2014/2015 FIL World Cup – Double’s Luge – Race 4

From Königssee, GER

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt take the first gold medal of 2015, winning gold by just under .2 over teammates Eggert & Benecken.  The silver medalists led after the first run, but a fourth-fastest second run moved them back to silver. Austrians Penz & Fischler take bronze, their third bronze medal in four races this season.

The Latvian team of Sics & Sics take fourth place, just ahead of countrymen Gudramovics & Kalnins, who finished fifth.

Both North American teams put their sliders in the top 10, with Matthew Mortensen and Jason Terdiman taking eighth, just ahead of Tristan Walker and Justin Snith, who finished ninth.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Wendl/Arlt GER 15 50.429 50.381 1:40.810
2 Eggert/Benecken GER 19 50.307 50.688 1:40.995
3 Penz/Fischler AUT 12 50.571 50.4631 1:41.034
4 Sics/Sics LAT 11 50.545 50.918 1:41.463
5 Gudramovics/Kalnins LAT 8 50.862 50.687 1:41.549
6 Oberstolz/Gruber ITA 13 50.722 50.887 1:41.609
7 Bogdanov/Medvedevv RUS 16 50.837 50.827 1:41.664
8 Mortensen/Terdiman USA 17 51.002 50.925 1:41.927
9 Walker/Snith CAN 18 50.822 51.234 1:42.056
10 Denisyev/Antonov RUS 7 50.842 51.286 1:42.110
11 Yuzhakov/Prokhorov RUS 10 51.088 51.141 1:42.229
12 Geueke/Gamm GER 9 50.900 51.453 1:42.353
13 Gruber/Kainzwalder ITA 14 51.245 51.196 1:42.441
14 Steu/Koller AUT 1 51.315 51.580 1:42.895
15 Kvicala/Kudera CZE 4 51.586 51.517 1:43.103
16 Broz/Broz CZE 6 52.893 51.285 1:43.178
17 Atodiresei/Musei ROU 3 52.750 54.156 1:46.906
DNF Poreba/Mikrut POL 2 52.067 DNF
DNF Harnis/Regec SVK 5 DNF