2015/2016 FIL World Cup – Women’s Luge – Race 4

From Calgary, CAN

Germany scored their first singles gold of the North American swing in Calgary, as Natalie Geisenberger edged American Erin Hamlin for gold in the tightest of races.

Hamlin led going into the second run by a mere .004, and while both her run and Geisenberger’s run seemed to be just about flawless, Hamlin’s run was just .016 slower, giving the German the win. Hamlin hung on for bronze, and Hamlin’s teammate Summer Britcher moved up from fifth to third on the strength of her second run.

Tatiana Ivanova was the big mover of the race, with the Russian setting the fastest run of the race to move from eighth to fourth, while Canadians Kimberley McRae and Alex Gough fell from third and fourth to fifth and sixth, respectively.

It was a good day all around for North America in Calgary, with Emily Sweeney finishing seventh to put North Americans in five of the top seven positions.  Teammate Raychel Germaine struggled on the Canadian track, finishing 19th, while Arianne Jones put all three Canadians in the top 15 with her 13th place run.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Natlie Geisenberger GER 15 46.818 46.751 1:33.569
2 Erin Hamlin USA 16 46.814 46.767 1:33.581
3 Summer Britcher USA 22 46.949 46.767 1:33.712
4 Tatiana Ivanova RUS 19 47.202 46.525 1:33.727
5 Kimberley McRae CAN 24 46.836 4962 1:33.798
6 Alex Gough CAN 20 46.896 47.001 1:33.897
7 Emily Sweeney USA 14 47.011 46.922 1:33.933
8 Tatjana Hüfner GER 21 47.235 46.802 1:34.037
9 Dajana Eitberger GER 13 47.102 46.963 1:34.065
10 Miriam Kastlunger AUT 18 47.253 47.191 1:34.444
11 Ekaterina Baturina RUS 17 47.229 47.217 1:34.446
12 Eliza Cauce LAT 12 47.318 47.144 1:34.462
13 Arianne Jones CAN 11 47.134 47.386 1:34.502
14 Victoria Demchenko RUS 9 47.471 47.235 1:34.706
15 Sandra Robatscher ITA 1 47.387 47.384 1:34.771
16 Martina Kocher SUI 8 47.591 47.202 1:34.793
17 Julia Taubitz GER 10 47.460 47.490 1:34.950
18 Raluca Stramaturaru ROU 7 47.698 47.660 1:35.353
19 Raychel Germaine USA 23 47.876 47.718 1:35.594
20 Birgit Platzer AUT 6 47.546 48.072 1:35.618
21 Daria Obratov CRO 2 48.400 47.995 1:36.395
22 Karoline Melas NOR 4 48.278 48.120 1:36.398
23 Katrin Heinzelmaier AUT 3 47.773 48.631 1:36.404
24 Gry Martine Mostue NOR 5 49.847 47.917 1:37.764