Skeleton IBSF World Cup 2021 - 2022

[dcro 10,210]

Austin Florian is having... an interesting season. He is clearly in an excellent form, probably best ever, but he is also having some loose runs.

 

Just google his Altenberg crash. It's a miracle he didn't lose his arm there.

[Jinzha 702]

So  Bos just won a Skeleton world cup? Pretty unique feat!

[Grassmarket 3,409]

50 minutes ago, Jinzha said:

So  Bos just won a Skeleton world cup? Pretty unique feat!

Shows de moffen  how it’s done!  Not the first  WC win in a going-downhill winter sport, Nicolien Saauerbrij had a few & an Olympic Gold

[heywoodu 15,142]

Why is Martin Haven, apparently talking through a potatophone or something by the sounds of it, calling Ken Childs 'Greg West' or just 'Greg' all the time?  

 

And in case he is actually correct: why did 'Greg West' introduce himself as 'Ken Childs'?

[dcro 10,210]

Even with Enzie pulling a decent run today, it's crazy how much both Canada and the USA have dropped in the men's skeleton this year. Top 20 can be considered a success these days.

[dcro 10,210]

Tomass Dukurs wins.

 

His second victory ever. The first one was over 15 years ago.

[Illya 513]

What a great performance for Vladyslav Heraskevych on "home" track in Sigulda

[dcro 10,210]

2 hours ago, dcro said:

Tomass Dukurs wins.

 

His second victory ever. The first one was over 15 years ago.

Martin Haven did not have the exact info at the time, but yes, this is the first WC victory for Tomass Dukurs since February 2004.

 

I mean, surely this is totally unheard of across all Winter sports...?

 

https://www.ibsf.org/en/news/9-skeleton/22441-skeleton-athlete-tomass-dukurs-with-second-world-cup-victory-18-years-after-the-first

 

[dcro 10,210]

Drama in Winterberg... German team protested sweeping protocol on their own track!!

 

Run 1 got cancelled after everyone got down. Germans were not very happy with the results. Anyways, now we have a restart, one heat race, with at least 8 non-German sliders deciding to boycott.

[dcro 10,210]

And in the end nobody boycotted.

 

Either MH shared fake news, or everybody changed their mind give that it is an OQ race.