2015/2016 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Women’s Luge – Race 5

From Deutschnofen, GER

It was an Italian sweep of the podium for women’s luge, with Evelin Lanthaller winning her third race in five attempts. Lanthaller has finished no worse than second,extending her points lead over Tina Unterberger, who finished fifth.

Greta Pinggera finished second, tying her season-best finish, while Sara Bachmann finished a season-best third.

Ekaterina Lavrentyeva was the top-finishing non-Italian, scoring a fourth place finish for Russia, while Unterberger finished fifth for Austria.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Time
1 Evelin Lanthaller ITA 25 55.72
2 Greta Pinggera ITA 22 56.06
3 Sara Bachmann ITA 16 56.83
4 Ekaterina Lavrentyeva RUS 23 56.97
5 Tina Unterberger AUT 24 58.90
6 Ludmila Astramovich RUS 20 59.34
7 Michelle Diepold AUT 21 59.79
8 Daria Maleeva RUS 15 59.83
9 Petra dragicevic SLO 18 1:01.01
10 Lisa Walch GER 17 1:03.13
11 Ylenia Sarteur SUI 7 1:06.53
12 Irma Karisik BIH 14 1:08.02
13 Anastasiya Slyusar UKR 13 1:09.10
14 Olivia Leslie NZL 3 1:12.63