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.
| 2024–25 Skeleton World Cup | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Discipline | Men | Women | |
| Overall |
 Christopher Grotheer |
 Freya Tarbit | |
| Competition | |||
| Edition | 39th | 29th | |
| Locations | 7 | 7 | |
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
edit| # | Location | Date | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Pyeongchang
|
16 November 2024 | |
| 2 | Pyeongchang
|
17 November 2024 | |
| 3 |  Yanqing
|
23 November 2024 | |
| 4 | Altenberg
|
6 December 2024 | |
| 5 |  Sigulda
|
13 December 2024 | |
| 6 | Winterberg
|
3 January 2025 | |
| 7 |  St. Moritz
|
10 January 2025 | |
| 8 |  Lillehammer
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7 February 2025 | also European Championships |
| WCH |  Lake Placid
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6–8 March 2025 | World Championships (not included in the World Cup) |
Calendar & Standings
editMen
edit| # | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time | R. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyeongchang
|
Christopher Grotheer
|
1:46.32 (51.85 / 54.47) |
Marcus Wyatt
|
1:46.47 (52.02 / 54.45) |
Matt Weston
|
1:46.95 (53.12 / 53.83) |
[2] |
| 2 | Pyeongchang
|
Christopher Grotheer
|
1:42.81 (51.53 / 51.28) |
Marcus Wyatt
|
1:42.87 (51.29 / 51.58) |
Matt Weston
|
1:43.31 (51.77 / 51.54) |
[3] |
| 3 | Yanqing
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| 4 | Altenberg
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| 5 | Sigulda
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| 6 | Winterberg
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| 7 | St. Moritz
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| 8 | Lillehammer
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Overall leaders 
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| No. | Holder | Date gained | Place | Date forfeited | Place | Number of competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Christopher Grotheer
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16 November 2024 | Pyeongchang
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| Rank[4] | Racer | Points | PYE1
|
PYE2
|
YAN1
|
ALT
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SIG
|
WIN
|
STM
|
LIL
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Christopher Grotheer
|
450 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Marcus Wyatt
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420 | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | Matt Weston
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400 | 3 | 3 | ||||||
| 4 |  Samuel Maier
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368 | 6 | 4 | ||||||
| 5 |  Rasmus Johansen
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352 | 4 | 8 | ||||||
| 6 | Kim Ji-soo
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352 | 7 | 5 | ||||||
| 7 | Felix Kisinger
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312 | 9 | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | Craig Thompson
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296 | 13 | 6 | ||||||
| 9 |  Vladyslav Heraskevych
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296 | 8 | 11 | ||||||
| 10 | Chen Wenhao
|
264 | 5 | 18 |
Women
edit| # | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time | R. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pyeongchang
|
Amelia Coltman
|
1:48.41 (54.76 / 53.65) |
Janine Flock
|
1:48.49 (53.54 / 54.95) |
 Nicole Silveira
|
1:48.54 (54.56 / 53.98) |
[5] |
| 2 | Pyeongchang
|
Freya Tarbit
|
1:45.64 (52.41 / 52.27) |
Hannah Neise
|
1:44.68 (52.87 / 52.77) |
Janine Flock
|
1:45.70 (52.54 / 53.16) |
[6] |
| 3 | Yanqing
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| 4 | Altenberg
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| 5 | Sigulda
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| 6 | Winterberg
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| 7 | St. Moritz
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| 8 | Lillehammer
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Overall leaders
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| No. | Holder | Date gained | Place | Date forfeited | Place | Number of competitions |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Amelia Coltman
|
16 November 2024 | Pyeongchang
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17 November 2024 | Pyeongchang
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| 2. | Freya Tarbit
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17 November 2024 | Pyeongchang
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| Rank[7] | Racer | Points | PYE1
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PYE2
|
YAN1
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ALT
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SIG
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WIN
|
STM
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LIL
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya Tarbit
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417 | 4 | 1 | ||||||
| 2 | Janine Flock
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410 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
| 3 | Hannah Neise
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386 | 6 | 2 | ||||||
| 4 | Nicole Silveira
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376 | 3 | 6 | ||||||
| 5 | Jacqueline Pfeifer
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336 | 10 | 4 | ||||||
| 6 | Zhao Dan
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320 | 5 | 11 | ||||||
| 7 |  Kimberley Bos
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312 | 9 | 8 | ||||||
| 8 | Amelia Coltman
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299 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
| 9 | Corinna Leipold
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296 | 9 | 10 | ||||||
| 10 |  Hallie Clarke
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288 | 6 | 14 |
Mixed Team
edit| # | Place | Winner | Time | Second | Time | Third | Time | R. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Altenberg
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| 2 | Winterberg
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| 3 | St. Moritz
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Podium table by nation
editTable showing the World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Great Britain | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 2 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 3 | Austria | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 4 | Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (4 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | |
Points distribution
edit| Place | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| Points | 225 | 210 | 200 | 192 | 184 | 176 | 168 | 160 | 152 | 144 | 136 | 128 | 120 | 112 | 104 | 96 | 88 | 80 | 74 | 68 |
References
edit- ^ "Calendar". ibsf.org. IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Men's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 1 (KOR)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Men's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 2 (KOR)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Men's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.
- ^ "Women's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 1 (KOR)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "Women's Skeleton: Pyeongchang 2 (KOR)" (PDF). IBSF. Retrieved 17 November 2024.
- ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Women's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.