Frank Rommel led Germany to a 1-2 finish in the men’s skeleton World Cup at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Friday.
Rommel finished the two runs in a combined 1 minute, 50.88 seconds to easily beat Sandro Stielicke, who finished in 1:51.36.
Martins Dukurs of Latvia, who won the World Cup opener a week ago at Park City, Utah, won the bronze, just 0.01 seconds behind Stielicke. Dukurs’ brother Tomass was fourth in 1:51.50.
Last February, Rommel struggled to 13th place in the world championships at Mount Van Hoevenberg, and his four victories in the World Cup regular season quickly became an icy afterthought.
“It’s kind of revenge for last year’s world championships here,” said Rommel, who will compete in the Winter Olympics in February. “It wasn’t my race then. This time I knew how to take care of myself. I’m quite happy to bring it all together today. It was a strong team performance. We have a good team.”
Earlier, Mellisa Hollingsworth won the women’s race to give Canada, host of the 2010 Winter Games, its third medal in two races.
The men didn’t fare so well. Jon Montgomery finished 12th and teammate Jeff Pain was 13th.
Hollingsworth led after the first heat and finished the race in 1:54.85 seconds to edge Shelley Rudman of Britain by 0.23 seconds.
Rudman finished just 0.05 seconds ahead of world champion Marion Trott of Germany, who took the bronze in 1:55.13.
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