Langenhan & Taubitz Lead Mixed Singles 1-2 for Germany

From Oberhof, GER

(January 24, 2026) – Max Langenhan and Julia Taubitz led a Germany one-two in the Mixed Singles finale, and took both the gold and the season title.

The USA team of Jonny Gustafson and Summer Britcher slid to the lead early on from the eighth starting spot, and held their spot for four teams until Latvia’s Gints Berzins and Kendija Aparjode edged them out by less than a tenth of a second.

The next three teams all took turns in the leaders’ box, with Kristers Aparjods and Elina Bota eventually taking the lead with three teams still go to.

Langenhan and Taubitz were next. The duo put down an outstanding run that was .387 ahead of the Latvians with two to go to guarantee at least one medal for Germany.

Up next were Austria’s Jonas Müller and Lisa Schulte. Müller’s effort was not as quick as his men’s singles runs earlier in the weekend, but Schulte threw down a strong run to slide into second with just one team to go.

But that team was Felix Loch and Merle Fräbel, winners on Friday in their respective events. Loch threw down a big run to take the lead just ahead of Langenhan, but Fräbel was just slightly out-slid by Taubitz as she hit the paddle in second place, .063 back, handing the win to Langenhan and Taubitz, with Loch and Fräbel second. Müller and Schulte were third.

Aparjods and Bota finished fourth, with Nico Gleirscher and Hannah Prock fifth for Austria and Dominik Fischnaller and Verena Hofer in sixth for Italy.

USA’s Gustafson and Britcher were eighth, with teammates Matt Greiner and Ashley Farquharson tenth.

In between the two American squads were the Australian/Swiss duo of Alex Ferlazzo and Natalie Maag.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Men Women/Total
1 Max Langenhan / Julia Taubitz GER2 17 46.446 1:34.206
2 Felix Loch / Merle Fräbel GER1 19 46.393 1:34.269
3 Jonas Müller / Lisa Schulte AUT1 18 46.583 1:34.559
4 Kristers Aparjods / Elina Bota LAT1 16 46.541 1:34.593
5 Nico Gleirscher / Hannah Prock AUT2 15 46.576 1:34.688
6 Dominik Fischnaller / Verena Hofer ITA1 14 46.747 1:34.790
7 Gints Berzins / Kendija Aparjode LAT2 13 46.940 1:34.864
8 Jonathan Gustafson / Summer Britcher USA2 8 47.010 1:34.948
9 Alexander Ferlazzo / Natalie Maag AUS/SUI 10 47.369 1:35.438
10 Matthew Greiner / Ashley Farquharson USA1 12 47.428 1:35.607
11 Jozef Ninis / Caitlin Nash SVK/CAN 9 47.247 1:35.640
12 Leon Felderer / Nina Zöggeler ITA2 11 47.205 1:35.720
13 Andriy Mandziy / Yulianna Tunytska UKR1 6 47.213 1:36.004
14 Mateusz Sochowicz / Klaudia Domaradzka POL 7 47.046 1:36.032
15 Valentin Cretu / Ioana-Corina Buzatoiu ROU 5 47.427 1:36.199
16 Seiya Kobayashi / Elsa Desmond JPN/IRL 3 47.880 1:37.474
17 Dylan Morse / Kaia Hatton GBR 2 47.647 1:37.779
18 Walter Vikstroem / Emma Seer FIN/EST 1 49.038 1:40.282
DSQ Anton Dukach / Olena Smaha UKR2 4 DSQ