In use again JEFF BAUER 22 months after his 36th place at the World Championships in St. Moritz, but also over a year after his back operation, the still ambitious Jeff Bauer started a race with his skeleton again. In the double victory of the Austrian Florian Auer, he finished seventh out of 15 starters in the North American Championships on the first day, 4.21 seconds behind. On the second day, the 52-year-old was delighted with fifth place in 3.71 seconds: “That feels really good. Last year at this time I was on crutches and now I’m winning the first award for Luxembourg in the skeleton.” (ChB.)