Leipold Leads German EC 1-2

From Altenberg, GER

(Jan. 13, 2021) – Corinna Leipold and Stefanie Votz went 1-2 for Germany in Altenberg, with both women setting the fast heat in one of the two heats.

Leipold was the quickest in the first heat by .21 over Kimberley Bos. On the second run Votz set the quick time to bounce up from third to second. Leipold set only the third quickest time, but it was plenty enough to beat her teammate.

Bos finished third, only .03 out of silver and well ahead of Germany’s Hanna Staub in fourth. Julia Simmchen helped put all four German women in the top five with her fifth place finish.

Brogan Crowley was the top British slider in sixth.

Kelly Curtis and Sara Roderick finished seventh and eighth for the United States. Lichtenstein’s Katharina Eigenmann finished 19th.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Corinna Leipold	GER	4	5.85	5.87	59.25	60.01	1:59.26
2	Stefanie Votz	GER	8	5.23	5.24	59.61	59.93	1:59.54
3	Kimberley Bos	NED	17	5.70	5.60	59.46	60.11	1:59.57
4	Hanna Staub	GER	6	6.11	6.07	59.89	59.97	1:59.86
5	Julia Simmchen	GER	1	6.19	6.07	59.89	60.63	2:00.52
6	Brogan Crowley	GBR	19	5.74	5.76	60.26	60.32	2:00.58
7	Kelly Curtis	USA	16	5.77	5.81	60.70	60.21	2:00.91
8	Sara Roderick	USA	21	5.62	5.60	60.45	60.92	2:01.37
9	Polina Tiurina	RUS	12	6.05	6.93	61.12	60.72	2:01.84
10	Annia Unterscheider	AUT	15	6.10	6.10	60.75	61.32	2:02.07
11	Elena Scarpellini	ITA	5	5.75	5.69	60.61	61.62	2:02.23
12	Ulyana Usynina	RUS	3	6.06	6.04	61.18	61.38	2:02.56
13	Alena Huber	SUI	7	6.34	6.45	61.44	61.90	2:03.34
14	Julia Erlacher	AUT	2	5.57	5.61	61.78	61.78	2:03.56
15	Aline Pelckmans	BEL	11	6.10	5.98	62.05	62.40	2:04.45
16	Victoria Steiner	AUT	9	6.03	6.17	62.14	63.18	2:05.32
17	Katrien de Neve	BEL	10	6.13	6.14	63.90	61.72	2:05.62
18	Anna Saulite	AUT	14	6.64	6.63	62.98	63.08	2:06.06
19	Katharina Eigenmann	LIE	13	6.41	6.34	63.28	63.25	2:06.53
DNF	Rachel Hanagan	GBR	18	5.71	5.73	61.48	DNF
DNS	Valentina Margaglio	ITA				DNS