2025–26 Skeleton World Cup

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

LocationDateMenWomenMixed teamDetails 1 Cortina d'Ampezzo 21 November 2025●●● - Innsbruck 28 November 2025cancelled 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. Moritz7 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 Country Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time1 Cortina d’Ampezzo 1:53.84(56.89/56.95) 1:53.99(56.90/57.09) 1:54.02(56.79/57.23)- Innsbruck cancelled (track)2 Lillehammer 1:42.58(51.14/51.44) 1:42.63(51.28/51.35) 1:42.66(51.25/51.41)3 Sigulda I 1:40.35(49.81/50.54) 1:41.17(50.71/50.46) 1:41.20(50.82/50.38)4Sigulda II 1:41.37(50.02/51.35) 1:41.51(50.15/51.36) 1:41.89(50.98/50.91)- Winterberg cancelled (bad weather) 5St. Moritz 2:15.67 (1:08.28/1:07.39) 2:16.96 (1:08.86/1:08.10) 2:17.17 (1:09.11/1:08.06)6 St. Moritz II 2:16.58 (1:08.53/1:08.05) 2:17.49 (1:08.88/1:08.61) 2:17.56 (1:08.72/1:08.84)7 Altenberg 1:50.47(55.17/55.30) 1:50.65 not awardedOverall : 1545 points : 1328 points : 1276 points

Overall Standings Final standings; top ten only: Rank Racer Nation Points COR INN LIL SIG I SIG II WIN STM I STM II ALT Matt Weston 1545 1 cancelled 1 1 2 cancelled 1 1 =2 Yin Zheng 1328 3 6 4 3 4 3 7 Marcus Wyatt 1276 12 7 2 1 7 9 1 4 Axel Jungk 1252 6 2 7 9 6 8 =2 5 Samuel Maier 1098 2 4 8 18 8 11 8 6 Jung Seung-gi 1080 5 3 9 6 5 5 - Chen Wenhao 1080 8 8 13 7 14 6 5 8 Amedeo Bagnis 1078 19 12 6 4 2 2 17 9 Christopher Grotheer 1048 15 21 16 5 3 4 =2 10 Felix Keisinger 1008 13 10 3 15 16 7 6

Women Country Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time1 Cortina d’Ampezzo 1:55.93(57.99/57.64) 1:56.16(58.07/58.09) 1:56.25(58.23/58.02)- Innsbruck cancelled (track)2 Lillehammer 1:44.31(52.09/52.22) 1:44.49(52.26/52.23) 1:44.56(52.31/52.25)3 Sigulda I 1:43.90(51.97/51.93) 1:44.24(51.82/52.42) 1:44.29(51.96/52.33)4Sigulda II 1:44.16(51.80/52.36) 1:44.24(51.73/52.51) 1:44.30(51.87/52.43)5 Winterberg 2:00.22(1:00.38/59.84) 2:00.60(1:00.34/1:00.26) 2:00.83(1:00.85/59.98)6 St. Moritz 2:21.01(1:10.78/1:10.23) 2:22.12(1:11.44/1:10.68) 2:22.18(1:11.38/1:10.80)7 Altenberg 1:54.42(57.36/57.06) 1:54.75(57.43/57.32) 1:54.76(57.39/57.37)Overall : 1443 points : 1338 points : 1236 points

Overall Standings Final standings; top ten only: Rank Racer Nation Points COR INN LIL SIG I SIG II WIN STM ALT Kim Meylemans 1443 3cancelled 3 1 1 7 1 3 Jacqueline Pfeifer 1338 1 4 8 7 5 5 1 Tabitha Stoecker 1236 5 2 2 15 8 4 6 4 Anna Fernstädt 1162 7 10 4 2 3 18 7 5 Janine Flock 1102 4 1 3 4 1 20- 6 Susanne Kreher 1082 12 12 7 10 12 6 2 7 Hannah Neise 1042 2 9 6 5 19 21 5 8 Kimberley Bos 1037 11 7 5 8 24 94 9 Nicole Rocha Silveira 944 16 17 12 11 8 3 11 10 Amelia Coltman 944 10 14 11 3 18 10 12

Mixed team Country Place Winner Time Second Time Third Time1 Cortina d’Ampezzo 1Tabitha StoeckerMarcus Wyatt 2:01.23(1:01.31/59.92) 1Jacqueline PfeiferAxel Jungk 2:01.28(1:01.45/59.83) 1Janine FlockSamuel Maier 2:01.43(1:01.39/1:00.04)- Innsbruck cancelled (track)2 Lillehammer 1Tabitha StoeckerMarcus Wyatt 1:49.33(55.26/54.07) 1Mystique RoAustin Florian 1:49.89(55.61/54.28) 1Jacqueline PfeiferAxel Jungk 1:49.91(55.72/54.19)- Winterberg cancelled (bad weather)3 St. Moritz 1Dan ZhaoZheng Yin 2:26.16 2Susanne KreherAxel Jungk 2:26.25 1Alessandra FumagalliAmedeo Bagnis2:26.454Altenberg 2Susanne KreherAxel Jungk 1:58.21 2Amelia ColtmanMatt Weston 1:58.56 1Jacqueline PfeiferChristopher Grotheer 1:58.91OverallAs 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. 1 : 818 points 1 : 778 points 1 : 768 points Overall Standings Final standings; top ten only: Rank Team Points COR INN LIL WIN STM ALT I 818 225 cancelled 225 cancelled 184 184 I 778 210 200 168 200 I 768 184 210 184 190 4 II 755 192 128 210 225 5 II 738 144 192 192 210 6 I 728 176 184 200 168 7 I 705 128 176 225 176 8 I 600 200 112 144 144 9 II 592 152 152 152 136 10 Italy II 496 160 - 168 168

Medal tables

Overall World Cup

Table showing overall event medalists:

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:

2025–26 Skeleton World Cup

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