Skeleton

Canada's Jon Montgomery capped off the World Cup skeleton season with a fifth place finish on Saturday in Igls, Austria. 

The Russel, Man. native will head to the Olympic Games as the world's fifth-ranked athlete. Montgomery cracked the podium once this season, a gold medal finish in Cesana, Italy.

Taking gold Saturday and securing the overall World Cup title in the process was Latvia's Martins Dukurs.

The 25-year-old has been a dominant force on the circuit this season, having won four races and earning seven podium finishes in eight races.

Dukurs finished with a two-run time of 1:46.14 on the 1976 Olympic track. Germany's Frank Rommel was 0.25s back to take silver and the No. 2 overall World Cup spot, and Russia's Alexander Tretiakov won bronze.

Montgomery, 30, was sitting in fourth after the opening run, but dropped to fifth after a difficult second heat, clocking a two-run time of 1:47.16.

"I am quite pleased today. I had one good run but had some challenges on my second trip down the track in a couple of the tricky parts," Montgomery said in a release. "This track is a bit of a track meet and not one of my favourites, but I am pleased with my finish."

Montgomery won a World Cup race at the 2010 Olympic venue - the Whistler Sliding Centre - in 2009.

"What I did in Whistler last year means nothing," said Montgomery. "It is a whole new ball game with a bunch of guys that can win the gold. I am really pumped to be going home and getting set to compete in the Olympics in Canada, and hopefully I'll be the fella that comes out on top."

Toronto's Mike Douglas was 10th, and Calgary's Jeff Pain finished 11th.

With files from The Canadian Press