Skeleton World Championship 2007

The 2007 Skeleton World Championship was held from January 26 to February 1, 2007 in St. Moritz parallel to the 2007 Bobsleigh World Championship. There was one event for women and one for men. Both were carried out in four runs. For the first time, a team competition was held in which, in addition to one male and one female starter from the participating nations from the skeleton area, a two-man bobsleigh team from both genders of the nations started. Here the German team was able to prevail after one race per starting athlete or team with 0.17 seconds ahead of the USA and save a world championship that was disappointing for the German participants.

Men

space	athlete	nation	time
1	Gregor Stähli	Switzerland	4: 36.26
2	Eric Bernotas	United States	+1.58
3	Zach Lund	United States	+1.78
4th	Markus Penz	Austria	+1.90
5	Alexander Tretyakov	Russia	+3.12
6th	Martin's course	Latvia	+3.35
7th	Jeff Pain	Canada	+3.37
8th	Daniel Mächler	Switzerland	+3.97
9	Adam Pengilly	United Kingdom	+4.02
10	Frank Kleber	Germany	+4.15
11	Kristan Bromley	United Kingdom	+4.27
12	Caleb Smith	United States	+4.37
13	Sergei Chudinov	Russia	+4.47
14th	Paul Boehm	Canada	+4.52
15th	Anthony Sawyer	United Kingdom	+4.63
16	Grégory Saint-Géniès	France	+4.86
17th	Jon Montgomery	Canada	+4.95
18th	Tomass Dukurs	Latvia	+5.00
19th	Ben Sandford	New Zealand	+5.02
20th	Christopher Hedquist	United States	+5.20
21st	Alberto Polacchi	Italy	3: 31.88
22nd	Dirk Matschenz	Netherlands	3: 32.10
23	Masaru Inada	Japan	3: 32.26
24	Kazuhiro Koshi	Japan	3: 32.51
25th	Peter van Wees	Netherlands	3: 33.30
26th	Urs Vescoli	Australia	3: 36.58
27	Ivan Pokos	Croatia	3: 37.65
28	Patrick Singleton	Bermuda	3: 38.13
29	Matt Skolnik	Slovakia	3: 39.94
30th	Mark Temple	Poland	3: 41.38
DNS	Patrick Shannon	Ireland

Date: January 27, 2007 - A total of 30 out of 31 registered participants took part. Only the top 20 starters were allowed to take part in the fourth and final race. The outstanding winner was the Swiss skeleton veteran Gregor Stähli , who set the fastest time in three of four races. The Austrian Markus Penz achieved the fourth fastest time in the third round. With that he was able to make up for his botched start and finished fourth. In the medal places, Stähli was followed by the favored Americans.

Women

space	athlete	nation	time
1	Noelle Pikus-Pace	United States	4:44:13
2	Maya Pedersen-Bieri	Switzerland	+1.56
3	Katie Uhlaender	United States	+1.72
4th	Tania Morel	Switzerland	+2.32
5	Carla Pavan	Canada	+2.90
6th	Michelle Steele	Australia	+2.96
7th	Amy Williams	United Kingdom	+3.03
8th	Michelle Kelly	Canada	+3.37
9	Lindsay Alcock	Canada	+3.38
10	Shelley Rudman	United Kingdom	+3.79
11	Bree Schaaf Boyer	United States	+5.28
12	Emma Lincoln-Smith	Australia	+5.82
13	Courtney Yamada	United States	+5.95
14th	Monique Riekewald	Germany	+6.24
15th	Anja Huber	Germany	+7.32
16	Kerstin Juergens	Germany	+7.65
17th	Desiree Bjerke	Norway	+8.02
18th	Costanza Zanoletti	Italy	+11.23
19th	Ekaterina Mironova	Russia	+11.34
20th	Nozomi Komuro	Japan	+12.72
21st	Alexa Putnam	American Virgin Islands	3: 44.36
22nd	Undīne Vītola	Latvia	3: 44.57
DNS	Louise Corcoran	New Zealand	2 runs

Date: January 26, 2007 - There were a total of 23 participants at the start, the New Zealander Louise Corcoran no longer competed for her last run . Only the 20 best-placed starters were allowed to take part in the fourth and final race. The outstanding winner was the American Noelle Pikus-Pace , who set a track record in the last run, ahead of the record world champion Maya Pedersen-Bieri from Switzerland. The two following places were also occupied by starters from these two nations. Austria did not send a representative, the three German starters disappointed with places between 14 and 16.

team

space	athlete	society	time
1	Frank Kleber Monique Riekewald Team Sandra Kiriasis Team Karl Angerer	Germany	4:43:04
2	Eric Bernota's Noelle Pikus-Pace Team Erin Pac Team Mike Kohn	United States	+0.17
3	Gregor Stähli Maya Pedersen-Bieri Team Sabina Hafner Team Ivo Rüegg	Switzerland	+0.68
4th	Paul Boehm Amy Gough Team Amanda Stepenko Team Lyndon Rush	Canada	+2.14
5	Sergei Tschudinow Jekaterina Mironowa Team Alewtina Kovalenko Team Dmitri Abramowitsch	Russia	+3.58
6th	Tomass Dukurs Undīne Vītola Team Aiva Aparjode Team Mihails Arhipovs	Latvia	+4.76
7th	David Mair Teresita Bramante Team Jessica Gillarduzzi Team Andreas Mayrl	Italy	+9.91

Date: February 1, 2007 - A total of nine participating teams were at the start. The teams consisted of one male and one female skeleton pilot and one male and one female two-man bobsleigh team. The bobsleigh teams were named after their pilot in the list of results and listed in small format. First the male skeleton pilot started, then the women's bobsleigh team, then the female skeleton pilot and finally the men's bobsleigh team. There was only one run at a time. The four individual runs were added to an overall result. Germany became world champion mainly due to the good performance of the bobsleigh teams, each of which set the fastest time, but was only placed in the midfield in the skeleton ( Frank Kleber in fifth, Monique Riekewald in fourth). The best skeleton pilot was Noelle Pikus-Pace , the best pilot Gregor Stähli . Austria was not at the start because of a missing skeleton pilot.

Web links

• Result lists at the BSD