2016/2017 FIL World Cup – Doubles Luge – Race 7

From Oberhof, GER

Much like they did in World Championships a week ago, the Germans swept the podium in Oberhof.

Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt dominated the doubles event, setting the fast time in both heats on their way to victory. Wendl & Arlt were the only team to set times under 41 seconds in each heat, winning by over a tenth of a second ahead of Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken.

The Germans, as a whole, were well ahead of the rest of the field. Robin Geueke & David Gamm finished with a bronze medal to round out the German effort, over .2 ahead of Canadians Tristan Walker & Justin Snith. Geueke & Gamm came into the second run in fifth, but trouble by the teams of Denisyev & Antonov and Sics & Sics helped them move up into the medals.

Walker & Snith finished a season-best fourth, ahead of Vladislav Yuzhakov & Iurii Prokhorov of Russia and Wojciech Chmielewski & Jakub Kowalewski of Poland.

Americans Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman finished eighth to lead the effort for the United States. Justin Krewson & Andrew Sherk finished 16th, while Jacob Hyrns & Anthony Espinoza finished 22nd.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Wendl / Arlt GER 23 6.557 6.581 40.910 40.999 1:21.909
2 Eggert / Benecken GER 24 6.567 6.558 41.049 41.016 1:22.065
3 Geueke / Gamm GER 17 6.668 6.645 41.261 41.154 1:22.415
4 Walker / Snith CAN 18 6.595 6.622 41.219 41.349 1:22.640
5 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 11 6.701 6.695 41.350 41.404 1:22.754
6 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 10 6.673 6.625 41.293 41.479 1:22.772
7 Steu / Koller AUT 16 6.665 6.630 41.393 41.390 1:22.783
8 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 20 6.749 6.747 41.364 41.434 1:22.798
9 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 15 6.703 6.695 41.304 41.543 1:22.847
10 Broz / Broz CZE 9 6.701 6.706 41.362 41.489 1:22.851
11 Sics / Sics LAT 22 6.699 6.746 41.193 41.675 1:22.868
12 Denisyev / Antonov RUS 12 6.592 6.582 41.244 41.693 1:22.883
13 Putins / Marcinkevics LAT 8 6.727 6.697 41.444 41.498 1:22.942
14 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 19 6.692 6.677 41.587 41.481 1:23.068
15 Rieder / Rastner ITA 13 6.639 6.650 41.534 4.578 1:23.112
16 Krewson / Sherk USA 14 6.731 6.741 41.629 41.713 1:23.342
17 Solcansky / Stuchlak SVK 4 6.702 6.731 41.590 41.785 1:23.375
18 Park / Cho KOR 7 6.810 6.787 41.694 51.767 1:23.461
19 Gruber / Kainzwaldner ITA 6 6.704 6.731 41.672 41.942 1:23.614
20 Kvicala / Kudera CZE 5 6.824 6.797 41.816 41.847 1:23.663
21 Obolonchyk / Zakharkiv UKR 3 6.763 6.774 42.491 42.173 1:24.664
22 Hyrns / Espinoza USA 2 6.739 6.785 42.574 52.127 1:24.701
23 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 21 6.663 6.670 51.822 41.156 1:32.978
24 Atodirsei / Musei ROU 1 6.907 6.886 42.157 61.732 1:43.889