From Altenberg, GER
(November 26, 2021) – Lisa Buckwitz dominated the Women’s European Cup Monobob World Series race in Altenberg, cruising to victory against a smaller field.
Buckwitz was the quickest off the top in the first heat, opening up a .73 second advantage over Slovakia’s Viktoria Cernanska. On the second run Buckwitz was again the quickest by over .4, and nearly a full second at the bottom on her way to a 1.74 second victory over Cernanska.
Buckwitz’s win was her first in Monobob World Series action. She’d previously won in multiple two-woman races.
Cernanska’s silver was a career best at any level in monobob action.
Russia’s Alena Osipenko finished third, 1.93 seconds back, while Georgeta Popescu and Lidiia Hunko rounded out the five sled field.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Finish |
| 1 | Lisa Buckwitz | GER | 3 | 6.05 | 6.05 | 60.34 | 60.27 | 2:00.61 |
| 2 | Viktoria Cernanska | SVK | 5 | 6.49 | 6.47 | 61.07 | 61.28 | 2:02.35 |
| 3 | Alena Osipenko | RUS | 1 | 6.50 | 6.49 | 61.40 | 61.14 | 2:02.54 |
| 4 | Georgeta Popescu | ROU | 4 | 6.55 | 6.60 | 61.62 | 61.77 | 2:03.39 |
| 5 | Lidiia Hunko | UKR | 2 | 6.82 | 6.84 | 62.34 | 62.04 | 2:04.38 |
