Martins Dukurs ends year-long wait for skeleton victory in Altenberg; Tina Hermann seals home triumph in women's race

BySportsbeat

Updated 17/12/2021 at 19:26 GMT

The 37-year-old will hope to finally strike Olympic gold in Beijing in 2022 having taken silver in 2010 and 2014. The Latvian, one of the sport's most successful sliders, had not tasted a win in his previous seven starts but produced a fine performance in Germany, a particularly quick final run pushing home favourites Axel Jungk and Christopher Grotheer into second and third.

Latvia's Martins Dukurs competes in the men's Skeleton World Cup in Altenberg, eastern Germany, on December 3, 2021.

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Martins Dukurs finally snapped a year-long World Cup drought by sliding to gold in Altenberg, Germany.

The Latvian had been a dominant force in men's skeleton, winning ten World Cup overall titles and six World Championship gold medals.

But after taking victory on 18 December 2020 in Innsbruck, he went seven starts without claiming victory on the top-level circuit.

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Dukurs' day finally came when he overtook home favourite Axel Jungk in the second run, prevailing by 0.19 seconds with Germany's Christopher Grotheer bagging bronze.

The host nation couldn't be dislodged from the top of the podium in the women's race, however, where Tina Hermann triumphed.

Her second race win of the season on home ice came by a margin of 0.11 seconds.

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