Riks Kristens lost only 0.309 seconds to winner of the Austrian team Armin Fraushauer. The 2nd place won the Russian athlete Alexander Stepichev. Other latvian- Roberts Millers ranked 14th among 20 athletes competing.
After European Junior Championships bronze medal gaining of Riks Kristens admitted: "I had to win the silver medal, but it's good. I made mistake in my second run "