2018–19 Skeleton World Cup

The 2018–19 Skeleton World Cup was a multi-race series over a season for skeleton. The season started on 3 December 2018 in Sigulda, Latvia, and finished on 23 February 2019 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. 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.

2018–19 Skeleton World Cup

Winners
Men's	Alexander Tretiakov (RUS)
Women's	Elena Nikitina (RUS)
Competitions
Venues	7 (8 events)
← 2017–18 2019–20 →

Calendar

Anticipated schedule as announced by the IBSF:^[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Sigulda	8–9 December
Winterberg	14 December
Altenberg	4 January
Königssee	11 January	cancelled due to continued snowfall; rescheduled to Calgary on 22 February
Igls	18 January	also European Championships
St. Moritz	25 January
Lake Placid	15–16 February
Calgary	22 February	rescheduled from Königssee
Calgary	23–24 February
Whistler	3-9 March	World Championships

Results

Men

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Sigulda	Nikita Tregubov  Russia	1:41.87 (50.81 / 51.06)	Martins Dukurs  Latvia	1:42.24 (51.17 / 51.07)	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:42.40 (51.22 / 51.18)
Winterberg	Alexander Tretiakov  Russia	1:52.07 (56.11 / 55.96)	Axel Jungk  Germany	1:52.90 (56.69 / 56.21)	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:52.91 (56.55 / 56.36)
Altenberg	Alexander Tretiakov  Russia	1:55.09 (57.09 / 58.00)	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:55.66 (57.58 / 58.08)	Nikita Tregubov  Russia	1:55.93 (57.64 / 58.29)
Königssee	cancelled due to continued snowfall; rescheduled to Calgary on 22 February
Igls	Martins Dukurs  Latvia	1:46.17 (53.02 / 53.15)	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:46.45 (53.24 / 53.21)	Axel Jungk  Germany	1:46.46 (53.24 / 53.22)
St. Moritz	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	2:15.96 (1:08.20 / 1:07.76)	Alexander Tretiakov  Russia	2:16.16 (1:08.53 / 1:07.63)	Nikita Tregubov  Russia	2:16.23 (1:08.50 / 1:07.73)
Lake Placid	Alexander Tretiakov  Russia	1:47.19 (53.47 / 53.72)	Martins Dukurs  Latvia	1:47.33 (53.58 / 53.75)	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:47.44 (53.71 / 53.73)
Calgary 1	Alexander Tretiakov  Russia	1:51.35 (55.85 / 55.50)	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:51.48 (56.08 / 55.40)	Martins Dukurs  Latvia	1:51.51 (55.89 / 55.62)
Calgary 2	Yun Sung-bin  South Korea	1:52.70 (56.30 / 56.40)	Alexander Tretiakov  Russia	1:52.76 (56.40 / 56.36)	Tomass Dukurs  Latvia	1:53.21 (56.87 / 56.34)

Women

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Sigulda	Elena Nikitina  Russia	1:45.12 (52.51 / 52.69)	Elisabeth Maier  Canada	1:45.42 (52.83 / 52.59)	Tina Hermann  Germany	1:45.60 (52.77 / 52.83)
Winterberg	Jacqueline Lölling  Germany	1:55.16 (57.61 / 57.55)	Tina Hermann  Germany	1:55.83 (57.96 / 57.87)	Janine Flock  Austria	1:55.86 (57.97 / 57.89)
Altenberg	Elena Nikitina  Russia	1:57.42 (58.59 / 58.83)	Jacqueline Lölling  Germany	1:57.79 (58.74 / 59.05)	Yulia Kanakina  Russia	1:58.39 (58.19 / 59.20)
Königssee	cancelled due to continued snowfall; rescheduled to Calgary on 22 February
Igls	Janine Flock  Austria	1:48.64 (54.34 / 54.30)	Elena Nikitina  Russia	1:49.07 (54.43 / 54.64)	Jacqueline Lölling  Germany	1:49.09 (54.53 / 54.56)
St. Moritz	Mirela Rahneva  Canada	2:17.77 (1:09.22 / 1:08.55)	Elena Nikitina  Russia	2:18.00 (1:09.11 / 1:08.89)	Jacqueline Lölling  Germany	2:18.63 (1:09.56 / 1:09.07)
Lake Placid	Jacqueline Lölling  Germany	1:50.59 (55.07 / 55.52)	none awarded		Kendall Wesenberg  United States	1:51.10 (55.15 / 55.95)
	Elena Nikitina  Russia	1:50.59 (54.87 / 55.72)
Calgary 1	Mirela Rahneva  Canada	1:54.52 (57.38 / 57.14)	Tina Hermann  Germany	1:54.98 (57.74 / 57.24)	Elisabeth Maier  Canada	1:55.20 (57.75 / 57.45)
Calgary 2	Tina Hermann  Germany	1:57.39 (58.97 / 58.42)	Mirela Rahneva  Canada	1:57.52 (58.94 / 58.58)	Laura Deas  Great Britain	1:57.68 (59.26 / 58.42)

Standings

Men

^[2]

Pos.	Racer	SIG	WIN	ALT	IGL	STM	LPL	CGR 1	CGR 2	Points
1	Alexander Tretiakov (RUS)	4	1	1	4	2	1	1	2	1704
2	Yun Sung-bin (KOR)	3	3	2	2	1	3	2	1	1680
3	Martins Dukurs (LAT)	2	7	7	1	8	2	3	4	1533
4	Nikita Tregubov (RUS)	1	4	3	9	3	4	5	8	1505
5	Axel Jungk (GER)	8	2	5	3	5	5	7	7	1458
6	Marcus Wyatt (GBR)	12	10	8	6	7	7	8	5	1288
7	Tomass Dukurs (LAT)	6	5	10	5	4	–	4	3	1272
8	Dave Greszczyszyn (CAN)	15	21	11	21	11	15	6	6	956
9	Vladyslav Heraskevych (UKR)	9	17	14	22	12	12	12	9	944
10	Florian Auer (AUT)	10	12	12	11	9	24	16	15	933

Women

^[3]

Pos.	Racer	SIG	WIN	ALT	IGL	STM	LPL	CGR 1	CGR 2	Points
1	Elena Nikitina (RUS)	1	4	1	2	2	1	4	5	1663
2	Tina Hermann (GER)	3	2	4	4	4	6	2	1	1597
3	Mirela Rahneva (CAN)	12	5	14	13	1	4	1	2	1396
4	Sophia Griebel (GER)	6	6	5	9	5	5	9	9	1360
5	Jacqueline Lölling (GER)	5	1	2	3	3	1	–	–	1244
6	Kendall Wesenberg (USA)	11	15	9	12	7	3	8	9	1200
7	Yulia Kanakina (RUS)	7	8	3	7	–	7	14	6	1152
8	Elisabeth Maier (CAN)	2	12	11	6	15	–	3	4	1146
9	Jane Channell (CAN)	4	11	19	15	13	10	5	7	1122
10	Renata Khuzina (RUS)	8	17	10	14	16	8	12	8	1048

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia	8	4	3	15
2	Germany	3	4	4	11
3	South Korea	2	3	3	8
4	Canada	2	2	1	5
5	Latvia	1	2	2	5
6	Austria	1	0	1	2
7	Great Britain	0	0	1	1
	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (8 entries)		17	15	16	48

References

1. "IBSF Presents Preliminary Sports Calendar for 2018–2019" (Press release). 16 May 2018.
2. "IBSF World Cup standings - Men's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.
3. "IBSF World Cup standings - Women's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.