Felix Keisinger of Germany successfully defended his men's skeleton title at the IBSF World Junior Championships ©IBSF

Felix Keisinger of Germany successfully defended his men's skeleton title at the International Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation (IBSF) World Junior Championships in Winterberg.

The 22-year-old won the men's skeleton in 1min 52.40sec at the German resort.

He beat Felix Seibel, the junior European champion and overall winner in the IBSF Europe Cup, who finished in 1:52.78.

It was an all-German podium after Fabian Kuechler finished third in 1:53.02.

There was more success for Germany in the bobsleigh events, with Kim Kalicki and Kira Lipperheide triumphing in the two-woman competition. 

Kim Kalicki and Kira Lipperheide of Germany triumphed in the two-woman bobsleigh competition ©IBSF
Kim Kalicki and Kira Lipperheide of Germany triumphed in the two-woman bobsleigh competition ©IBSF

They finished in 1:53.99, just in front of Russian silver medallists Lubov Chernykh and Elena Mamedova in 1:54.24. 

Ying Qing and Du Jiani of China were the bronze medallists with a time of 1:54.31. 

Another German gold medal came in the two-man bobsleigh, claimed by Richard Oelsner and Malte Schwenzfeier in 1:51.21.

Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Mikhail Mordasov of Russia were second in 1:51.32, followed by Germans Maximilian Illmann and Eric Strauss in 1:51.58.

Competition concludes tomorrow with the women's skeleton and four-man bobsleigh.