Skeleton
Janine Flock wins World Cup competition in Winterberg
Austria's skeleton athletes made a big impression at the World Cup in Winterberg on Friday. Janine Flock landed her first win of the season, her compatriot Samuel Maier achieved his best career result in second place!
Flock was one hundredth of a second ahead after run 1, ultimately winning by 0.27 seconds ahead of Czech Anna Fernstedt and 0.29 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Hannah Neise. The Tyrolean also claimed a record: she has now collected the most World Cup podium places.
"I'm very happy to be back at the top again!"
The 35-year-old raced to her eleventh World Cup victory in total with two fastest times and overtook Germany's Tina Hermann, who was in the audience on Friday, in the eternal podium ranking. Hermann had declared her career over before the start of the season.
"I'm very happy to be back at the top of the World Cup podium," said the two-time overall World Cup winner, who had last triumphed in Sigulda on December 31, 2021.
"The World Cup is not the main goal!"
"I'm glad that I was able to carry the momentum into the new year," said Flock, who has set her sights on the 2026 Olympics. In the overall World Cup, she is 23 points behind Germany's Neise in second place after six of eight stops, but Flock emphasized: "The World Cup is not the main goal."
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