SIGULDA, Latvia — Christopher Grotheer continues to be unbeaten this season. He is simply not the World Cup males’s skeleton factors chief.
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Britain’s Marcus Wyatt took over the World Cup lead with a win in a race Friday at Sigulda, Latvia. Grotheer — the reigning Olympic champion who had gained all 4 World Cup races coming into this weekend — was injured throughout coaching on Tuesday and didn’t compete. That opened the door for Wyatt to take over because the factors chief.
“I’m already on my way home to clarify exactly what’s going on and what the next few weeks will look like,” Grotheer wrote on social media. “A big thank you to the medical department who tried everything to give me a start. In the end, we decided together against a start so as not to jeopardize the rest of the season and the other goals of the season.”
Wyatt received the win over Britain’s Matt Weston on Friday, with China’s Yin Zheng ending third. Wyatt now has 1,037 factors within the standings, simply forward of Weston’s 1,030. Grotheer stays third with 900 — however faces very lengthy odds now of successful the season factors title with simply three races remaining.
Austin Florian was the highest U.S. males’s finisher, inserting seventh.
Within the girls’s race, Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands was the fifth winner in as many races on the circuit this season. She was first on Friday, with Austria’s Janine Flock in second and Belgium’s Kim Meylemans ending third. Mystique Ro was seventh to steer the U.S. girls.
Reigning Olympic champion Hannah Niese of Germany leads the factors race with 988, forward of Flock at 940 and Bos at 897.
The three skeleton World Cups left on this season’s schedule: Jan. 3 at Winterberg, Germany, Jan. 10 at St. Moritz, Switzerland, and Feb. 7 at Lillehammer, Norway. Up subsequent
Luge: World Cup at Oberhof, Germany, Saturday and Sunday.
Bobsled: World Cup at Sigulda, Latvia, Saturday and Sunday.
Skeleton: World Cup at Winterberg, Germany, on Jan. 3.
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