SKELETON: Australia's skeleton pair of Jackie Narracott and John Farrow have had another weekend of promising results, both recording personal best push times at the Park City World Cup.  

27-year-old Narracott was sitting in 11th place after run 1 but finished the day's competition in 15th, while Farrow finished in 19th. 

"Again I’m disappointed to have dropped spots but very happy with the rest of the race," Narracott said. who reflected on the positives of American World Cup. 

"I had a push personal best and probably my cleanest run ever. It was another big step in the right direction."

Farrow also proved his PyeongChang 2018 preparations are right on track with a season's best down time.

"I keep getting unlucky with combined time but that's the game," Farrow said.

The 35-year-oldvfeels that come February, his continued improvements and the Olympic format will work to his benefit. 

"The solid consistency will pay off come the Olympic Games over four heats, not just two like in the World Cups.

"19th is another great result for me, one better than Lake Placid, and more importantly I was happy with my start time."

Ever since Farrow suffered a major knee injury, his goal has to come back bigger, better and stronger. This weekend's race proved to be a major milestone in achieveing that goal.  

"Park City was my first ever race when I was aiming to qualify for Vancouver and I started in a time of 4.85, I haven't been able to beat that personal best for 9 years and this weekend I did twice, pushing 4.84 starts.

"It is only one 100th of a second but the feeling of personal acheivement on that recovery is bliss. Its been a long road and that time is worth more than any result right now.

"The work doesnt stop, it just means I'm heading in the right direction. It's time to put my head down and continue to improve on my way to Korea," the 2014 Sochi Olympian said.

Farrow and Narracott will now look ahead to the next World Cup race in less than a week on one of Narracott's favourite tracks in Whistler, Canada. 

"Traditionally I love the [Whistler] track becasue of its speed and fluidity," she said.

"Looking forward to taking these newfound skills and seeing just how fast I can go."

In other sliding sports, Alex Ferlazzo recorded a 15th place finish at the first Luge World Cup of the season, in Innsbruck Austria. 

Ferlazzo will now turn his focus to the next World Cup in Winterberg, Germany. 

Ashleigh Knight
olympics.com.au