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IBSF World Championships 2021

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IBSF World Championships 2021
VenueAltenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
LocationAltenberg, Germany
Dates5–14 February
IBSF World Championships 2021
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Monobobwomen
Twomenwomen
Fourmen
Skeletonmenwomen
mixed

The 2021 IBSF World Championships was held in Altenberg, Germany from 5 to 14 February 2021.[1] They were originally awarded to Lake Placid but were moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

This year saw the introduction of the Women's Monobob event to the World Championships.

Schedule

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Seven events were held.[2]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Russia doping ban

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On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021-2022 World Championships and 2022 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.[3][4][5] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[6] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[7]

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Germany*55515
2 United States2002
3Bobsleigh Federation of Russia0123
4 Austria0101
Totals (4 entries)77721

Bobsleigh

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Two-man[8]
details 		 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Alexander Schüller		 3:39.78  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Eric Franke		 3:41.83  Germany
Hans-Peter Hannighofer
Christian Röder		 3:42.01
Four-man[9]
details 		 Germany
Francesco Friedrich
Thorsten Margis
Candy Bauer
Alexander Schüller		 3:35.02  Austria
Benjamin Maier
Dănuț Moldovan
Markus Sammer
Kristian Huber		 3:35.81  Germany
Johannes Lochner
Florian Bauer
Christopher Weber
Christian Rasp		 3:36.53
Women’s Monobob[10]
details 		Kaillie Humphries
 United States		 3:59.62 Stephanie Schneider
 Germany		 4:00.12 Laura Nolte
 Germany		 4:00.42
Two-woman[11]
details 		 United States
Kaillie Humphries
Lolo Jones		 3:48.26  Germany
Kim Kalicki
Ann-Christin Strack		 3:48.61  Germany
Laura Nolte
Deborah Levi		 3:49.27

Skeleton

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men[12]
details 		Christopher Grotheer
 Germany		 3:46.31 Aleksandr Tretyakov
Bobsleigh Federation of Russia		 3:46.59 Alexander Gassner
 Germany		 3:47.51
Women[13]
details 		Tina Hermann
 Germany		 3:52.97 Jacqueline Lölling
 Germany		 3:53.08 Elena Nikitina
Bobsleigh Federation of Russia		 3:54.65
Skeleton mixed team[14]
details 		 Germany
Tina Hermann
Christopher Grotheer		 1:55.41  Germany
Jacqueline Lölling
Alexander Gassner		 1:55.55 Bobsleigh Federation of Russia
Elena Nikitina
Aleksandr Tretyakov		 1:55.56

Participating countries

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A total of 24 countries competed

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Bob- und Skeleton-WM 2021 in Altenberg". ibsf.org. 19 November 2020. Archived from the original on 13 November 2020. Retrieved 19 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Schedule". Archived from the original on 2021-02-05. Retrieved 2020-11-19.
  3. ^ MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. AP. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  7. ^ Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  8. ^ "Two-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-07. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  9. ^ "Four-man results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  10. ^ "Monobob results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-14. Retrieved 2021-02-14.
  11. ^ "Two-woman results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-03-17. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  12. ^ "Men's skeleton results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  13. ^ "Women's skeleton results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-12. Retrieved 2021-02-12.
  14. ^ "Skeleton mixed team results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-13. Retrieved 2021-02-13.
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