2015/2016 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Men’s Luge – Race 4

From Moscow, RUS

For the first time in the 2015/2016 FIL natural track season, someone other than Patrick Pigneter scored a gold medal in a men’s race.

Russia made it a one-two finish in men’s luge, with Aleksandr Egorov scoring gold ahead of his teammate Juri Talikh. The two sliders came down with a handful to go, and had to watch as Pigneter came down last. The Italian, however, could only score a seventh-fastest finish, giving Egorov the win.

Bernd Neurauter finished in the bronze medal position, just ahead of Gregori Bukin, who made it a Russian 1-2-4. Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) and Alex Gruber (ITA) finished tied for fifth. Canadian John Gibson finished 12th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Time
1 Aleksandr Egorov RUS 18 36.73
2 Juri Talikh RUS 15 37.00
3 Bernd Neurauter AUT 14 37.17
4 Gregori Bukin RUS 20 37.41
5 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 22 37.45
5 Alex Gruber ITA 23 37.45
7 Patrick Pigneter ITA 24 37.72
8 Florian Glatzl AUT 19 37.86
9 Stefan Federer ITA 16 37.88
10 Stanislav Kovshik RUS 17 37.90
11 Florian Breitenberger ITA 13 38.14
12 John Gibson CAN 11 41.26
13 Miha Meglic SLO 2 41.85
14 Daniel Hofmann SUI 10 43.37
15 Tadej Dragicevic SLO 12 44.01
16 Matvei Stepulenok KAZ 3 52.80
17 Nikita Batukhtin KAZ 1 1:02.28
18 Christian Wichan GER 8 1:02.32
19 Joaquin Barrios ARG 4 1:11.28
NR Rafael Manfrinato BRA 5 NR