Jon Montgomery of Canada competes in the men's skeleton competition during the FIBT Bob & Skeleton World Cup at the bob run on December 11, 2009 in Winterberg, Germany.Photograph by: Alex Grimm, Getty ImagesIGLS, Austria — Jon Montgomery of Russell, Man., capped the World Cup season by finishing fifth in the men’s skeleton race in Igls, Austria, on Saturday.
Montgomery was in fourth place after the opening run, but dropped a position after a difficult second heat. He clocked a two-run time of one minute 47.16 seconds, leaving Montgomery fifth in the final season standings.
“I am quite pleased today,” said Montgomery. “I had one good run but had some challenges on my second trip down the track in a couple of the tricky parts. This track is a bit of a track meet and not one of my favourites, but I am pleased with my finish.”
Martins Dukurs of Latvia won again on Saturday to clinch overall World Cup title. Dukurs finished in 1:46.14, followed by Frank Rommel of Germany (1:46.39) and Russia’s Alexander Tretriakov (1:46.49).
Mike Douglas of Toronto was 10th (1:47.28), while Calgary’s Jeff Pain was 11th (1:47.37).
In the men’s two-man bobsled event, Pierre Lueders and Jesse Lumsden of Edmonton finished eighth in 1:44.60.
Lyndon Rush of Humboldt, Sask., and Lascelles Brown of Calgary were 10th (1:44.67).
Beat Hefti and Thomas Lamparter of Switzerland won the men’s race in 1:44.01. Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske of Germany were second (1:44.12), while Daniel Schmid and Juerg Egger of Switzerland finished third (1:44.37).
The World Cup bobsled season wraps up on Sunday in Austria with the men’s four-man race.
Source:montrealgazette.com/
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