 Amy Gough CAN 3 58.41 58.16 1:56.57
3 2 Shelley Rudman GBR 10 58.29 58.28 1:56.57
5 2 Mellisa Hollingsworth CAN 5 58.29 58.41 1:56.70
6 6 Lucy Katherine Chaffer AUS 4 58.45 58.25 1:56.70
7 9 Sarah Reid CAN 13 58.53 58.18 1:56.71
8 7 Katie Uhlaender USA 7 58.48 58.39 1:56.87
9 8 Anne O’Shea USA 8 58.52 58.47 1:56.99
10 11 Marion Thees GER 9 58.65 58.55 1:57.20
11 10 Olga Potylitsina RUS 12 58.62 58.65 1:57.27
12 15 Katharine Eustace NZL 14 58.91 58.52 1:57.43
13 16 Katharina Heinz GER 6 58.92 58.73 1:57.65
14 14 Emma Lincoln-Smith AUS 1 58.90 58.78 1:57.68
15 12 Janine Flock AUT 16 58.74 59.27 1:58.01
16 17 Nozomi Komuro JPN 18 58.98 59.10 1:58.08
17 20 Maria Orlova RUS 15 59.15 59.04 1:58.19
18 19 Marina Gilardoni SUI 20 59.07 59.16 1:58.23
19 18 Olda Nikandrova RUS 17 59.03 59.30 1:58.33
20 13 Lelde Priedulena LAT 21 58.88 59.54 1:58.42
21 21 Joska Le Conte NED 19 59.34 59.34
22 22 Barbara Hosch SUI 22 60.30 60.30
23 23 Michaela Glaesser CZE 23 60.55 60.55
24 24 Delia Andreea Ivas ROM 24 60.56 60.56