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 BritainChristopher Grotheer GermanyAxel 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 1Tabitha StoeckerMarcus Wyatt	2:01.23(1:01.31/59.92)	Germany 1Jacqueline PfeiferAxel Jungk	2:01.28(1:01.45/59.83)	Austria 1Janine FlockSamuel Maier	2:01.43(1:01.39/1:00.04)
-		Innsbruck	cancelled (track)
2[21]		Lillehammer	Great Britain 1Tabitha StoeckerMarcus Wyatt	1:49.33(55.26/54.07)	United States 1Mystique RoAustin Florian	1:49.89(55.61/54.28)	Germany 1Jacqueline PfeiferAxel Jungk	1:49.91(55.72/54.19)
-		Winterberg	cancelled (bad weather)
3[22]		St. Moritz	China 1Dan ZhaoZheng Yin	2:26.16	Germany 2Susanne KreherAxel Jungk	2:26.25	Italy 1Alessandra FumagalliAmedeo Bagnis	2:26.45
4[23]		Altenberg[a]	Germany 2Susanne KreherAxel Jungk	1:58.21	Great Britain 2Amelia ColtmanMatt Weston	1:58.56	Germany 1Jacqueline PfeiferChristopher 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:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	2	0	2	4
2	Belgium	1	0	0	1
3	Germany	0	2	0	2
4	China	0	1	0	1
5	United States	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 entries)		3	3	3	9

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:

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Great Britain	9	6	1	16
2	Germany	3	7	4	14
3	Belgium	3	0	3	6
4	Austria	2	1	2	5
5	China	1	0	3	4
6	United States	0	3	0	3
7	Italy	0	2	1	3
8	Czech Republic	0	1	1	2
9	Brazil	0	0	1	1
	South Korea	0	0	1	1
Totals (10 entries)		18	20	17	55

See also

• 2025–26 Bobsleigh World Cup

References

1. "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.
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12. "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Innsbruck". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2025-12-15.
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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. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
17. "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Women - Altenberg". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-16.
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22. "IBSF | International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation: Result Mixed St. Moritz". www.ibsf.org. Retrieved 2026-01-12.
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