The 2019–20 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for skeleton. The season started on 7 December in Lake Placid, US and finished on 16 February 2020 in Sigulda, Latvia. The World Cup was organised by the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation, who also run World Cups and Championships in bobsleigh. The title sponsor of the World Cup was again BMW.
Calendar
The first race weekend of the season was originally scheduled to be at Park City, but due to a problem with the refrigeration system there, the races were relocated to Lake Placid.
Anticipated schedule as announced by the IBSF:
VenueDateDetails Lake Placid07.12-08.12 Lake Placid13.12 Winterberg05.01 La Plagne 10.01 Igls17.01 Königssee24.01 St. Moritz31.01 Sigulda15.02-16.02European Championships Altenberg21.02-01.03World Championships
Results
Men
Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time Lake Placid 1Axel Jungk1:46.32(53.12 / 53.20)Martins Dukurs1:46.44(53.14 / 53.30)Alexander Tretiakov1:46.71(53.17 / 53.54) Lake Placid 2Alexander Tretiakov1:46.55(52.87 / 53.68)Martins Dukurs1:46.59(52.90 / 53.69)Felix Keisinger1:46.97(53.25 / 53.72) WinterbergYun Sung-bin1:52.95(56.36 / 56.59)Alexander Gassner1:53.00(56.62 / 56.38)Axel Jungk1:53.03(56.63 / 56.40) La Plagne Alexander Tretiakov 1:58.90(59.28 / 59.62) Martins Dukurs 1:59.27(59.60 / 59.67)Geng Wenqiang 2:00.29(1:00.07 / 1:00.22)Yun Sung-bin 2:00.29(1:00.07 / 1:00.22) IglsMartins Dukurs1:44.50(52.34 / 52.16)Yun Sung-bin1:44.92(52.66 / 52.26)Alexander Tretiakov1:44.94(52.53 / 52.41) KönigsseeAlexander Tretiakov1:40.27(50.15 / 50.12)Yun Sung-bin1:40.33(49.98 / 50.35)Felix Keisinger1:40.66(50.62 / 50.04) St. MoritzMartins Dukurs2:15.89(1:07.73 / 1:08.16)Felix Keisinger2:16.20(1:07.98 / 1:08.22)Axel Jungk2:16.23(1:07.79 / 1:08.44) SiguldaMartins Dukurs1:40.09(50.15 / 49.94)Tomass Dukurs1:40.90(50.54 / 50.36)Yun Sung-bin1:41.15(50.36 / 50.79)
Women
Event:Gold:TimeSilver:TimeBronze:Time Lake Placid 1Jacqueline Lölling 1:49.76(54.79 / 54.97)Janine Flock 1:50.00(54.99 / 55.01)Tina Hermann 1:50.47(55.11 / 55.36) Lake Placid 2Elena Nikitina 1:49.93(54.76 / 55.17)Jacqueline Lölling 1:51.05(55.23 / 55.82)Janine Flock 1:51.11(55.54 / 55.57) WinterbergTina Hermann 1:56.21(58.10 / 58.11)Mirela Rahneva 1:56.24(58.23 / 58.01)Janine Flock 1:56.37(58.21 / 58.16) La PlagneElena Nikitina 2:02.72(1:01.37 / 1:01.35)Janine Flock 2:03.37(1:01.49 / 1:01.88)Jacqueline Lölling 2:03.58(1:01.76 / 1:01.82) IglsJacqueline Lölling 1:47.44(53.82 / 53.62)Janine Flock 1:47.46(53.77 / 53.69)Megan Henry 1:47.70(53.80 / 53.90) KönigsseeTina Hermann 1:42.79(51.55 / 51.24)Jacqueline Lölling 1:42.97(51.64 / 51.33)Elena Nikitina 1:43.20(51.61 / 51.59) St. MoritzTina Hermann 2:19.87(1:10.05 / 1:09.82)Jacqueline Lölling 2:20.28(1:10.24 / 1:10.04)Janine Flock 2:20.60(1:10.25 / 1:10.35) SiguldaElena Nikitina 1:43.87(51.85 / 52.02)Marina Gilardoni 1:44.21(52.36 / 51.85)Janine Flock 1:44.31(52.29 / 52.02)
Standings
Men
Pos.Racer LPL 1 LPL 2 WIN LPG IGL KON STM SIGPoints122 421 7111665231 7131 6 516033 7 61322 4315814 53 5 7 732 415065 4 92 13 10 5 5 613626 6 5 10 10 12 6 92131471 43 5 14 43 –13058 10 8 8 14 4 13 11 811849 16 10 6 6 5 12 8 21111610 8 7 19 11 13 9 12 71106
Women
Pos.Racer LPL 1 LPL 2 WIN LPG IGL KON STM SIGPoints112 43122 81632223322 53316143 51 81 43 51159543 61 5 511 1515235 4 42 7 7 4 4 2113766 9 11 5 4 10 11 6213307 8 8 10 9 12 10 9 512248 12 13 7 113 6 13 1711369 7 7 11 13 20 8 11 12108410 14 15 9 6 – 7 7 71048
Medal table
References