2015/2016 FIL World Cup – Double’s Luge – Race 7

From Sochi, RUS

It looked briefly like there would be an upset in the double’s event in Sochi. The German team of Wendl & Arlt came into the second run in Sochi in third place, over a tenth of a second behind the American team of Mortensen & Terdiman and the Italian team of Oberstolz & Gruber.

The second run for the Germans was the fastest of the entire event, and the only under 50 seconds. Neither the Italians or Americans could keep pace, and team of Wendl & Arlt took gold. Russians Bogdanov & Medvedev finished in the silver position, with Oberstolz & Gruber scoring bronze.

The American team of Mortensen & Terdiman finished ninth after a rough second run.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Wendl / Arlt GER 12 50.376 49.992 1:40.368
2 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 8 50.439 50.450 1:40.889
3 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 7 50.327 50.665 1:40.992
4 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 4 50.529 50.627 1:41.156
5 Geüke / Gamm GER 9 50.489 50.913 1:41.402
6 Penz / Fischler AUT 15 50.445 51.262 1:41.707
7 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 3 50.828 51.045 1:41.873
8 Rieder / Rastner ITA 14 51.074 51.062 1:42.136
9 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 6 50.294 51.963 1:42.257
10 Obolonchyk / Zakharkiv UKR 2 51.729 51.825 1:43.554
11 Atodiresei / Musei ROU 1 52.454 52.204 1:44.658
12 Eggert / Benecken GER 11 57.872 50.537 1:48.409
13 Sics / Sics LAT 13 51.709 61.161 1:52.870
DNS Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 10 60.828 DNS
DNF Denisyev  /Antonov RUS 5 50.394 DNF