2014/2015 FIL World Cup – Women’s Luge – Race 4

From Königssee, GER

The FIL got going for the post-Christmas part of their season this weekend, and Natalie Geisenberger picked up right back where she left off in Calgary, atop the podium with a gold medal, this time in Germany.  The 2014 Olympic gold medalist was once again fastest in both heats, cruising to victory ahead of Canadian Alex Gough. Gough edged Dajana Eitberger for her second consecutive silver medal, while Eitberger made it two Germans on the podium.

Emily Sweeney was the stop scoring American, finishing fourth, just ahead of German Tatjana Hüfner, who finished fifth.

The Americans, aside from Sweeney, struggled a bit on the Königssee track, with Summer Britcher taking 12th, Erin Hamlin 14th and Julia Clukey 24th.  The Canadians fared better, placing three women in the top 10.  Joining Gough was Kimberley McRae in 9th and Arianne Jones in 10th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Natalie Geisenberger GER 22 50.723 50.688 1:41.411
2 Alex Gough CAN 12 50.844 50.916 1:41.760
3 Dajana Eitberger GER 23 50.956 50.915 1:41.871
4 Emily Sweeney USA 14 50.986 50.974 1:41.960
5 Tajana Hüfner GER 18 51.016 51.077 1:42.093
6 Anke Wischnewski GER 19 51.303 51.032 1:42.335
7 Martina Kocher SUI 16 51.203 51.223 1:42.426
8 Ekaterina Katnikova RUS 11 51.418 51.173 1:42.591
9 Kimberley McRae CAN 20 51.216 51.379 1:42.595
10 Arianne Jones CAN 15 51.359 51.437 1:42.796
11 Ekaterina Baturina RUS 5 51.501 51.381 1:42.882
12 Summer Britcher USA 13 51.557 51.561 1:43.118
13 Miriam Kastlunger AUT 6 51.649 51.485 1:43.134
14 Erin Hamlin USA 21 51.678 51.642 1:43.320
15 Eliza Tiruma LAT 1 51.756 51.582 1:43.338
16 Tatiana Ivanova RUS 9 51.988 51.353 1:43.341
17 Raluca Stramaturaru ROU 24 51.749 51.667 1:43.416
18 Ewa Kuls POL 3 51.821 51.744 1:43.565
19 Andrea Vötter ITA 7 51.938 51.642 1:43.580
20 Natalia Wojtusclszyn POL 10 51.806 52.313 1:44.119
21 Natalia Khoreva RUS 8 51.645 52.809 1:44.454
22 Birgit Platzer AUT 4 52.529 52.098 1:44.627
23 Natalie Maag SUI 2 52.354 52.690 1:45.044
24 Julia Clukey USA 17 54.384 52.139 1:46.523