title: 2010–11 Skeleton World Cup
text: # 2010–11 Skeleton World Cup
  
  The 2010–11 Skeleton World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for bob skeleton. The season started on 25 November 2010 in Whistler, Canada, and ended on 4 February 2011 in Cesana, Italy. The World Cup was organised by the FIBT who also ran world cups and championships in bobsleigh. This season was sponsored by Viessmann.
  
  ## Calendar
  
  Below is the schedule of the 2010/11 season.
  
  | Venue | Date | Details |
  | - | - | - |
  | Whistler | 25–26 November 2010 | |
  | Calgary | 2 December 2010 | |
  | Park City | 9 December 2010 | |
  | Lake Placid | 17 December 2010 | |
  | Igls | 14–15 January 2011 | |
  | Winterberg | 22–23 January 2011 | Also serves as FIBT European Championships |
  | St. Moritz | 28 January 2011 | |
  | Cesana | 4 February 2011 | |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Men
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Whistler | Jon Montgomery (CAN) | 1:47.56 (53.84 / 53.72) | Kristan Bromley (GBR) | 1:47.84 (54.27 / 53.57) | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 1:47.88 (54.07 / 53.81) |
  | Calgary | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1:52.14 (56.10 / 56.04) | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 1:52.23 (56.17 / 56.06) | Kristan Bromley (GBR) | 1:52.98 (56.54 / 56.44) |
  | Park City | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 1:38.48 (49.37 / 49.11) | Sandro Stielicke (GER) | 1:38.49 (49.17 / 49.32) | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1:38.50 (49.24 / 49.26) |
  | Lake Placid | Sergey Chudinov (RUS) | 1:48.51 (54.21 / 54.30) | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1:48.55 (54.15 / 54.40) | Kristan Bromley (GBR) | 1:48.74 (54.25 / 54.49) |
  | Igls | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1:45.95 (52.95 / 53.00) | Sergey Chudinov (RUS) | 1:46.75 (53.41 / 53.34) | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 1:46.89 (53.55 / 53.34) |
  | Winterberg | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1:55.41 (57.48 / 57.93) | Sergey Chudinov (RUS) | 1:55.61 (57.55 / 58.06) | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 1:55.71 (57.78 / 57.93) |
  | St. Moritz | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 2:16.54 (1:08.63 / 1:07.91) | Frank Rommel (GER) | 2:16.89 (1:08.58 / 1:08.31) | Ben Sandford (NZL) | 2:17.34 (1:08.66 / 1:08.68) |
  | Cesana | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 1:53.06 (56.39 / 56.67) | Tomass Dukurs (LAT) | 1:54.27 (56.99 / 57.28) | Sandro Stielicke (GER) | 1:54.32 (57.10 / 57.22) |
  
  **Notes**
  
  * Note 1: Ben Sandford's bronze medal at the St. Moritz World Cup race was New Zealand's first ever World Cup medal.
  
  ### Women
  
  | Event: | Gold: | Time | Silver: | Time | Bronze: | Time |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Whistler | Marion Thees (GER) | 1:48.98 (54.44 / 54.54) | Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) | 1:49.40 (54.68 / 54.72) | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:50.07 (55.24 / 54.83) |
  | Calgary | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:55.84 (57.93 / 57.91) | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 1:56.61 (58.15 / 58.46) | Amy Gough (CAN) | 1:56.89 (58.35 / 58.54) |
  | Park City | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:40.62 (50.58 / 50.04) | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 1:40.80 (50.47 / 50.33) | Amy Gough (CAN) | 1:41.02 (50.68 / 50.34) |
  | Lake Placid | Marion Thees (GER) | 1:51.95 (55.86 / 56.09) | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 1:52.28 (56.17 / 56.11) | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:52.48 (56.06 / 56.42) |
  | Igls | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:51.10 (55.34 / 55.76) | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 1:51.27 (55.69 / 55.58) | Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) | 1:51.45 (55.70 / 55.75) |
  | Winterberg | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 1:57.77 (58.75 / 59.02) | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:57.99 (58.90 / 59.09) | Amy Gough (CAN) | 1:58.52 (59.21 / 59.31) |
  | St. Moritz | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 2:19.17 (1:09.76 / 1:09.41) | Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) | 2:19.41 (1:09.85 / 1:09.56) | Anja Huber (GER) | 2:19.43 (1:10.00 / 1:09.43) |
  | Cesana | Anja Huber (GER) | 1:56.71 (58.35 / 58.36) | Marion Thees (GER) | 1:56.77 (58.46 / 58.31) | Darla Deschamps (CAN) | 1:57.07 (58.48 / 58.59) |
  
  ## Standings
  
  ### Men
  
  | Pos. | Bobsledder | WHI | CAL | PKC | LKP | IGL | WIN | SMO | CES | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Martins Dukurs (LAT) | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1719 |
  | 2. | Sandro Stielicke (GER) | 7 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1466 |
  | 3. | Frank Rommel (GER) | 9 | 7 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1410 |
  | 4. | Sergey Chudinov (RUS) | 8 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 7 | 1351 |
  | 5. | Aleksandr Tretyakov (RUS) | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 1349 |
  | 6. | Michi Halilovic (GER) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 1288 |
  | 7. | Matthew Antoine (USA) | 6 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 9 | 1248 |
  | 8. | Tomass Dukurs (LAT) | 10 | 25 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1242 |
  | 9. | Jon Montgomery (CAN) | 1 | 11 | 10 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 1209 |
  | 10. | John Daly (USA) | 19 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 18 | 1058 |
  | 11. | Chris Type (GBR) | 16 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 12 | 9 | 14 | 1048 |
  | 12. | Kristan Bromley (GBR) | 2 | 3 | 4 | 3 | dns | — | 14 | 15 | 1018 |
  | 13. | John Fairbairn (CAN) | 11 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 944 |
  | 14. | Michael Douglas (CAN) | 13 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 19 | dsq | 6 | 7 | 914 |
  | 15. | Matthias Guggenberger (AUT) | 17 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 19 | 15 | — | 722 |
  | 16. | Anže Šetina (SLO) | 24 | 17 | 22 | 17 | 12 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 717 |
  | 17. | Ben Sandford (NZL) | 12 | dns | — | dns | 15 | — | 3 | 5 | 616 |
  | 18. | Hiroatsu Takahashi (JPN) | 21 | 20 | 19 | 21 | 20 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 602 |
  | 19. | Ander Mirambell (ESP) | 14 | 22 | 17 | 19 | 24 | 18 | 24 | 23 | 550 |
  | 20. | Shinsuke Tayama (JPN) | 18 | 21 | 18 | 22 | 21 | 20 | 26 | 19 | 518 |
  
  ### Women
  
  | Pos. | Bobsledder | WHI | CAL | PKC | LKP | IGL | WIN | SMO | CES | Points |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1. | Anja Huber (GER) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1710 |
  | 2. | Shelley Rudman (GBR) | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1642 |
  | 3. | Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 1516 |
  | 4. | Marion Thees (GER) | 1 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 1492 |
  | 5. | Amy Gough (CAN) | 6 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1400 |
  | 6. | Donna Creighton (GBR) | 4 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 4 | 1300 |
  | 7. | Katharina Heinz (GER) | 8 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 1168 |
  | 8. | Emma Lincoln-Smith (AUS) | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 13 | 11 | 1152 |
  | 9. | Olga Potylitsina (RUS) | 17 | 15 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 23 | 980 |
  | 10. | Nozomi Komuro (JPN) | 11 | 18 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 17 | 14 | 968 |
  | 11. | Anne O'Shea (USA) | 15 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 17 | 960 |
  | 12. | Janine Flock (AUT) | 13 | 12 | 8 | 16 | 18 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 872 |
  | 13. | Katharine Eustace (NZL) | — | 11 | 16 | 14 | 9 | — | 6 | 13 | 792 |
  | 14. | Lucy Katherine Chaffer (AUS) | 12 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 18 | 15 | 780 |
  | 15. | Darla Deschamps (CAN) | — | — | — | — | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 768 |
  | 16. | Joska Le Conté (NED) | 14 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 18 | 13 | 20 | 744 |
  | 17. | Amy Williams (GBR) | — | — | — | — | 12 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 616 |
  | 18. | Sarah Reid (CAN) | 7 | 7 | 9 | 13 | — | — | — | — | 608 |
  | 19. | Svetlana Trunova (RUS) | 9 | 10 | 12 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 592 |
  | 20. | Kimber Gabryszak (USA) | 16 | 16 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 19 | — | — | 578 |
  