2015/2016 FIL World Cup – Sprint World Cup 1

From Park City, USA

Below are the results for each of the various Sprint Cup races from Park City.

Doubles Sprint Cup

The Italian team of Oberstolz & Gruber took gold ahead of the two dominant World Cup teams of Wendl & Arlt and Eggert & Benecken.  The team of Penz & Fischler finished fourth for Austria, while Americans Mortensen & Terdimann finished fifth.

Pos Names Nation Bib Total
1 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 10 32.521
2 Wendl / Arlt GER 15 32.537
3 Eggert / Benecken GER 14 32.564
4 Penz / Fischler AUT 13 32.582
5 Mortensen / Terdimann USA 9 32.610
6 Denisyev / Antonov RUS 11 32.684
7 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 12 32.688
8 Steu / Koller AUT 3 32.773
9 Reider / Rastner ITA 7 32.774
10 Walker / Snith CAN 1 32.798
11 Geuke / Gamm GER 6 32.834
12 Krewson / Sherk USA 8 32.859
13 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 5 32.974
14 Hyrns / Espinoza USA 4 33.035
15 Kvicala / Kudera CZE 2 33.159

Women’s Sprint Cup

It was the same podium in Women’s Sprint World Cup as it was in the regular luge event, with Summer Britcher taking gold, ahead of teammate Erin Hamlin.  Dajana Eitberger and Natalie Geisenberger finished third and fourth for Germany, with Alex Gough taking a fifth place finish after a rough race the night before.

With the win, Summer Britcher leapfrogs Erin Hamlin in the World Cup standings, with Hamlin second.

Pos Names Nation Bib Total
1 Summer Britcher USA 15 32.477
2 Erin Hamlin USA 14 32.514
3 Dajana Eitberger GER 13 32.576
4 Natalie Geisenberger GER 12 32.599
5 Alex Gough CAN 10 32.666
6 Tatjana Hüfner GER 8 32.695
7 Tatiana Ivanova RUS 9 32.697
8 Raychel Germaine USA 7 32.767
9 Emily Sweeney USA 11 32.774
10 Kimberley McRae CAN 2 32.786
11 Victoria Demchenko RUS 5 32.814
12 Andrea Voetter ITA 4 32.826
13 Eliza Cauce LAT 6 32.874
14 Julia Taubitz GER 3 32.927
15 Martina Kocher SUI 1 33.010

Men’s Luge

Wolfgang Kindl threw down a huge run in the Men’s Sprint World Cup to take gold ahead of Dominik Fischnaller and Felix Loch, who scored silver and bronze.  World Cup point leader coming into the race, Chris Mazdzer had a disastrous run, finishing 14th and losing the World Cup lead to Kindl, while staying just ahead of Fischnaller in points.

Tucker West was the top-scoring American in fifth.

Pos Names Nation Bib Total
1 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 14 28.033
2 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 10 28.219
3 Felix Loch GER 13 28.232
4 Alexandr Peretjagin RUS 11 28.267
5 Tucker West USA 7 28.289
6 Johannes Ludwig GER 9 28.355
7 Taylor Morris USA 3 28.398
8 Ralf Palik GER 12 28.403
9 Aidan Kelly USA 1 28.415
10 Chris Eissler GER 2 28.435
11 Jozef Ninis SVK 4 28.445
12 Andi Langenhan GER 8 28.579
13 Inars Kivlenieks LAT 5 28.664
14 Chris Mazdzer USA 15 28.927
15 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 6 29.452