2016/2017 FIL World Cup – Men’s Luge – Race 8

From PyeongChang, KOR

Consistency was key to win a medal in the men’s luge race, and nobody was more consistent than Italian Dominik Fischnaller.

Fischnaller was the fastest in both heats, not succumbing to much of the trouble that other athletes found toward the bottom of the track, and was rewarded with a new track record.

The only other athlete to challenge Fischnaller over the two runs was German Andi Langenhan. Langenhan came into the second heat in third place, but moved up after teammate Johannes Ludwig had major problems on his second run, finishing with a 20th quickest run of the heat. Ludwig would finish sixth.

Samuel Edney finished a season-best third, after a runs that were the sixth and seventh fastest of each heat, helping Canada score their first medal on the PyeongChang ice.

Everyone behind Edney seemingly had trouble on either their first or second run. Kristers Aparjods of Latvia managed to hang onto fourth place after a 12th quickest second run, while teammate Inars Kivlenieks moved up from tenth to fifth after a third fastest second run.

Roman Repilov leaves PyeongChang as the World Cup point leader despite a 28th place finish. Teammate Semen Pavlichenko had slightly better luck, passing Felix Loch for second place after a 14th place run. Loch sat out the event in PyeongChang with the flu.

Chris Mazdzer led the way for the United States with a 12th place finish, ahead of teammates Taylor Morris, Tucker West, and Jonathan Gustafson, who finished 15th, 22nd and 23rd, respectively. West set the start record, and had the best start in both heats.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 25 2.583 2.609 48.607 48.622 1:37.299
2 Andi Langenhan GER 15 2.586 2.597 48.683 48.695 1:37.378
3 Samuel Edney CAN 17 2.594 2.613 48.811 48.883 1:37.694
4 Kristers Aparjods LAT 3 2.629 2.645 48.723 49.006 1:37.729
5 Inars Kivlenieks LAT 32 2.591 2.589 49.008 48.733 1:37.741
6 Johannes Ludwig GER 23 2.574 2.581 48.613 49.224 1:37.873
7 Emanuel Rider ITA 16 2.582 2.585 48.885 48.970 1:37.885
8 Arturs Darznieks LAT 19 2.594 2.585 48.791 49.223 1:38.014
9 Alexander Gorbatsevich RUS 21 2.635 2.597 49.307 48.751 1:38.058
10 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 30 2.630 2.599 48.993 49.076 1:38.069
11 Maciej Kurowski POL 2 2.625 2.620 49.047 49.040 1:38.087
12 Chris Mazdzer USA 14 2.600 2.598 49.284 48.895 1:38.179
13 Sebastian Bley GER 7 2.613 2.579 49.230 48.985 1:38.215
14 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 29 2.568 2.578 49.477 48.769 1:38.246
15 Taylor Morris USA 11 2.638 2.666 49.007 49.332 1:38.339
16 Reinhard Egger AUT 24 2.587 2.612 49.183 49.195 1:38.378
17 Stepan Fedorov RUS 31 2.571 2.589 49.413 49.090 1:38.503
18 Riks Rozitis LAT 26 2:670 2.660 49.748 49.959 1:38.707
19 Ondrej Hyman CZE 10 2.617 2.643 49.343 49.393 1:38.736
20 Armin Frauscher AUT 20 2.573 2.568 49.176 49.564 1:38.740
21 Reid watts CAN 9 2.637 2.568 49.176 49.564 1:38.862
22 Tucker West USA 22 2.550 2.553 49.338 49.561 1:38.899
23 Jonathan Gustafson USA 6 2.576 2.572 49.660 49.448 1:39.108
24 Valentin Cretu ROU 1 2.612 2.622 49.951 49.167 1:39.118
25 Mitchel Malyk CAN 5 2.632 2.632 49.374 49.763 1:39.127
26 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 12 2.651 2.621 49.551 49.719 1:39.270
27 Kristaps Maurins LAT 27 2.604 2.623 49.551 49.800 1:39.351
28 Roman Repilov RUS 28 2.563 2.562 50.006 49.482 1:39.488
29 Julian von Schleinitz GER 9 2.603 2.622 50.782 48.822 1:39.604
30 Theo Gruber ITA 13 2.630 2.644 50.095 49.712 1:39.807
31 Maksim Aravin RUS 18 2.649 2.649 50.584 49.602 1:40.186
DNS Felix Loch GER DNS