Skeleton: Axel Jungk celebrates first World Cup victory

Vice World Champion Axel Jungk from Oberbärenburg has won the World Cup final and thus also the Olympic dress rehearsal. The 26-year-old won the race at Königssee in front of the Latvian brothers Martins and Tomass Dukurs and celebrated his first World Cup victory. Christopher Grotheer from Oberhof finished fifth and Alexander Gassner from Winterberg finished sixth.

“We must not allow ourselves to be dazzled by this, we do not have the home advantage in Korea. But I can now fly across with my chest wide open,”said Jungk three weeks before the winter games in Pyeongchang on ARD:”I was the first time I was in a situation where I was the last one to go down. I used to be a bit of a fidgety person, but today it worked out well.”

Because the Martin’s Dukurs, which had previously been second in the overall World Cup, will be used for the race in St. Gallen. Moritz was disqualified a week ago, Jungk moved up to second place in the overall ranking behind South Korean Yun Sungbin. Grotheer and Gassner finished the year in sixth and seventh place.

World champion Jacqueline Lölling from Winterberg, on the other hand, still has to wait for her second victory in the overall World Cup. The women’s race was interrupted this morning due to heavy snowfall. It will now be made up in the afternoon (14.45 and 16.15 o’ clock).