The Skeletonis started the home World Cup in Altenberg with three podium places. Susanne Kreher and Hannah Neise only had to admit defeat to Kim Meylemans. Christopher Grotheer was once again unbeatable.
The German skeleton pilots achieved three podium places at the start of the home World Cup in Altenberg. In the women’s category, Susanne Kreher and Hannah Neise took second and third place, while in the men’s category, Christopher Grotheer took his fourth World Cup victory this season. He has won all races so far. At the end, Kreher/Grotheer raced to third place in the mixed competition.
Double podium for Kreher and Neise
Beijing Olympic champion Hannah Neise looked like the sure winner for a long time before Belgian Kim Meylemans raced to first place with a high start number. And Susanne Kreher from BSC Sachsen Oberbärenburg also overtook the Winterberg native on her home track with a hundredth of a second lead and relegated her to third place in second place.
Neise takes the lead in the overall World Cup
“After the race delay, waiting in the leader’s box was more unpleasant because you had to stand down here in the rain. But it was nice to stand in the leader’s box for so long again.”said 24-year-old Neise, who took the lead in the overall World Cup after two second places and a sixth place.
First podium for Kreher
For Kreher it was the first podium after the botched Asian tour. “Who would have thought with the weather, with the starting number, with the crazy race with only one run. It’s such a weight off my heart that it worked out like this. I’m really proud of myself that it worked out like this “, said the 2023 world champion.
Grotheer narrowly achieved his fourth win of the season
For men, Christopher Grotheer continues to compete in his own league. The 33-year-old also won the fourth World Cup race this season. Grotheer had already led the first round in Altenberg and brought his lead across the finish line.
The man from Wernigerrode got off to a top start, but was behind Brit Matt Weston for a long time. It only glowed green during the last time measurement. In the end, the athlete from BRC Thuringia won by three hundredths of a second ahead of West and his compatriot Marcus Wyatt (0.04 seconds).
Jungk and Nydegger miss the podium
His compatriot Axel Jungk suffered from Grotheer’s trip. As a result, the 33-year-old missed the podium and ultimately had to settle for fourth place (+0.31). Lukas Nydegger came fifth (+0.37). Felix Keisinger also made it into the top ten in ninth place (+0.65).
Duo Kreher/Grotheer still race onto the podium
In the final mixed team competition, the Brits Tabitha Stoecker/Marcus Wyatt celebrated a narrow victory ahead of the Americans Sara Roderick/Florian Austin (+0.37s).
Germany 1 with Susanne Kreher, second in the individual, and individual winner Christopher Grotheer, had to settle for third place, 0.63 seconds behind. The second German duo with Hannah Neise and Axel Jungk narrowly missed out on the podium and ended up in fourth place.
Source: mla/dpa