Skeletoni Christopher Grotheer has made an exclamation mark at the start of the new World Cup season. The Olympic champion won in Beijing ahead of the Chinese Wenhao Chen and Wengang Yan.
Successful start for Skeletoni Christopher Grotheer. The 2022 Olympic champion won on the Olympic track in Yanqing with a lead of 0.43 seconds over the Chinese Wenhao Chen and Wengang Yan (+0.48).
Grotheer turns up the heat in the second round
After the first run it looked like a home win for Yan, who went into the decisive round with a lead of 0.10 seconds. Olympic champion Grotheer could not be defeated there. As the fastest of the day, he shot down the track in Beijing in 1:00.39 minutes and secured the opening victory.
Hunter Grotheer strikes
The Wernigerroden native actually saw himself as an outsider in the first race of the season. After all, Grotheer only finished tenth at the World Championships in St. Moritz at the end of last winter.