2015/2016 FIL World Cup – Women’s Luge – Race 9

From Winterberg, GER

Germans Tajana Hüfner and Natalie Geisenberger each set the fast times in heats one and two of the final women’s event of the season, but Hüfner was able to hold off her teammate to take gold in Winterberg.

Hüfner was the third quickest in the second run, but was able to put down a quick enough time to stay ahead of the field behind her. Tatiana Ivanova of Russia finished third.

Eliza Cauce came into the second run in second place, but the Latvian could only muster an eighth fastest run to drop to fourth. Erin Hamlin finished fifth for the United States, while sprint world champion Martina Kocher finished sixth.

The Americans placed all three of their women in the top ten. Summer Britcher had trouble in the first heat, finishing the run in 16th. Her second run was the second fastest of the heat, moving her up to eighth. Emily Sweeney finished one spot behind her in ninth.

Arianne Jones took tenth place for Canada, while teammate Kimberley McRae finished 14th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Tatjana Hüfner GER 23 56.734 56.275 1:53.009
2 Natalie Geisenberger GER 18 56.963 56.175 1:53.138
3 Tatiana Ivanova RUS 24 57.091 56.277 1:53.368
4 Eliza Cauce LAT 16 56.907 56.514 1:53.421
5 Erin Hamlin USA 21 57.118 56.317 1:53.435
6 Martina Kocher SUI 19 57.129 56.369 1:53.498
7 Dajana Eitberger GER 14 57.069 56.474 1:53.543
8 Summer Britcher USA 13 57.526 56.272 1:53.798
9 Emily Sweeney USA 15 57.239 56.580 1:53.819
10 Arianne Jones CAN 8 57.302 56.599 1:53.901
11 Julia Taubitz GER 11 57.359 56.543 1:53.902
12 Ekaterina Baturina RUS 17 57.427 56.629 1:54.056
13 Victoria Demchenko RUS 20 57.517 56.602 1:54.119
14 Kimberley McRae CAN 9 57.409 56.724 1:54.133
15 Ekaterina Katnikova RUS 12 57.428 56.745 1:54.173
16 Raluca Stramaturaru ROU 6 57.598 56.771 1:54.369
17 Ulla Zirne LAT 4 57.639 56.837 1:54.476
18 Kendija Apariode LAT 7 57.577 57.017 1:54.594
19 Sandra Robatscher ITA 10 57.514 57.159 1:54.673
20 Katrin Heinzelmaier AUT 5 57.713 56.963 1:54.676
21 Miriam Kastlunger AUT 22 57.825 56.923 1:54.748
22 Birgit Platzer AUT 3 57.677 57.091 1:54.768
23 Dwa Kuls POL 2 57.878 57.102 1:54.980
24 Natalie Maag SUI 1 58.201 57.425 1:55.626