2025–26 Skeleton World Cup

2025–26 Skeleton World Cup
Discipline Men Women
Overall Matt Weston (3rd title) Kim Meylemans (1st title)
Competition
Edition 40th 30th
Locations 6 6

The 2025–26 Skeleton World Cup (official: BMW IBSF Skeleton World Cup) was a multi-race series over a season of skeleton, organised by International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF). It was the 40th edition for men and 30th edition for women of the highest international race series in skeleton and constitutes the bulk of the elite season in terms of events.

The season started on 21 November 2025 in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, the site of the 2026 Winter Olympics and concluded on 16 January 2026 in Altenberg, Germany. Results of the races determined the rankings that decided qualification for Olympic competition.

Schedule

No Location Date Men Women Mixed team Details
1 Cortina d'Ampezzo 21 November 2025 ● ● ●
- Innsbruck 28 November 2025 cancelled due to track issues
2 Lillehammer 12 December 2025 ● ● ●
3 Sigulda 18–19 December 2025 ● ● –
4 Sigulda II 19–20 December 2025 ● ● – added after Innsbruck cancellation
5 Winterberg 2 January 2026 – ● – women's only; other events cancelled (weather)
   St. Moritz 7 January 2026 ● – – added after Winterberg men's cancellation
6    St. Moritz II 9 January 2026 ● ● ● also European Championships
7 Altenberg 16 January 2026 ● ● ● mixed team added after Winterberg canellation
OG Cortina d'Ampezzo 15–22 February 2026 ● ● ● 2026 Winter Olympics (not included in the World Cup)

Men

No. Country Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time
1[1][2] Cortina d’Ampezzo Matt Weston
 Great Britain 		1:53.84
(56.89/56.95)		 Samuel Maier
 Austria		 1:53.99
(56.90/57.09)		 Yin Zheng
 China		 1:54.02
(56.79/57.23)
- Innsbruck cancelled (track)
2[3] Lillehammer Matt Weston
 Great Britain		 1:42.58
(51.14/51.44) 		Axel Jungk
 Germany		 1:42.63
(51.28/51.35) 		Jung Seung-gi
 South Korea		 1:42.66
(51.25/51.41)
3[4] Sigulda I Matt Weston
 Great Britain		 1:40.35
(49.81/50.54) 		Marcus Wyatt
 Great Britain		 1:41.17
(50.71/50.46) 		Felix Keisinger
 Germany		 1:41.20
(50.82/50.38)
4[5] Sigulda II Marcus Wyatt
 Great Britain		 1:41.37
(50.02/51.35) 		Matt Weston
 Great Britain		 1:41.51
(50.15/51.36) 		Yin Zheng
 China		 1:41.89
(50.98/50.91)
- Winterberg cancelled (bad weather)
5[6] St. Moritz Matt Weston
 Great Britain 		2:15.67
(1:08.28/1:07.39) 		Amedeo Bagnis
 Italy 		2:16.96
(1:08.86/1:08.10) 		Christopher Grotheer
 Germany 		2:17.17
(1:09.11/1:08.06)
6[7] St. Moritz II Matt Weston
 Great Britain		 2:16.58
(1:08.53/1:08.05) 		Amedeo Bagnis
 Italy		 2:17.49
(1:08.88/1:08.61) 		Yin Zheng
 China		 2:17.56
(1:08.72/1:08.84)
7[8] Altenberg Marcus Wyatt
 Great Britain		 1:50.47
(55.17/55.30) 		Matt Weston
 Great Britain
Christopher Grotheer
 Germany
Axel Jungk
 Germany		 1:50.65 not awarded
Overall[9] Matt Weston
 Great Britain : 1545 points 		Yin Zheng
 China : 1328 points 		Marcus Wyatt
 Great Britain : 1276 points

Overall Standings

Final standings; top ten only:

Rank[10] Racer Nation Points COR INN LIL SIG I SIG II WIN STM I STM II ALT
Matt Weston  Great Britain 1545 1 cancelled 1 1 2 cancelled 1 1 =2
Yin Zheng  China 1328 3 6 4 3 4 3 7
Marcus Wyatt  Great Britain 1276 12 7 2 1 7 9 1
4 Axel Jungk  Germany 1252 6 2 7 9 6 8 =2
5 Samuel Maier  Austria 1098 2 4 8 18 8 11 8
6 Jung Seung-gi  South Korea 1080 5 3 9 6 5 5 -
Chen Wenhao  China 1080 8 8 13 7 14 6 5
8 Amedeo Bagnis  Italy 1078 19 12 6 4 2 2 17
9 Christopher Grotheer  Germany 1048 15 21 16 5 3 4 =2
10 Felix Keisinger  Germany 1008 13 10 3 15 16 7 6

Women

No. Country Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time
1[1][11] Cortina d’Ampezzo Jacqueline Pfeifer
 Germany		 1:55.93
(57.99/57.64) 		Hannah Neise
 Germany		 1:56.16
(58.07/58.09) 		Kim Meylemans
 Belgium		 1:56.25
(58.23/58.02)
- Innsbruck cancelled (track)
2[12] Lillehammer Janine Flock
 Austria		 1:44.31
(52.09/52.22) 		Tabitha Stoecker
 Great Britain		 1:44.49
(52.26/52.23) 		Kim Meylemans
 Belgium		 1:44.56
(52.31/52.25)
3[13] Sigulda I Kim Meylemans
 Belgium		 1:43.90
(51.97/51.93) 		Tabitha Stoecker
 Great Britain		 1:44.24
(51.82/52.42) 		Janine Flock
 Austria		 1:44.29
(51.96/52.33)
4[14] Sigulda II Kim Meylemans
 Belgium		 1:44.16
(51.80/52.36) 		Anna Fernstädt
 Czech Republic		 1:44.24
(51.73/52.51) 		Amelia Coltman
 Great Britain		 1:44.30
(51.87/52.43)
5[15] Winterberg Janine Flock
 Austria		 2:00.22
(1:00.38/59.84)		 Mystique Ro
 United States		 2:00.60
(1:00.34/1:00.26)		 Anna Fernstädt
 Czech Republic		 2:00.83
(1:00.85/59.98)
6[16] St. Moritz Kim Meylemans
 Belgium		 2:21.01
(1:10.78/1:10.23)		 Kelly Curtis
 United States		 2:22.12
(1:11.44/1:10.68)		 Nicole Silveira
 Brazil		 2:22.18
(1:11.38/1:10.80)
7[17] Altenberg Jacqueline Pfeifer
 Germany		 1:54.42
(57.36/57.06) 		Susanne Kreher
 Germany		 1:54.75
(57.43/57.32) 		Kim Meylemans
 Belgium		 1:54.76
(57.39/57.37)
Overall[18] Kim Meylemans
 Belgium : 1443 points 		Jacqueline Pfeifer
 Germany : 1338 points 		Tabitha Stoecker
 Great Britain : 1236 points

Overall Standings

Final standings; top ten only:

Rank[19] Racer Nation Points COR INN LIL SIG I SIG II WIN STM ALT
Kim Meylemans  Belgium 1443 3 cancelled 3 1 1 7 1 3
Jacqueline Pfeifer  Germany 1338 1 4 8 7 5 5 1
Tabitha Stoecker  Great Britain 1236 5 2 2 15 8 4 6
4 Anna Fernstädt  Czechia 1162 7 10 4 2 3 18 7
5 Janine Flock  Austria 1102 4 1 3 4 1 20 -
6 Susanne Kreher  Germany 1082 12 12 7 10 12 6 2
7 Hannah Neise  Germany 1042 2 9 6 5 19 21 5
8 Kimberley Bos  Netherlands 1037 11 7 5 8 24 9 4
9 Nicole Rocha Silveira  Brazil 944 16 17 12 11 8 3 11
10 Amelia Coltman  Great Britain 944 10 14 11 3 18 10 12

Mixed team

No. Country Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time
1[1][20] Cortina d’Ampezzo  Great Britain 1
Tabitha Stoecker
Marcus Wyatt		 2:01.23
(1:01.31/59.92)		  Germany 1
Jacqueline Pfeifer
Axel Jungk		 2:01.28
(1:01.45/59.83)		  Austria 1
Janine Flock
Samuel Maier		 2:01.43
(1:01.39/1:00.04)
- Innsbruck cancelled (track)
2[21] Lillehammer  Great Britain 1
Tabitha Stoecker
Marcus Wyatt		 1:49.33
(55.26/54.07) 		 United States 1
Mystique Ro
Austin Florian		 1:49.89
(55.61/54.28) 		 Germany 1
Jacqueline Pfeifer
Axel Jungk		 1:49.91
(55.72/54.19)
- Winterberg cancelled (bad weather)
3[22] St. Moritz  China 1
Dan Zhao
Zheng Yin		 2:26.16  Germany 2
Susanne Kreher
Axel Jungk		 2:26.25  Italy 1
Alessandra Fumagalli
Amedeo Bagnis		 2:26.45
4[23] Altenberg[a]  Germany 2
Susanne Kreher
Axel Jungk		 1:58.21  Great Britain 2
Amelia Coltman
Matt Weston 		1:58.56  Germany 1
Jacqueline Pfeifer
Christopher Grotheer		 1:58.91
Overall[24]  Great Britain 1 : 818 points  Germany 1 : 778 points  United States 1 : 768 points

Overall Standings

Final standings; top ten only:

Rank[25] Team Points COR INN LIL WIN STM ALT
Great Britain I 818 225 cancelled 225 cancelled 184 184
Germany I 778 210 200 168 200
USA I 768 184 210 184 190
4 Germany II 755 192 128 210 225
5 Great Britain II 738 144 192 192 210
6 Italy I 728 176 184 200 168
7 China I 705 128 176 225 176
8 Austria I 600 200 112 144 144
9 China II 592 152 152 152 136
10 Italy II 496 160 - 168 168

Medal tables

Overall World Cup

Table showing overall event medalists:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain2024
2 Belgium1001
3 Germany0202
4 China0101
5 United States0011
Totals (5 entries)3339

Podium table by nation

Table showing the total World Cup podium places (gold–1st place, silver–2nd place, bronze–3rd place) by the countries represented by the athletes in all 18 World Cup races:

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain96116
2 Germany37414
3 Belgium3036
4 Austria2125
5 China1034
6 United States0303
7 Italy0213
8 Czech Republic0112
9 Brazil0011
 South Korea0011
Totals (10 entries)18201755

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c "GB clinch two skeleton golds in World Cup opener". BBC Sport. 2025-11-21. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  2. ^ "International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Men - Cortina d'Ampezzo". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  3. ^ "International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Men - Innsbruck". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  4. ^ "International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Men - Sigulda I". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  5. ^ "International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Men - Sigulda II". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  6. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-07.
  7. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  8. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  9. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Rankings". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  10. ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Men's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.
  11. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Cortina d'Ampezzo". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  12. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Innsbruck". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  13. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Sigulda I". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-19.
  14. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Sigulda II". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-20.
  15. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Winterberg". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-02.
  16. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - St. Moritz". www.ibsf.org.
  17. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Altenberg". www.ibsf.org.
  18. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Rankings". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  19. ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Women's Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.
  20. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Mixed Cortina". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-11-21.
  21. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Mixed Innsbruck". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
  22. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Mixed St. Moritz". www.ibsf.org.
  23. ^ "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
  24. ^ As the personnel in each designated team could change from race to race, the overall rankings points went to the named and numbered bobsleigh team, not the individual riders.
  25. ^ "IBSF World Cup standings - Mixed team Skeleton". IBSF Results. IBSF.

Notes

  1. ^ Race added after Winterberg cancellation
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