January 2016 - Sliding on Ice

2015/2016 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Women’s Luge – Race 5

January 31, 2016 ken 0

From Deutschnofen, GER It was an Italian sweep of the podium for women’s luge, with Evelin Lanthaller winning her third race in five attempts. Lanthaller has finished no worse than second,extending her points lead over […]

2015/2016 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Men’s Luge – Race 5

January 31, 2016 ken 0

From Deutschnofen, ITA In what was one of the closest races of the natural track season, Alex Gruber edged teammate Patrick Pigneter to take gold by just .04. Pigneter maintains his point lead, having scored a […]

2016 FIL World Championships – Team Relay

January 31, 2016 ken 0

From Königssee, GER The three World Champions in women’s, men’s, and double’s luge all joined up on the German squad for the Team Relay World Championship, with predictable results. Germany was faster in all three […]

2016 FIL World Championships – Men’s Luge

January 31, 2016 ken 0

From Königssee, GER Looking at Felix Loch as he crossed the finish of the 46th FIL World Championships, you wouldn’t think he had already won four of them before the 2016 edition. But Loch had, […]

2015/2016 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Double’s Luge – Race 5

January 30, 2016 ken 0

From Deutschofen, ITA The Italian team of Pigneter and Clara stayed perfect on the season, winning by over a second ahead of Austrians Regensburger and Holzknecht. Those two teams were the only two under one minute […]