Martins Dukurs places third in this season's second Skeleton World Cup stage
By Editor.
23.11.2009
Latvian skeleton athlete Martins Dukurs finished in third place during the season's second Skeleton World Cup stage in Lake Placid.
But Latvian Tomass Dukurs finished in overall fourth place. Frank Rommel (Germany) finished the stage in first place and was 0.49 seconds seconds ahead of M.Dukurs, whilst Sandro Stielicke (Germany) finished the race in overall second place, only 0.01 seconds ahead of M.Dukurs, informs LETA.
LETA also reported, this season's Skeleton World Cup will have eight stages, with the season ending in January in Austria. But the Skeleton World Cup season will be followed by this year's Vancouver Winter Olympic Games in February. Last season, M.Dukurs finished the Skeleton World Cup season in overall 6th place, whilst T.Dukurs finished in overall 16th place.