JACK Thomas has vowed to put a disappointing result at his favourite skeleton course, St Moritz, behind him at this weekend's latest leg of the World Cup series.

The Westhoughton racer finished 18th at the famous Swiss venue, widely regarded as the home of the winter sport.

But the 26-year-old has already switched his focus to tomorrow's race at German man-made track Konigssee as he continues his debut season in the top echelon of skeleton.

"It was a huge disappointment in St Moritz," said Thomas, who was 15th and 16th in his previous two World Cup events, and 10th in the European Championships.

"St Moritz is known for getting quicker as the day goes on. I was fourth off and had a really good run, which put me into first after the first five sliders.

"I got to the top and my coach was really happy, then we started to see the track speed up!

"I was sitting 19th after the first run and I did manage to move up a spot after the second, but St Moritz was the track where I honestly felt I could break into that top 10.

"So I left there disappointed, but I'm now in Konigssee and ready for this race. It's my favourite man-made track so I'm hoping this is the week when I can finally break into that top 10."

Tomorrow's race at Kongissee will provide an important warm-up for next month's World Championships, which were switched to the course after the intended venue at Sochi in Russia was stripped of the honour following doping revelations.

Thomas is looking forward to his first crack at the World Championships, but says his mind will be focused solely on improving his World Cup standing – he is currently in 18th place overall.

He added: "The World Championships are the big race this year, so it obviously helps having a race at Konigssee in the World Cup beforehand.

"It gives me a chance to try things out and prepare, but this race comes first and I'll be doing everything I can to put myself in a good position."

The World Championships take place in Kongissee from February 13-26, and will be sandwiched by the two final races in the World Cup season at Igls in Austria, on February 4, and Pyeongchang in South Korea, on March 18.