From Sigulda, LAT
(February 25, 2025) – The final race of the 2023/2024 FIL Sprint World Cup took place in Sigulda, Latvia. Below are the results of each of the four races.
Women’s Luge
In the women’s race, Julia Taubitz slid to gold to sweep the three Sprint World Cup races in the 2023/2024 season.
From the 13th start draw, Taubitz had the quickest split at each split to win by a tenth of a second over Kendija Aparjode.
The United States’ Emily Sweeney finished third, a tenth behind Sweeney.
Merle Fräbel, Lisa Schulte, and Sigita Berzina rounded out the top six.
USA’s Ashley Farquharson, fourth in the women’s race a day earlier, finished eighth.
Taubitz’s sweep gave her the season title in the Sprint World Cup. Sweeney’s bronze was her second in the discipline and enough to give her second, with Aparjode four points back in third.
Natalie Maag and Farquharson were fourth and fifth on the season.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int. 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Julia Taubitz | GER | 13 | 10.932 | 30.652 |
| 2 | Kendija Aparjode | LAT | 9 | 10.978 | 30.760 |
| 3 | Emily Sweeney | USA | 4 | 10.974 | 30.858 |
| 4 | Merle Fräbel | GER | 7 | 11.000 | 30.900 |
| 5 | Lisa Schulte | AUT | 11 | 10.962 | 30.901 |
| 6 | Sigita Berzina | LAT | 8 | 10.967 | 30.911 |
| 7 | Natalie Maag | SUI | 6 | 10.986 | 30.926 |
| 8 | Ashley Farquharson | USA | 12 | 10.965 | 30.946 |
| 9 | Verena Hofer | ITA | 9 | 11.000 | 31.018 |
| 10 | Hannah Prock | AUT | 1 | 11.008 | 31.047 |
| 11 | Anna Berreiter | GER | 15 | 10.974 | 31.200 |
| 12 | Elina Vitola | LAT | 14 | 10.954 | 31.401 |
| 13 | Zane Kaluma | LAT | 10 | 10.992 | 31.543 |
| 14 | Madeleine Egle | AUT | 2 | 10.957 | 42.068 |
| DNS | Summer Britche | USA | 3 | DNS |
Men’s Doubles
Latvia’s Martins Bots and Roberts Plume won their second Sprint World Cup race of the season as they edged out Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt by less than a tenth of a second for the top spot.
Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner won bronze for the second time in the season and first time in the Sprint World Cup.
Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schöpf finished fourth, just ahead of Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl in fifth.
The United States’ Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander rounded out the top six. Teammates Dana Kellogg and Frank Ike finished tenth. Canada’s Devin Wardrope and Cole Zajanski finished 12th.
Bots and Plume won the season’s Sprint World Cup title by 21 points over both Wendl and Arlt and Austrians Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl, who tied for second.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int.1 | Finish |
| 1 | Bots / Plume | LAT | 15 | 10.906 | 30.714 |
| 2 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 14 | 10.902 | 30.801 |
| 3 | Rieder / Kainzwaldner | ITA | 9 | 10.929 | 30.843 |
| 4 | Gatt / Schöpf | AUT | 4 | 10.922 | 30.922 |
| 5 | Steu / Kindl | AUT | 13 | 10.883 | 30.886 |
| 6 | DiGregorio / Hollander | USA | 10 | 10.940 | 30.907 |
| 7 | Sevics-Mikelsevics / Krasts | LAT | 12 | 10.912 | 30.949 |
| 8 | Orlamünder / Gubitz | GER | 6 | 10.946 | 30.961 |
| 9 | Müller / Frauscher | AUT | 11 | 10.933 | 31.009 |
| 10 | Kellogg / Ike | USA | 8 | 11.017 | 31.158 |
| 11 | Rieder / Gufler | ITA | 7 | 10.974 | 31.236 |
| 12 | Wardrope / Zajanski | CAN | 4 | 11.014 | 31.268 |
| 13 | Hoi / Kachmar | UKR | 1 | 11.025 | 31.656 |
| DNF | Jubayi / Hou | CHN | 2 | 11.042 | DNF |
| DNF | Vavercak / Zmij | SVK | 3 | 10.997 | DNF |
Women’s Doubles
Italians Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer edged out Selina Egle and Lara Kipp to win the final women’s doubles Sprint World Cup race of the year.
Egle and Kipp took the lead and held it for one run, with Dajana Eitberger and Saskia Schirmer sliding behind them. The final team off was Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal, but crashed midway through their run, giving the Italians the victory, with Egle and Kipp second and Egle and Kipp third.
Anda Upite and Zane Kaluma finished fourth, ahead of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby in fifth and Olena Stetskiv and Oleksandra Mokh in sixth.
Egle and Kipp’s silver medal was more than enough to give them the season title, ahead of Vötter and Oberhofer and Eitberger and Schirmer.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int. 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Vötter / Oberhofer | ITA | 10 | 11.012 | 31.187 |
| 2 | Egle / Kipp | AUT | 8 | 11.039 | 31.261 |
| 3 | Eitberger / Schirmer | GER | 9 | 11.061 | 31.335 |
| 4 | Upite / Kaluma | LAT | 5 | 10.993 | 31.415 |
| 5 | Forgan / Kirkby | USA | 7 | 11.039 | 31.485 |
| 6 | Stetskiv / Mokh | UKR | 4 | 11.074 | 31.580 |
| 7 | Gulijienaiti / Zhao | CHN | 3 | 11.120 | 31.947 |
| 8 | Stramaturaru / Manolescu | ROU | 2 | 11.110 | 32.354 |
| 9 | Ziedina / Zvilna | LAT | 6 | 11.057 | 32.773 |
| DNF | Khytrenko / Koval | UKR | 1 | 11.183 | DNF |
| DNF | Degenhardt / Rosenthal | GER | 11 | 11.000 | DNF |
Men’s Luge
For the second time in a few hours, Felix Loch beat out Kristers Aparjods to win gold.
Aparjods had taken the lead from Gleirscher from the 14th starting position, placing just Loch between he and home ice gold. Loch once again was quicker than everyone else to win his second gold.
A tenth behind Loch was David Gleirscher, who won bronze.
Max Langenhan took fourth, Wolfgang Kindl fifth, and Gints Berzins sixth.
Tucker West finished ninth, while Jonny Gustafson rounded out the American effort in 12th.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int. 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Felix Loch | GER | 15 | 9.106 | 27.223 |
| 2 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 14 | 9.107 | 27.290 |
| 3 | David Glerischer | AUT | 12 | 9.131 | 27.325 |
| 4 | Max Langenhan | GER | 13 | 9.148 | 27.355 |
| 5 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 11 | 9.131 | 27.458 |
| 6 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 10 | 9.111 | 27.477 |
| 7 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 1 | 9.142 | 27.479 |
| 8 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 5 | 9.163 | 27.612 |
| 9 | Tucker West | USA | 3 | 9.159 | 27.637 |
| 10 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 9 | 9.141 | 27.641 |
| 11 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 7 | 9.179 | 27.688 |
| 12 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 4 | 9.171 | 27.705 |
| 13 | Svante Kohala | SWE | 6 | 9.184 | 27.727 |
| 14 | Alexander Ferlazzo | AUS | 8 | 9.167 | 27.774 |
| 15 | Alex Gufler | ITA | 2 | 9.192 | 27.804 |
