Weston Cruises to Altenberg Victory

From Altenberg, GER

(Jan. 13, 2021) – Great Britain’s Matt Weston was the quickest off the top in both heats and the fastest at every split on his way to a .22 second victory over Germany’s Lukas Nydegger.

Great Britain put two sliders on the podium, with Jerry Rice winning bronze. Rice edged out Germany’s Ludwig Mannhardt for the spot by .12.

Austria’s Alexander Schlintner finished just over a second out of the lead in fifth, ahead of Germany’s Cedric Renner in sixth.

Ben Fulker helped put all three British sleds in the top ten with a tenth place finish.

Andrew Blaser was the top-finishing American, tying for tenth with Fulker. Hunter Williams finished just out of the top 20 in 21st.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Matt Weston GBR 20 5.04 5.00 57.67 57.57 1:55.24
2 Lukas Nydegger GER 8 5.18 5.26 57.72 57.74 1:55.46
3 Jerry Rice GBR 21 5.12 5.11 57.87 58.10 1:55.97
4 Ludwig Mannhardt GER 14 5.31 5.29 57.86 58.23 1:56.09
5 Alexander Schlitner AUT 2 5.20 5.27 58.10 58.23 1:56.33
6 Cedric Renner GER 11 5.24 5.22 58.14 58.46 1:56.60
7 Mattia Gaspari ITA 23 5.19 5.19 58.37 58.37 1:56.74
8 Stefan Röttig GER 4 5.04 5.02 58.27 58.94 1:57.21
9 Nathan Crumpton ASA 22 5.17 5.17 58.46 58.81 1:57.27
10 Ben Fulker GBR 7 5.18 5.19 58.94 59.53 1:58.47
10 Andrew Blaser USA 24 5.29 5.27 59.02 59.45 1:58.47
12 Basil Sieber SUI 19 5.38 5.35 59.10 59.66 1:58.76
13 Mihai Pacioianu ROU 13 5.16 5.20 59.53 59.90 1:59.43
14 Jacob Salisbury GBR 10 5.05 5.05 60.21 59.25 1:59.46
15 Mikhail Siutkin RUS 18 5.43 5.53 60.13 60.07 2:00.20
16 Kiriil Valentovich RUS 17 5.47 5.54 60.27 60.03 2:00.30
17 Gabriele Marenchino ITA 12 5.26 5.16 59.79 60.66 2:00.45
18 Timon Drahonovsky CZE 16 5.62 5.69 60.33 60.49 2:00.82
19 Marvin Moscara ITA 13 5.14 5.15 60.38 61.30 2:01.68
20 Adrian Rodriguez ESP 15 5.31 5.27 60.34 61.90 2:02.24
21 Hunter Williams USA 26 5.40 60.52
22 Colin Freeling BEL 9 5.44 60.61
23 Jeff Bauer LUX 29 5.63 60.88
24 Akwaski Frimpong GHA 31 5.56 60.99
25 Vinzenz Buff SUI 25 5.78 61.32
26 Francesco Pellicani ITA 1 5.31 61.55
27 Vladyslav Polyvach POL 5 5.40 61.69
28 Rasmus Johansen DEN 6 5.49 62.35
29 Denis Lorencic SLO 27 5.87 63.84
30 Marin Bangiev BUL 3 6.16 63.99
31 Hubert Licman SLO 28 6.66 68.29