The Russian shared the first place with the representative of Latvia Martins Dukurs.

According to the results of two attempts, the athletes showed the same time - 1 minute 45.52 seconds.

The top three was closed by another Russian skeleton player - Nikita Tregubov (+0.02 seconds). 

Earlier it was reported that the Russian lugers won silver in the relay at the KM stage in Altenberg.