Yaroslav Lavrenyuk won the World Youth Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The gold award was the first for Ukraine in the history of this discipline..
The Ukrainian skeleton racer showed the fourth fastest acceleration time (5.05 seconds) in his first run, but finished in second position.. In the second attempt, he improved the start (5.01 seconds) and generally covered the distance? faster. Lavrenyuk's total time was 2:18.70 minutes.
The Ukrainian was 0.02 seconds ahead of the Latvian Emils Indrikson. Swiss Valentino Buff completed the podium. Lavrenyuk’s compatriots – Vladislav Klimenko, Leonid Tkachuk and Anton Kovalchuk – finished in the second ten.
By the way, Norwegian Johannes Boe announced his retirement after the 2024/25 season.