FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Men’s Skeleton

From Calgary, Canada

Martins Dukurs finishes a dominating season in style.  Short of crashing in his final run in Turn 2, there was no chance of him losing the World Cup title.  Dukurs wins in Calgary, winning all but one race throughout the 2011/2012 campaign.  Alexander Tretiakov takes silver, and Frank Rommel takes bronze.

Tomass Dukurs finishes fourth with two consistant runs.  American John Daly has had a rather forgettable season, but tonight he was on point.  Daly had two consistant runs and finished fifth, his best result in the 2011/2012 World Cup season.  The finish, plus a great run in St. Moritz a few weeks back gives him some momentum going into Lake Placid and the World Championships.  Teammate Matt Antoine had a tough mid-section of run 2 and couldn’t manage any better than ninth.

A big second run from Eric Neilson, combined with some rough rides for other competitors, moved the Canadian from 12th to 6th.  His teammates finish 13th (Fairbairn) and 18th (Douglas).

Pos Pos (H1) Name Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 1 Martins Dukurs LAT 9 55.76 56.12 1:51.88
2 2 Alexander Tretiakov RUS 7 55.87 56.69 1:52.56
3 3 Frank Rommel GER 8 56.33 56.95 1:53.28
4 5 Tomass Dukurs LAT 2 56.45 56.93 1:53.38
5 6 John Daly USA 17 56.54 56.87 1:53.41
6 12 Eric Neilson CAN 15 56.83 56.63 1:53.46
7 8 Sergei Chudinov RUS 1 56.61 56.87 1:53.48
8 7 Alexander Kroeckel GER 5 56.55 57.02 1:53.57
9 4 Matthew Antoine USA 4 56.40 57.18 1:53.58
10 11 Alexander Gassner GER 10 56.76 56.85 1:53.61
11 9 Ben Sandford NZL 14 56.72 57.02 1:53.74
12 10 Matthias Guggenberger AUT 6 56.75 57.09 1:53.84
13 13 John Fairbairn CAN 12 56.97 56.93 1:53.90
14 15 Kristan Bromley GBR 3 57.11 57.27 1:54.38
15 17 Raphael Maier AUT 16 57.21 57.18 1:54.39
16 14 Adam Pengilly GBR 13 57.00 57.39 1:54.39
17 18 Hiroatsu Takahashi JPN 18 57.29 57.18 1:54.47
18 16 Michael Douglas CAN 11 57.19 57.43 1:54.62
19 19 Maurizio Oioli ITA 19 57.35 57.57 1:54.92
20 20 Lukas Kummer SUI 25 57.57 57.59 1:55.16
21 21 Shinsuke Tayama JPN 21 57.66 57.66
22 22 Giovanni Mulassano ITA 23 58.01 58.01
23 23 Michael Hoefer SUI 20 58.09 58.09
24 24 Ander Mirambell ESP 22 58.11 58.11
25 25 Dorin Dumitru Velicu ROU 24 58.14 58.14
26 26 Greg West USA 26 58.63 58.63
27 27 Bradley Chalupski ISR 27 59.40 59.40