2024–25 Skeleton World Cup Explained

2024–25 Skeleton World Cup
Competition1:Overall
Competition1men: Christopher Grotheer
Competition1ladies: Freya Tarbit
Menseason:39th
Ladiesseason:29th
Menlocations:7
Ladieslocations:7
Previous:2023–24

The 2024–25 Skeleton World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Skeleton World Cup) is a multi-race series over a season of skeleton, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). It is the 39th edition for men and 29th edition for women of the highest international race series in skeleton.

The season started on 16 November 2024 in Pyeongchang, South Korea and will end on 7 February 2024 in Lillehammer, Norway.[1]

The highlight of the season will be the World Championships in Lake Placid, United States, whose results were not included in the World Cup standings.

Schedule

LocationDateDetails
1 Pyeongchang16 November 2024
2 Pyeongchang17 November 2024
3 Yanqing23 November 2024
4 Altenberg6 December 2024
5 Sigulda13 December 2024
6 Winterberg3 January 2025
7   St. Moritz10 January 2025
8 Lillehammer7 February 2025also European Championships
WCH Lake Placid6–8 March 2025World Championships (not included in the World Cup)

Calendar & Standings

Men

PlaceWinnerTimeSecondTimeThirdTime
1 Pyeongchang Christopher Grotheer1:46.32
(51.85 / 54.47)		 Marcus Wyatt1:46.47
(52.02 / 54.45)		 Matt Weston1:46.95
(53.12 / 53.83)		[2]
2 Pyeongchang Christopher Grotheer1:42.81
(51.53 / 51.28)		 Marcus Wyatt1:42.87
(51.29 / 51.58)		 Matt Weston1:43.31
(51.77 / 51.54)		[3]
3 Yanqing Christopher Grotheer2:01.93
(1:00.81 / 1:01.12)		 Matt Weston2:01.94
(1:00.70 / 1:01.24)		 Yin Zheng2:02.02
(1:00.96 / 1:01.06)		[4]
4 Altenberg
5 Sigulda
6 Winterberg
7   St. Moritz
8 Lillehammer

Overall leaders

Rank[5] RacerPoints PYE1 PYE2 YAN ALT SIG WIN STM LIL
1 Christopher Grotheer6751 1 1
2 Marcus Wyatt6122 2 4
3 Matt Weston6103 3 2
4 Samuel Maier4966 4 12
5 Rasmus Johansen4884 8 11
6 Kim Ji-soo4727 5 13
7 Vladyslav Heraskevych4568 11 8
8 Lin Qinwei43218 7 5
9 Chen Wenhao4325 18 7
10 Felix Keisinger4249 8 14
Craig Thompson36013 6 20 -->

Women

PlaceWinnerTimeSecondTimeThirdTime
1 Pyeongchang Amelia Coltman1:48.41
(54.76 / 53.65)		 Janine Flock1:48.49
(53.54 / 54.95)		 Nicole Silveira1:48.54
(54.56 / 53.98)		[6]
2 Pyeongchang Freya Tarbit1:45.64
(52.41 / 52.27)		 Hannah Neise1:44.68
(52.87 / 52.77)		 Janine Flock1:45.70
(52.54 / 53.16)		[7]
3 Yanqing Zhao Dan2:04.27
(1:02.24 / 1:02.03)		 Hannah Neise2:04.64
(1:02.40 / 1:02.24)		 Freya Tarbit2:04.68
(1:02.24 / 1:02.44)		[8]
4 Altenberg
5 Sigulda
6 Winterberg
7   St. Moritz
8 Lillehammer

Overall leaders

No.HolderDate gainedPlaceDate forfeitedPlaceNumber of competitions
1. Amelia Coltman16 November 2024 Pyeongchang17 November 2024 Pyeongchang1
2. Freya Tarbit17 November 2024 Pyeongchang
Rank[9] RacerPoints PYE1 PYE2 YAN1 ALT SIG WIN STM LIL
1 Freya Tarbit6174 1 3
2 Hannah Neise5966 2 2
3 Zhao Dan5455 11 1
4 Janine Flock5282 3 12
5 Jacqueline Pfeifer52010 4 5
6 Kimberley Bos4889 8 6
7 Hallie Clarke4566 14 7
7 Tabitha Stoecker4565 18 4
9 Corinna Leipold4329 10 11
10 Anna Fernstädt4168 16 8

Mixed Team

PlaceWinnerTimeSecondTimeThirdTime
1 Altenberg
2 Winterberg
3   St. Moritz

Podium table by nation

Table showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.

Points distribution

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Points225 210 200 192 184 176 168 160 152 144 136 128 120 112 104 96 88 80 74 68

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Calendar. ibsf.org. IBSF. 17 November 2024.
  2. Web site: Men's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 1 (KOR). IBSF. 17 November 2024.
  3. Web site: Men's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 2 (KOR). IBSF. 17 November 2024.
  4. Web site: Men's Skeleton: Yanqing (CHN). IBSF. 23 November 2024.
  5. Web site: IBSF World Cup standings - Men's Skeleton. IBSF Results. IBSF.
  6. Web site: Women's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 1 (KOR). IBSF. 17 November 2024.
  7. Web site: Women's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 2 (KOR). IBSF. 17 November 2024.
  8. Web site: Women's Skeleton: Yangqing (CHN). IBSF. 23 November 2024.
  9. Web site: IBSF World Cup standings - Women's Skeleton. IBSF Results. IBSF.

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