Christopher Grotheer seals first World Cup gold with track record in Park City, Great Britain’s Marcus Wyatt comes third

Olympic and world champion Christopher Grotheer slid to his first World Cup gold of the season with a track record in Park City.

The 30-year-old clocked the fastest time in both runs to finish in a combined time of one minute, 36 seconds and 26 milliseconds and claim top spot on the podium.

South Korea’s Jung Seung-gi was 0.17 seconds behind for silver whilst Great Britain’s Marcus Wyatt bagged bronze.

“I felt very good. I was angry last week, I was really dissatisfied with my performance as I had planned much more,” said Grotheer, who finished fifth at the season opener in Whistler.

“I was able to flip the lever here, it was a really good performance.”

Canada’s Mirela Rahneva took gold in the women’s event as all three current Olympic medallists were denied a podium position.

Germany’s Tina Hermann and Great Britain’s Laura Deas finished second and third respectively in Utah.