Skeleton World Cup 2014/15

Skeleton World Cup 2014/15
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Overall World Cup	Martin's course	Janine Flock
Competitions
Venues	08th	08th
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The 2014/2015 Skeleton World Cup began on December 12, 2014 in Lake Placid and ended on February 15, 2015 in Sochi . The World Cup comprised eight stations in Europe and North America and was held parallel to the 2014/15 Bobsleigh World Cup . The racing series was organized by the Fédération Internationale de Bobsleigh et de Tobogganing (FIBT). Following the World Cup series, the highlight of the season is the 2015 Skeleton World Championship from February 23 to March 8 in Winterberg . Simultaneously with the sixth World Cup in La Plagne (men) and the seventh World Cup inIgls (women) also hosted the European Championship .

The Intercontinental Cup , the European Cup and the North American Cup served as the foundation for the World Cup . The results of all racing series were included in the FIBT Skeleton Ranking 2014/15 .

Participation rates

The quota places for the individual national associations were assigned as follows on the basis of the FIBT ranking from the previous season:

• Men:
  • 3 starting positions: United States , Germany , Russia , Canada    
  • 2 starting places: Latvia , United Kingdom , Austria , Japan , South Korea , Italy      
  • 1 starting place: Ireland , Switzerland , Greece , Australia , Spain , New Zealand , Romania , Slovenia        
• Women:
  • 3 starting positions: Germany , Russia , United Kingdom , Canada    
  • 2 starting places: Australia , United States , Japan , Austria    
  • 1 starting place: Switzerland , New Zealand , Latvia , Netherlands , Romania , Italy      

Individual results of the 2014/15 World Cup season

1st World Cup in Lake Placid , December 12, 2014
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Elizabeth Yarnold	Elisabeth Vathje	Janine Flock
Men	Martin's course	Tomass Dukurs	Matthew Antoine

2nd World Cup in Calgary , December 19, 2014
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Elisabeth Vathje	Laura Deas	Tina Hermann
Men	Martin's course	Tomass Dukurs	Yun Sung-bin

3rd World Cup in Altenberg , 9th (F) & 10th (M) January 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Marija Orlowa	Elizabeth Yarnold	Jelena Nikitina
Men	Martin's course	Tomass Dukurs	Alexander Tretyakov

4th World Cup in Königssee , 16. (F) & 17. (M) January 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Elizabeth Yarnold	Anja Selbach	Marija Orlowa
Men	Alexander Tretyakov	Martin's course	Matthew Antoine

5th World Cup in St. Moritz , January 23, 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Janine Flock	Elisabeth Vathje	Laura Deas
Men	Martin's course	Yun Sung-bin	Nikita Tregubov

6th World Cup and European Championship in La Plagne , January 30th (M) & 31st (F) January 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Canceled due to unacceptable rail conditions; Alternative date on February 8 in Igls
Men	Martin's course	Alexander Tretyakov	Tomass Dukurs

7th World Cup in Igls , 7th (M + F) & 8th (F) February 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Elizabeth Yarnold	Elisabeth Vathje	Janine Flock
Men	Martin's course	Alexander Tretyakov	Nikita Tregubov
Women (catch-up date for La Plagne)	Elizabeth Yarnold	Janine Flock	Rose McGrandle

8th World Cup final in Sochi , February 14th (F) & 15th (M) February 2015
discipline	First place	Second place	third place
Women	Elizabeth Yarnold	Marija Orlowa	Anja Selbach
Men	Alexander Tretyakov	Martin's course	Yun Sung-bin

Overall standings and placements achieved women

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	LAK	CAL	OLD	CAN	STM	IGL1	IGL2	SOT	Points
01.	Janine Flock	Austria	3	4th	12	5	1	3	2	4th	1531
02.	Elizabeth Yarnold	United Kingdom	1	-	2	1	6th	1	1	1	1511
03.	Tina Hermann	Germany	4th	3	4th	6th	5	5	5	5	1496
04th	Anja Selbach	Germany	10	8th	7th	2	8th	10	8th	3	1346
05.	Laura Deas	United Kingdom	12	2	10	11	3	6th	7th	9	1314
06th	Sophia Griebel	Germany	7th	4th	4th	4th	10	13	12	7th	1304
07th	Rose McGrandle	United Kingdom	6th	6th	8th	14th	11	8th	3	11	1256
08th.	Marina Gilardoni	Switzerland	8th	9	6th	8th	19th	4th	6th	8th	1250
09.	Lanette preacher	Canada	11	7th	15th	10	4th	9	17th	12	1112
10.	Elisabeth Vathje	Canada	2	1	20th	-	2	2	-	6th	1099
11.	Joska Le Conté	Netherlands	16	15th	18th	7th	12	18th	13	10	920
12.	Marija Orlowa	Russia	-	-	1	3	20th	-	4th	2	895
13.	Anne O'Shea	United States	9	12	17th	9	23	17th	13	17th	866
14th	Jane Channell	Canada	-	-	11	13	7th	7th	11	13	848
15th	Savannah Graybill	United States	5	11	19th	17th	16	20th	18th	15th	830
16.	Carina Mair	Austria	15th	14th	12	16	9	14th	-	-	704
17th	Jelena Nikitina	Russia	-	-	3	12	17th	12	9	-	696
18th	Svetlana Wassiljewa	Russia	13	DSQ	9	21st	21st	16	16	16	684
19th	Takako Ōmukai	Japan	14th	18th	14th	18th	13	22nd	-	-	560
20th	Maria Mazilu	Romania	-	-	21st	20th	15th	11	10	-	514
21st	Lelde Priedulēna	Latvia	-	-	16	15th	14th	19th	15th	-	490
22nd	Eiko Nakayama	Japan	17th	19th	22nd	19th	18th	-	-	-	372
23.	Jaclyn Narracott	Australia	21st	17th	-	-	22nd	21st	19th	-	342
24.	Madison Charney	Canada	19th	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	218
25th	Olga Potylitsyna	Russia	-	-	-	-	-	15th	-	14th	216
26th	Julia Kanakina	Russia	18th	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	200
27.	Anastasija Novikova	Russia	20th	16	-	-	-	-	-	-	164

Overall standings and placements achieved in men

Final result after 8 races

rank	pilot	country	LAK	CAL	OLD	CAN	STM	LAP	IGL	SOT	Points
01.	Martin's course	Latvia	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	2	1770
02.	Tomass Dukurs	Latvia	2	2	2	8th	5	3	8th	4th	1526
03.	Axel Jungk	Germany	4th	5	4th	7th	6th	7th	9	6th	1408
04th	Matthew Antoine	United States	3	6th	15th	3	11	8th	11	8th	1272
05.	Dominic Parsons	United Kingdom	14th	7th	11	4th	4th	10	10	10	1232
06th	Yun Sung-bin	South Korea	DSQ	3	10	13	2	9	4th	3	1218
07th	Alexander Tretyakov	Russia	-	-	3	1	10	2	2	1	1214
08th.	Christopher Grotheer	Germany	15th	4th	12	11	9	4th	5	-	1088
09.	Dave Greszczyszyn	Canada	8th	8th	13	16	13	13	12	7th	1072
10.	Matthias Guggenberger	Austria	9	8th	7th	10	21st	18th	14th	8th	1038
11.	Sergei Chudinov	Russia	-	-	6th	15th	7th	6th	5	5	992
12.	Nikita Tregubov	Russia	-	-	5	5	3	5	3	-	952
13.	Kilian von Schleinitz	Germany	17th	12	9	6th	12	11	13	-	928
14th	Hiroatsu Takahashi	Japan	12	11	7th	9	14th	12	22nd	-	880
15th	Kyle Tress	United States	5	13	20th	25th	26th	14th	19th	13	754
16.	Raphael Maier	Austria	6th	17th	16	12	15th	17th	20th	-	748
17th	Barrett Martineau	Canada	16	21st	21st	18th	22nd	19th	17th	17th	606
18th	Yūki Sasahara	Japan	19th	19th	18th	17th	17th	16	18th	-	580
19th	Mattia Gaspari	Italy	-	-	14th	13	19th	15th	15th	-	514
20th	Ronald Auderset	Switzerland	22nd	20th	22nd	22nd	18th	20th	23	18th	514
21st	Ed Smith	United Kingdom	18th	18th	17th	20th	23	-	-	16	462
22nd	Evan Neufeldt	Canada	-	-	19th	19th	8th	-	21st	19th	444
23.	Anton Batuev	Russia	7th	16	-	-	-	-	-	11	400
24.	Joseph Cecchini	Italy	20th	15th	-	-	-	-	24	12	345
25th	Other Mirambell	Spain	24	25th	26th	28	27	23	25th	21st	333
26th	Pavel Kulikov	Russia	11	10	-	-	-	-	-	-	280
27.	John Farrow	Australia	21st	27	24	21st	20th	-	-	-	269
28.	Dorin Velicu	Romania	-	-	25th	27	24	26th	16	-	249
29	Alexander Mutowin	Russia	13	14th	-	-	-	-	-	-	232
30th	Kyle Brown	United States	-	-	28	23	16	-	-	22nd	230
31.	Rhys Thornbury	New Zealand	-	-	27	24	28	22nd	27	-	193
32.	Lee Han-sin	South Korea	23	22nd	-	-	-	-	26th	23	192
33.	Stephen Garbett	United States	10	26th	-	-	-	-	-	-	180
34.	David Swift	United Kingdom	-	-	-	-	-	-	7th	-	168
35.	Dominic Rady	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	14th	112
36.	Giovanni Mulassano	Italy	-	-	23	26th	29	-	-	-	110
37.	Alexandros Kefalas	Greece	-	-	-	-	25th	23	30th	-	110
38.	Michael Zachrau	Germany	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	15th	104
39.	Allen Blackwell	United States	-	-	-	-	-	21st	28	-	90
40.	Greg Rafter	Canada	25th	24	-	-	-	-	-	-	85
41.	Alexander Auer	Austria	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	20th	68
42.	Sean Greenwood	Ireland	-	23	-	-	-	-	-	-	50
43.	Nicholas Timmings	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	25th	-	-	40
44.	Dean Timmings	Australia	-	-	-	-	-	-	29	-	24

Web links

• Dates and results. Retrieved December 13, 2015 . 
• Overall rating men. Retrieved December 13, 2015 . 
• Overall ranking women. Retrieved December 13, 2015 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Viessmann FIBT World Cup and EM in La Plagne: Women's skeleton race canceled. FIBT, January 31, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 . 
2. ↑ Viessmann FIBT World Cup and FIBT EM Skeleton Women: catch-up race on Sunday in Igls. FIBT, February 2, 2015, accessed December 13, 2015 .