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Martins Dukurs becomes 8-time Skeleton World Cup champion
BC, Riga, 17.03.2017.
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Print versionLatvia's Martins Dukurs triumphed today in the season's
final Skeleton World Cup stage in Pyeongchang, which will host next year's
Winter Olympics, informs LETA.
M.Dukurs finished his two runs just 0.01 seconds ahead of
South Korea's Yun Sung-bin.
Meanwhile, Martins' brother Tomass finished the stage in
overall third place.
M.Dukurs finished the Skeleton World Cup season with 1,662
points, followed by Sung-bin with 1,623 points. Russia's Alexander Tretiakov
finished in overall third place with 1,454 points, while Tomass Dukurs finished
in overall ninth place in the standings with 1,218 points.
This is the eighth year in a row M.Dukurs has triumphed in
the Skeleton World Cup.
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