MARTINEAU SLIDES TO EIGHTH IN WORLD CUP EVENT

ALTENBERG, Germany — Canada’s Barrett Martineau slid to eighth place for his best career finish on a European track at the Skeleton World Cup on Saturday.

The 25-year-old former ski jumper from Calgary clocked a two-run time of one minute 54.08 seconds on the 1,413-metre highly technical track.

Germany’s Christopher Grotheer found the fast line to the top of the podium in the men’s skeleton race, winning gold with a time of 1:52.30. Latvia’s Martins Dukurs slid to the silver at 1:52.60, while Germany’s Axel Jungk rounded out the men’s podium with a time of 1:52.77.