WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Austria’s Janine Flock won a World Cup women’s skeleton race on Friday, while Mystique Ro of the U.S. got her best finish of the season.
Ro was leading after the first of two runs, but Flock overtook her in the second heat and finished with a combined time of 2 minutes, 0.22 seconds.
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