BMW IBSF World Cup Koenigssee / Women s Skeleton 01/22/21
Defending champion Jacqueline Lölling with first win of the season at BMW IBSF World Cup Anna Fernstaedt in second with best ever result, Flock and Channell tied for third place
Königssee (RWH) Defending World Cup Champion in Women’s Skeleton Jacqueline Lölling (GER) celebrated her first win of the season at the BMW IBSF World Cup in Königssee (GER). In the penultimate race of the 2020/2021 season, the Olympic silver medallist stood at the top of the podium after setting the best time in the second run.
In second place, 0.47 seconds behind winner Lölling, Anna Fernstaedt (CZE) surprised with her best World Cup result and the first podium finish of a skeleton athlete from the Czech Republic.
BMW IBSF World Cup St. Moritz / Women s Skeleton 01/15/21
World Champion Tina Hermann with first win of the season at BMW IBSF World Cup Janine Flock defends World Cup lead with second place, Jacqueline Lölling third
St. Moritz (RWH) Skeleton World Champion Tina Hermann (GER) celebrated her first victory of the season at the BMW IBSF World Cup in St. Moritz. In the sixth race of the pre-Olympic winter, the overall winner of 2016 stood at the top of the World Cup podium for the first time in almost a year. Tina Hermann also won in St. Moritz back in January 2020.
WHIZ News
Germans win skeleton golds; Uhlaender leads US sliders
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) Tina Hermann of Germany won a World Cup skeleton race on the historic St. Moritz track Friday, and Katie Uhlaender posted the best finish of any U.S. sliding athlete so far this season.
Hermann prevailed with Austria’s Janine Flock finishing second and Germany’s Jacqueline Loelling taking third. Hannah Neise of Germany was fourth, followed by Uhlaender the four-time Olympian who placed fifth.
Americans did not compete in the first half of the World Cup skeleton, bobsled and luge seasons, remaining home in the U.S. because of concerns over the coronavirus pandemic and issues with international travel. Kaillie Humphries was sixth in women’s bobsled last weekend, which had been the top U.S. result this winter before Uhlaender’s showing Friday.
Gassner earns maiden men s skeleton win on IBSF World Cup circuit Friday, 15 January 2021
Germany’s Alexander Gassner celebrated his maiden victory at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup leg in St Moritz.
Gassner triumphed in the men’s skeleton event on a successful day for Germany in Switzerland, with world champion Tina Hermann winning the women’s competition.
The German duo took advantage of the absence of European skeleton champions Elena Nikitina and Alexander Tretyakov, with the Russians having opted to skip the event to prepare for the World Championships.
Latvian star Martins Dukurs led the men’s event after the opening run by clocking 1min 8.22sec, with Gassner 0.2 off the pace in second.
Friedrich aiming for double bobsleigh gold at IBSF World Cup in St Moritz Thursday, 14 January 2021
Germany s Francesco Friedrich will look to continue a strong run of form in the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Cup with the two-man and four-man bobsleigh events set for St Moritz in Switzerland this weekend.
Events start tomorrow and are due to end on Sunday (January 17).
Friedrich and his respective push athletes Alexander Schüller and Thorsten Margis, have won eight of the nine two-man events this season, the other won by Friedrich s closest rival this season - his compatriot, Johannes Lochner.
Other contenders for the event include Switzerland s Michael Vogt and Latvia s Oskars Ķibermanis, the latter winning silver on three occasions so far this season.