From Winterberg, GER
(January 10, 2026) – Jonas Müller took gold in the men’s singles race Winterberg, but had to hold off a fierce charge by Felix Loch to win.
Müller was dominant in the first heat. His 51.299 was the quickest of the heat by .189 over teammate Nico Gleirscher. The two Austrians were joined in the top three by Wolfgang Kindl after the first heat, with Felix Loch and Max Langenhan trying to break onto the podium for Germany.
As he’s done so many times over the last few seasons, Loch rallied in the second heat. He first out-slid teammate Max Langenhan to take the lead with the three Austrians to go, then picked off Wolfgang Kindl. Gleirscher was next, and was edged out over two heats by Loch with just Müller still to go.
Müller’s start was quicker than Loch’s, giving him a quarter of a second advantage over the German early on. But throughout his run, Müller came back to Loch. His second run was fourth quickest but his two run time was enough to hold Loch off by a tenth of a second.
The win was Müller’s second gold and fourth medal of the season. For Loch, silver was his fourth medal in five races.
Gleirscher held on for bronze for his first medal of the season.
Kindl was fourth, Langenhan fifth, and Dominik Fischnaller sixth.
Jonny Gustafson led the way for the United States in ninth. Matt Greiner slid to 15th place, while Tucker West was 20th.
After five races, Felix Loch leads the World Cup standings by one point over Jonas Müller, with Max Langenhan third. Nico Gleirscher and Wolfgang Kindl are fourth and fifth.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 16 | 3.799 | 3.826 | 51.299 | 51.600 | 1:42.899 |
| 2 | Felix Loch | GER | 13 | 3.820 | 3.831 | 51.581 | 51.423 | 1:43.004 |
| 3 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 12 | 3.846 | 3.837 | 51.486 | 51.530 | 1:43.016 |
| 4 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 10 | 3.860 | 3.871 | 51.550 | 51.634 | 1:43.184 |
| 5 | Max Langenhan | GER | 17 | 3.815 | 3.833 | 51.716 | 51.530 | 1:43.246 |
| 6 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 6 | 3.847 | 3.852 | 51.738 | 51.797 | 1:43.535 |
| 7 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 26 | 3.850 | 3.843 | 51.754 | 51.787 | 1:43.541 |
| 8 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 14 | 3.835 | 3.843 | 51.897 | 51.717 | 1:43.614 |
| 9 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 15 | 3.858 | 3.870 | 51.777 | 51.863 | 1:43.640 |
| 10 | Timon Grancagnolo | GER | 7 | 3.874 | 3.866 | 51.891 | 51.896 | 1:43.787 |
| 11 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 11 | 3.818 | 3.822 | 52.029 | 51.868 | 1:43.897 |
| 12 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 5 | 3.892 | 3.887 | 52.031 | 51.918 | 1:43.949 |
| 13 | David Nößler | GER | 8 | 3.859 | 3.860 | 51.968 | 51.992 | 1:43.960 |
| 14 | Kaspars Rinks | LAT | 2 | 3.892 | 3.903 | 51.865 | 52.130 | 1:43.995 |
| 15 | Matthew Greiner | USA | 3 | 3.929 | 3.926 | 52.026 | 52.002 | 1:44.028 |
| 16 | Alexander Ferlazzo | AUS | 19 | 3.828 | 3.825 | 51.986 | 52.130 | 1:44.116 |
| 17 | Pavel Repilov | AIN | 28 | 3.844 | 3.847 | 51.941 | 52.212 | 1:44.153 |
| 18 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 22 | 3.888 | 3.883 | 52.167 | 52.027 | 1:44.194 |
| 19 | Valentin Cretu | ROU | 24 | 3.890 | 3.876 | 52.076 | 52.260 | 1:44.336 |
| 20 | Tucker West | USA | 31 | 3.865 | 3.885 | 52.192 | 52.150 | 1:44.342 |
| 21 | Alex Gufler | ITA | 1 | 3.893 | 52.246 | |||
| 22 | Mateusz Sochowicz | POL | 25 | 3.820 | 52.380 | |||
| 23 | Leon Felderer | ITA | 9 | 3.867 | 52.475 | |||
| 24 | Seiya Kobayashi | JPN | 27 | 3.875 | 52.570 | |||
| 25 | Marian Skupek | SVK | 18 | 3.896 | 52.596 | |||
| 26 | Mirza Nikolajev | BIH | 23 | 3.897 | 52.623 | |||
| 27 | Eduard-Mihai Craciun | ROU | 29 | 3.899 | 52.634 | |||
| 28 | Ondrej Hyman | CZE | 30 | 3.922 | 52.767 | |||
| 29 | Leon Haselrieder | ITA | 21 | 3.875 | 53.013 | |||
| 30 | Matvei Perestoronin | AIN | 20 | 3.851 | 55.347 | |||
| DSQ | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 4 | DSQ |