| *4 SEASON 2007/08 | | News | 28th February, 2008
British Women Finish In Top 10 At World Championships | 22nd February, 2008
Williams 5th And Davies 8th At The Halfway Stage | 22nd February, 2008
Bromley Crowned World Champion | 21st February, 2008
Bromley Leads At The Halfway Stage | 21st February, 2008
Team Prepare For World Championships Bid | 13th February, 2008
Dave Swift Wins Junior World Championships Silver | 12th February, 2008
British Skeleton Announce World Championships Squad | 10th February, 2008
Kristan Crowned Overall World Cup Champion | 4th February, 2008
Bromley Continues Push For World Cup Crown | 1st February, 2008
Williams 5th In Konigssee | 28th January, 2008
British Championships 2008 | 25th January, 2008
Kristan Wins St Moritz World Cup | 21st January, 2008
Calgary Intercontinental Cup | 21st January, 2008
World Cup Race 4 - Cesana | 4th December, 2007
World Cup Calgary - Great Start To The Season | 7th November, 2007
Winterberg - Selection Race 1 | 26th October, 2007
New Talent Selected | 17th October, 2007
Teams Depart For Training Camp | | Record Entry At The British Championships And Inter Services Competition |
 Britain’s Kristan Bromley clinched the men’s bob skeleton World Championship 22nd February, 2008
Britain’s Kristan Bromley clinched the men’s bob skeleton World Championship today at Altenberg in Germany and in doing so made history as the first person to hold the World Championship, European Championship and World Cup titles in the same season.
Bromley led all the way after recording the fastest time on the first of four runs yesterday and finished the competition with 0.68 seconds in hand of Jon Montgomery of Canada who took the silver medal and 0.74 seconds ahead of bronze medalist Frank Rommel from Germany.
Britain’s other representatives, Adam Pengilly and Anthony Sawyer, finished 10th and 17th respectively.
Track conditions were again variable and became progressively slower as the track became worn. At the end of the third run, Germany’s Florian Grassl had reduced Bromley’s lead to 0.15 seconds, with Montgomery producing the fastest run of the heat
to close on the two leaders and set up a nail-biting finish. Only the top 20 competitors qualified for the final run, for which the starting order was decided on placings in reverse order of merit with Bromley the last to go.
Grassl lost his chance with several crucial mistakes but Bromley, who has been the model of consistency all season, held his nerve on the final run to take the gold medal and his first World Championship title.
“It was amazing,” said Bromley afterwards. “It hasn’t really sunk in yet. Of all the three titles this season this was the one I really wanted. It’s truly amazing.”
Bromley’s coach Michael Gruenberger said: “It’s a great result for Kristan. It showed that in very difficult conditions what an athlete of his experience and skill can achieve. Throughout the season Kristan’s big weapon has been his consistency and under pressure he delivered a fantastic performance in the final run and pulled up half a second on the opposition.”
At the halfway stage in the women’s event Britain’s Amy Williams is in fifth place, just over a second off the lead, with Maggie Davies in eighth.
Both British women produced superb second runs, with Williams recording the fastest time of the heat to improve her position by two places after starting from seventh position at the end of the first run.
The women’s event concludes tomorrow with the final two runs, starting at 14.00hrs local time.
RESULTS
MEN’S EVENT
Final results
1st Run 2nd Run 3rd Run 4th Run Total
1: Kristan Bromley (GBR) 58.13 58.90 58.23 59.45 3:54.71
2: Jon Montgomery (CAN) 58.33 59.27 58.16 59.63 3:55.39
3: Frank Rommel (GER) 58.46 59.16 58.25 59.58 3:55.45
4: Florian Grassl (GER) 58.15 59.08 58.18 1:00.09 3:55.50
5: Martins Dukurs (LAT) 59.18 58.73 58.93 59.36 3:56.20
6: Zach Lund (USA) 58.43 59.37 59.22 59.26 3:56.28
10: Adam Pengilly (GBR) 59.25 59.04 59.05 59.62 3:56.96
17: Anthony Sawyer (GBR) 59.60 59.37 1:01.58 59.24 3:59.79
WOMEN’S EVENT
After two of four runs:
1st Run 2nd Run Total
1: Anja Huber (GER) 1:00.29 1:02.18 2:02.47
2: Katie Uhlaender (USA) 1:00.47 1:02.29 2:02.76
3: Michelle Kelly (CAN) 1:00.99 1:01.97 2:02.96
4: Kerstin Juergens (GER) 1:01.15 1:02.31 2:03.46
5: Amy Williams (GBR) 1:01.94 1:01.57 2:03.51
6: Mellisa Hollingsworth (CAN) 1:01.15 1:02.56 2:03.71
8: Maggie Davies (GBR) 1:02.96 1:02.32 2:05.28
The British skeleton programme is funded by UK Sport as part of its Elite
Pathway Programme.
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