Janine Flock finished Friday’s World Cup Skeleton Championships in Innsbruck/Eagles in fourth place.
The Tyrolean missed the podium by only a hundredth and ended up 0.21 seconds behind the Dutch winner Kimberly Bosz, who overtook the Italian Valentina Margalio (+0.17) and the Briton Tabitha Stoecker (+0.20).
The next best Austrian was Julia Erlacher in 17th place (+1.12), and Anya Unterscheider came in 29th place.
Start with a special helmet
Flock had the fifth-best time in the first round and improved again in the second round – despite a broken nasal bone he suffered about three weeks ago. For this reason, the 34-year-old competed with a special helmet.
In the men’s competition, Samuel Mayer was Austria’s best skeleton player. The 24-year-old Tyrolean finished 11th, 1.02 seconds behind British winner Matt Weston. Alexander Schlintner was 17th (+1.54 seconds) and Florian Auer 24th (+2.37).
Weston celebrated his third victory in the Eagles, and the world champion also won in November 2021 and February 2023. He outperformed South Korean Seungye Young (+0.15 seconds) and German Felix Kissinger (+0.32).
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