Egle Breaks Track Record in Igls Victory

December 3, 2022 ken Luge News, News 0

From Igls, AUT

(December 3, 2022) – Madeleine Egle threw down a huge first run, then held on with a clean second run to win gold on her home track in Igls.

Women’s podium (L-R: Sweeney, Egle, Taubitz -Courtesy FIL TV)

Egle’s first run was the fastest ever in Igls, with her 39.584 well under the old track record of 39.701 (Taubitz). That gave her ample cushion between her and the field behind her. Egle’s second run, while not another track record, was still the second fastest of the competition as she took gold to start the 2022/2023 season.

Behind Egle, USA’s Emily Sweeney found herself in third after the first run, but a third-quickest second run that was also under the old track record was enough to move her just ahead of Germany’s Julia Taubitz to take silver.

Taubitz, the track record holder coming into the race, finished only .032 behind the American in third.

Austria’s Hannah Prock was the big mover of the second heat. She found herself in a tie for 11th after one run, but threw down the second quickest run of the heat  in the second run to move up to fourth place, just ahead of Gerrmanys Anna Berreiter in fifth.

German Rookie Merle Fräbel rounded out the top six.

The United States had a strong showing to start the World Cup season. Along with Sweeney’s silver medal, Ashley Farquharson and Summer Britcher both finished in the top ten. Farquharson finished tied for seventh with Latvia’s Elina Vitola, while Britcher finished just behind in ninth. Brittney Arndt rounded out the American effort with a 19th place finish.

Lisa Schulte was disqualified after having runners that were deeemed too hot.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Madeleine Egle AUT 28 2.104 2.120 39.574 39.614 1:19.188
2 Emily Sweeney USA 22 2.116 2.130 39.718 39.686 1:19.404
3 Julia Taubitz GER 27 2.128 2.136 39.714 39.722 1:19.436
4 Hannah Prock AUT 25 2.134 2.127 39.894 39.680 1:19.574
5 Anna Berreiter GER 30 2.090 2.091 39.767 39.827 1:19.594
6 Merle Fräbel GER 21 2.088 2.093 39.847 39.807 1:19.654
7 Elina Vitola LAT 29 2.077 2.086 39.852 39.844 1:19.696
7 Ashley Farquharson USA 18 2.113 2.113 39.784 39.912 1:19.696
9 Summer Britcher USA 19 2.090 2.083 39.775 39.933 1:19.708
10 Dajana Eitberger GER 20 2.121 2.124 39.767 39.945 1:19.712
11 Verena Hofer ITA 16 2.097 2.107 39.881 39.883 1:19.764
12 Sigita Berzina LAT 17 2.104 2.110 39.903 39.918 1:19.821
13 Natalie Maag SUI 26 2.137 2.142 39.961 39.868 1:19.829
14 Andrea Vötter ITA 23 2.100 2.123 39.919 39.928 1:19.847
15 Kendija Aparjode LAT 15 2.100 2.106 39.894 40.034 1:19.928
16 Marion Oberhofer ITA 12 2.134 2.134 39.992 40.025 1:20.017
17 Nina Zöggeler ITA 13 2.134 2.111 40.006 40.046 1:20.052
18 Tove Kohala SWE 11 2.145 2.140 40.033 40.028 1:20.061
19 Brittney Arndt USA 14 2.158 2.149 39.989 40.117 1:20.106
20 Mihaela-Carmen Manolescu ROU 9 2.118 2.143 40.069 40.091 1:20.160
21 Selina Egle AUT 10 2.164 2.148 40.094 40.076 1:20.170
22 Katarina Simonakova SVK 4 2.144 2.152 40.238 40.186 1:20.424
23 Raluca Stramaturaru ROU 6 2.156 2.149 40.191 40.234 1:20.425
24 Klaudia Domaradzka POL 8 2.131 2.149 40.266 40.336 1:20.602
25 Natalia Jamroz POL 1 2.130 2.171 40.372 40.259 1:20.631
26 Olena Stetskiv UKR 2 2.151 2.159 40.294 40.360 1:20.654
27 Olena Smaha UKR 5 2.145 2.137 40.302 40.387 1:20.689
28 Peixuan Wang CHN 7 2.130 2.150 40.313 40.381 1:20.694
29 Sin-Rong Lin TPE 3 2.148 2.161 40.242 40.734 1:20.976
30 Lisa Schulte AUT 24 2.151 2.162 43.190 39.792 DSQ