Skeleton Intercontinental Cup
The Skeleton Intercontinental Cup is an international skeleton sport competition . The racing series was introduced for the 2007/08 season as a link between the Skeleton World Cup and the continental racing series European Cup and North American Cup (formerly America's Cup). The Intercontinental Cup is held on bobsleigh and toboggan runs in Europe and North America. The organizer is the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation . Unlike the World and Continental Cups, there are no parallel bobsleigh competitions.
Point system
The points are awarded as follows (as of the 2015/16 season):
space | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4th | 5 | 6th | 7th | 8th | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14th | 15th | 16 | 17th | 18th | 19th | 20th | 21st | 22nd | 23 | 24 | 25th | 26th | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30th |
Points | 120 | 110 | 102 | 96 | 92 | 88 | 84 | 80 | 76 | 72 | 68 | 64 | 60 | 56 | 52 | 48 | 44 | 40 | 37 | 34 | 31 | 28 | 25th | 22nd | 20th | 18th | 16 | 14th | 12 | 10 |
Odds
Due to the performance of the respective preseason and the resulting placements in the IBSF skeleton ranking , the starter quotas are assigned according to a fixed scheme before the season. In the Intercontinental Cup, the places are allocated as follows (as of the 2015/16 season):
Men:
- Nations with 3 athletes in the top 60: 3 starting places
- Nations with 2 athletes in the top 75: 2 starting positions
- all other nations: 1 starting place
Women:
- Nations with 3 athletes in the top 45: 3 starting positions
- Nations with 2 athletes in the top 60: 2 starting places
- all other nations: 1 starting place
Women
Overall ratings
statistics
rank | Athlete | country | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Lanette preacher | Canada | 2 | 1 | - |
2 | Katharina Heinz | Germany | 2 | - | 1 |
3 | Donna Creighton | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4th | Anna Fernstädt |
Germany Czech Republic |
1 | - | 1 |
Sophia Griebel | Germany | 1 | - | 1 | |
Rose McGrandle | United Kingdom | 1 | - | 1 | |
Katie Uhlaender | United States | 1 | - | 1 | |
8th | Lindsay Alcock | Canada | 1 | - | - |
Kelly Curtis | United States | 1 | - | - | |
Tina Hermann | Germany | 1 | - | - | |
Kathleen Lorenz | Germany | 1 | - | - |
Men
Overall ratings
statistics
rank | athlete | country | 1st place | 2nd place | 3rd place |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mirsad Halilovic | Germany | 2 | - | - |
2 | Alexander Gassner | Germany | 1 | 2 | 2 |
3 | Matthew Antoine | United States | 1 | 1 | - |
Chris Type | United Kingdom | 1 | 1 | - | |
5 | Christopher Grotheer | Germany | 1 | - | - |
Jung Seung-gi | South Korea | 1 | - | - | |
Felix Keisinger | Germany | 1 | - | - | |
David Lingmann | Germany | 1 | - | - | |
Jeremy Rice | United Kingdom | 1 | - | - | |
Martin Rosenberger | Germany | 1 | - | - | |
David Swift | United Kingdom | 1 | - | - | |
Nikita Tregubov | Russia | 1 | - | - |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ International Skeleton Rules 2015. (PDF) Accessed January 4, 2016 (English, p. 31).
- ↑ International Skeleton Rules 2015. (PDF) Accessed January 4, 2016 (English, p. 11).