2015/2016 FIL World Cup – Sprint World Cup 3

From Oberhof, GER

Below are results for each of the Sprint World Cup events.

Men

Germany just missed out on a German 1-4 in men’s luge action, but in the Sprint World Cup they made it happen. On home ice, the Germans made it look easy, with

Chris Mazdzer finished 10th for the United States, teammate Tucker West finished 14th.

Pos Name Nation Bib Time
1 Feli Loch GER 15 33.416
2 Andi Langenhan GER 14 33.624
3 Ralf Palik GER 13 33.668
4 Johannes Ludwig GER 10 33.669
5 Armin Frauscher AUT 8 33.682
6 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 9 33.685
7 Reinhard Egger AUT 4 33.719
7 Roman Repilov RUS 5 33.719
9 David Gleirscher AUT 7 33.747
10 Chris Mazdzer USA 2 33.756
11 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 11 33.803
12 Inars Kivlenieks LAT 12 33.831
13 Toni Gräfe GER 6 33.945
14 Tucker West USA 1 33.990
15 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 3 33.996

Women

The German women swept the medals in women’s Sprint Cup as well, with Natalie Geisenberger taking gold ahead of teammates Dajana Eitberger and Tatjana Hüfner. Miram Kastlunger came down third and held the lead all the way until the final three sleds, taking fourth, while Tatiana Ivanova took fifth.

Erin Hamlin and Emily Sweeney finished seventh and eight, respectively, while Summer Britcher had some trouble in turns 11 and 12 and had to settle for 12th.

Pos Name Nation Bib Time
1 Natalie Geisenberger GER 14 26.250
2 Dajana Eitberger GER 13 26.308
3 Tatjana Hüfner GER 15 26.374
4 Miriam Kastlunger AUT 3 26.382
5 Tatiana Ivanova RUS 12 26.396
6 Eliza Cauce LAT 9 26.455
7 Erin Hamlin USA 10 26.481
8 Emily Sweeney USA 5 26.494
9 Ekaterina Baturina RUS 4 26.500
10 Victoria Demchenko RUS 1 26.510
11 Martina Kocher SUI 11 26.511
12 Summer Britcher USA 8 26.526
13 Julia Taubitz GER 7 26.553
14 Kimberley McRae CAN 2 26.610
15 Alex Gough CAN 6 27.528

Doubles

The weekend was swept in Oberhof by the Germans, with the team of Wendl & Arlt taking gold both in the doubles event and the doubles sprint event. Teammates Eggert & Benecken took silver, with Latvian team of Sics & Sics taking bronze.

The American team of Mortensen & Terdiman finished fourth, after holding the lead for six sleds. Candadians Walker & Snith finished 12th.

Pos Name Nation Bib Time
1 Wendl / Arlt GER 15 26.166
2 Eggert / Benecken GER 14 26.440
3 Sics / Sics LAT 11 26.470
4 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 5 26.476
5 Penz / Fischler AUT 13 26.480
6 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 9 26.501
7 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 10 26.534
8 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 4 26.584
9 Geuke / Gamm GER 8 26.612
10 Steu / Koller AUT 2 26.625
11 Rieder / Rastner ITA 7 26.666
12 Walker / Snith CAN 12 26.698
13 Denisyev / Antonov RUS 6 26.716
14 Broz / Broz CZE 3 26.778
15 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 1 26.975