Kammerlander Wins 4th Straight, Scheikl Wins Title

From Laas, ITA

Feb. 10, 2021 – In this pandemic season, the only thing that stood between Thomas Kammerlander and a likely World Cup title was a positive COVID test. After missing the first two races of the season, Kammerlander has ripped off a streak of four straight victories, including a gold medal in the season finale in Laas.

Thomas Kammerlander (Courtesy Miriam Jennewein – Photolove / FIL Media)

In what was the closest race of the weekend, Kammerlander held a .1 second advantage over Italy’s Mathias Troger, with Patrick Pigneter, Stefan Federer, and Alex Gruber all in the hunt for gold. On the second run it was Alex Gruber putting down the quickest run of the heat to take the lead. He held off Federer, Pigneter, and Troger, and only needed to out-slide Kammerlander for gold. Kammerlander would not be denied, however, as he was able to hang onto the lead with the second quickest slide of the second heat to win by just .06. Gruber took second, with Mathias Troger edging out Patrick Pigneter for bronze.

The top five in the race were only separated by .21, with Patrick Pigneter missing out on a medal by .04 and gold by .18. Stefan Federer finished fifth, .07 out of the medals and .21 behind Kammerlander.

Austria’s Michael Scheikl just needed to slide clean in Laas to clinch his first World Cup title. He finished sixth, a half second back of the leader but close enough to Gruber to win the Crystal Globe. Gruber finished the season in second place, with Pigneter finishing the season in third.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 27 16.36 16.52 63.01 63.57 2:06.58
2 Alex Gruber ITA 30 16.35 16.45 63.24 63.40 2:06.64
3 Mathias Troger ITA 9 16.41 16.48 63.11 63.61 2:06.72
4 Patrick Pigneter ITA 31 16.44 16.58 63.16 63.17 2:06.76
5 Stefan Federer ITA 28 16.59 16.59 63.17 63.62 2:06.79
6 Michael Scheikl AUT 32 16.40 16.44 63.41 63.70 2:07.11
7 Fabian Achenrainer AUT 25 16.46 16.46 63.75 63.99 2:07.74
7 Grigory Bukin RUS 20 16.44 16.52 63.56 64.18 2:07.74
9 Aleksandr Egorov RUS 21 16.58 16.73 64.00 64.13 2:07.13
10 Stanislav Kovshik RUS 17 16.69 16.65 64.07 64.48 2:08.55
11 Florian Markt AUT 8 16.77 16.88 64.15 64.68 2:08.83
12 Aleksei Martianov RUS 10 16.77 16.88 64.62 65.36 2:09.98
13 Myroslav Lenko UKR 23 17.18 17.01 65.87 65.63 2:11.05
14 Blaz Mekina SLO 18 17.07 17.23 65.83 66.07 2:11.90
15 Bine Mekina SLO 16 17.17 17.13 66.02 65.88 2:11.90
16 Matevz Vertelj SLO 14 17.35 17.26 66.85 66.48 2:13.33
17 Leonardo de Oliveira Silva BRA 13 17.18 17.20 66.25 67.19 2:13.44
18 Ivan Lenko UKR 22 17.32 17.13 67.25 66.36 2:13.61
19 Jerome Almer SUI 24 17.60 17.59 66.83 67.04 2:13.87
20 Simon Dietz GER1 5 17.46 17.46 67.27 68.38 2:15.65
21 Vid Kralj SLO 5 17.28 17.37 68.17 68.05 2:16.22
22 Nikola Ignjatov SRB 3 18.32 18.06 69.92 69.09 2:19.01
23 Szymon Jan Majdak POL 19 17.94 18.27 69.17 69.88 2:19.05
24 Luka Novakovic SRB 4 18.19 18.42 69.54 69.65 2:19.19
25 Julio Dante de Moraes BRA 11 18.26 18.26 70.46 69.75 2:20.21
26 Mikic Lazar SRB 7 19.29 19.21 72.86 73.61 2:26.47

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