Amedeo Bagnis triumphs in St.Moritz and breaks a historic taboo

Amedeo Bagnis triumphs in St.Moritz and dispels a historic tabù

Following Valentina Margaglio&#39s second place in the women&#39s race, Italy finally won its first World Cup skeleton victory in the men&#39s race with Amedeo Bagnis. The 24-year-old from Vercelli, in fact, thanks to a time of 2:14.07 won the race in St.Moritz, achieving his first career success. To go back to the only other success in a world context in skeleton we have to go back to the 1948 Olympic Games (precisely in St. Moritz), when Nino Bibbia won the gold in the discipline.

Completing the podium were Germany’s Christopher Grotheer and South Korea’s Seunggi Jung, separated by 52 and 89 hundredths, respectively. Fourth place for Britain’s Matt Weston (+0.98), while Chinese Zheng Yin (+1.39) closes the top 5. In sixth place is Italy's Mattia Gaspari, 1.46 behind his compatriot. Completing the top 10: German Felix Seibel (+1.47), South Korean Jisoo Kim (+1.52) and the two Germans Axel Jungk and Felix Keisinger, both 1.54 seconds behind Amedeo Bagnis. Manuel Schwaerzer also closes in the top 20, with a gap of 2.62. 

In the overall standings, South Korean Seunggi Jung remains in the lead with 827 points. Behind him there è Christopher Grotheer at 819. Closing the podium is Britain’s Matt Wenston at 771. At the foot of the podium, however, there è Amedeo Bagnis, who, thanks to his triumph in St. Moritz, saw his score rise to 697 points.