From Sigulda, LAT
(January 4, 2026) – Felix Loch is sliding as well as he ever has, and he slid to gold for the third time this season ahead of Austria’s Jonas Müller and teammate Max Langenhan.
In the two-day race, Loch took the lead from Nico Gleischer in the first heat by just under a tenth, with Müller, Langenhan and David Gleirscher all in the hunt for gold as well.
On Sunday morning, David Gleirscher took the lead from Gints Berzins, but lost it quickly as Langenhan put down a blistering slide to take the lead. Langenhan was quickly booted out of the leader’s box by Müller.
Nico Gleirscher was looking for his first medal of the season and started strong. But some small issues throughout his run left him third with one to go.
That one was Felix Loch. A two-time winner on the season coming into the race, Loch pulled off the top with the second quickest start of the heat. While he was neck-and-neck with Müller early, he pulled away late to slide to his third victory of the season, with Müller silver and Langenhan bronze.
Nico and David Gleirscher were fourth and fifth, with Latvia’s Gints Berzins and Kristers Aparjods just behind in sixth and seventh.
It was tough sledding for the American men in Sigulda. Jonny Gustafson was the top finisher in 17th as the only American in the top 20. Hunter Harris and Tucker West both had trouble in their runs and finished 26th and 27th, respectively.
Contenders Dominik Fischnaller and Wolfgang Kindl both crashed out in their first runs and did not finish.
With four races down in the 2025/2026 World Cup schedule, Felix Loch leads Jonas Müller by 16 points. Max Langenhan has medaled in all four races and is third, with Nico Glerischer and Kristers Aparjods fourth and fifth.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Felix Loch | GER | 16 | 4.588 | 4.581 | 47.738 | 47.671 | 1:35.409 |
| 2 | Jonas Mueller | AUT | 15 | 4.615 | 4.606 | 47.776 | 47.714 | 1:35.490 |
| 3 | Max Langenhan | GER | 17 | 4.560 | 4.555 | 47.801 | 47.707 | 1:35.508 |
| 4 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 12 | 4.624 | 4.631 | 47.757 | 47.759 | 1:35.516 |
| 5 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 10 | 4.628 | 4.641 | 47.840 | 47.751 | 1:35.591 |
| 6 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 11 | 4.631 | 4.643 | 47.993 | 47.865 | 1:35.858 |
| 7 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 14 | 4.617 | 4.617 | 47.932 | 47.977 | 1:35.909 |
| 8 | Kaspars Rinks | LAT | 5 | 4.646 | 4.666 | 48.021 | 47.919 | 1:35.940 |
| 9 | Timon Grancagnolo | GER | 6 | 4.678 | 4.656 | 48.234 | 48.100 | 1:36.334 |
| 10 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 1 | 4.688 | 4.705 | 48.194 | 48.204 | 1:36.398 |
| 11 | David Noessler | GER | 8 | 4.658 | 4.677 | 48.170 | 48.300 | 1:36.470 |
| 12 | Leon Felderer | ITA | 4 | 4.637 | 4.640 | 48.359 | 48.307 | 1:36.666 |
| 13 | Alex Gufler | ITA | 20 | 4.710 | 4.707 | 48.461 | 48.311 | 1:36.772 |
| 14 | Mateusz Sochowicz | POL | 21 | 4.578 | 4.601 | 48.494 | 48.300 | 1:36.794 |
| 15 | Alexander Michael Ferlazzo | AUS | 19 | 4.651 | 4.670 | 48.440 | 48.381 | 1:36.821 |
| 16 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 3 | 4.634 | 4.645 | 48.355 | 48.475 | 1:36.830 |
| 17 | Jonathan Eric Gustafson | USA | 7 | 4.649 | 4.662 | 48.465 | 48.372 | 1:36.837 |
| 18 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 22 | 4.645 | 4.647 | 48.681 | 48.232 | 1:36.913 |
| 19 | Svante Kohala | SWE | 18 | 4.692 | 4.692 | 48.818 | 48.282 | 1:37.100 |
| 20 | Valentin Cretu | ROU | 24 | 4.673 | 4.683 | 48.526 | 49.114 | 1:37.640 |
| 21 | Marian Skupek | SVK | 23 | 4.716 | ||||
| 22 | Leon Haselrieder | ITA | 25 | 4.702 | ||||
| 23 | Eduard-mihai Craciun | ROU | 26 | 4.686 | ||||
| 24 | Ondrej Hyman | CZE | 30 | 4.673 | ||||
| 25 | Seiya Kobayashi | JPN | 28 | 4.657 | ||||
| 26 | Hunter Harris | USA | 29 | 4.700 | ||||
| 27 | Tucker West | USA | 2 | 4.686 | ||||
| DNF | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 9 | 4.628 | DNF | |||
| DNF | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 13 | 4.669 | DNF | |||
| DNF | Mirza Nikolajev | BIH | 27 | 4.684 | DNF |