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.