2016/2017 FIL Natural Track World Cup – Women’s Luge – Race 3

From Moscow, RUS

Evelin Lanthaler won her second race in a row, staying perfect for the 2017 season, taking gold in Moscow.

Much like in Latsch, Lanthaler finished ahead of Austrian Tina Unterberger, this time in dominating fashion. The Italian was the only woman in the first heat to break 39 seconds, and her combined time was over a second faster than Unterberger’s.

Unterberger struggled to find time in her second run and came relatively close to being passed by Italian bronze medalist Greta Pinggera.

Michaelle Diepold, Sara Bachmann, and Ludmila Astramovich rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Evelin Lanthaler ITA 17 38.75 38.52 1:17.27
2 Tina Unterberger AUT 18 39.44 39.47 1:18.91
3 Greta Pinggera ITA 16 40.43 38.83 1:19.26
4 Michelle Diepold AUT 15 40.03 39.85 1:19.88
5 Sara Bachmann ITA 14 40.49 39.65 1:20.14
6 Ludmila Astramovich RUS 9 40.68 39.79 1:20.47
7 Svetlana Zaravina RUS 13 40.97 40.05 1:21.02
8 Petra Dragicevic SLO 10 41.23 40.44 1:21.67
9 Maria Auer AUT 11 41.68 41.24 1:22.92
10 Irma Karisik BIH 8 43.44 43.36 1:26.80
11 Marina Shchekaleva KAZ 4 49.52 49.07 1:38.59
12 Asuman Bayrak TUR 2 55.52 52.02 1:47.54
13 Daria Maleeva RUS 12 39.88 82.12 2:02.00
14 Tamara Fissore ARG 3 68.72 68.15 2:08.87