2017 FIL World Championship – Sprint World Championship

From Igls, AUT

Below are the results from the Sprint World Championships.

Doubles Luge

Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt were favorites coming into the FIL World Championships, and in their sprint event, they showed why.

The Germans weren’t the quickest at the start timing eye, but they were quickest at each of the intermediate splits on their way to a sizable victory over Peter Penz & Georg Fischler of Austria.

Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken couldn’t quite get past Penz & Fischler, despite being second fastest at the two intermediate splits, and settled for bronze.

Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman finished seventh to lead the American effort. Teammates Justin Krewson & Andrew Sherk finished 11th.

Tristan Walker & Justin Snith  finished tenth as the lone Canadian entry.

Pos Names Nation Bib Start Speed Time
1 Wendl / Arlt GER 14 72.8 km/h 29.843
2 Penz / Fischler AUT 12 73.4 km/h 29.949
3 Eggert / Benecken GER 15 72.5 km/h 29.956
4 Steu / Koller AUT 10 72.5 km/h 30.013
5 Geueke / Gamm GER 13 69.2 km/h 30.014
6 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 6 73.9 km/h 30.024
7 Sics / Sics LAT 11 67.2 km/h 30.058
7 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 9 72.0 km/h 30.058
9 Denisyev / Antonov RUS 8 72.1 km/h 30.129
10 Walker / Snith CAN 7 73.4 km/h 30.137
11 Krewson / Sherk USA 1 72.0 km/h 30.181
12 Park / Cho KOR 2 67.3 km/h 30.237
13 Broz / Broz CZE 3 71.2 km/h 30.293
14 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 4 70.4 km/h 30.352
DSQ Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 5 DSQ

Women’s Luge

Erin Hamlin won her first World Championship in Lake Placid in 2009. It took another eight years for her to get another World Championship gold, but she finally got hers in Igls in the women’s sprint competition.

Hamlin was behind for most of her run down the Austrian track, but found speed all the way down to edge Swiss slider Martina Kocher by just .009 and German Tatjana Hüfner by .010.

Emily Sweeney finished just .005 off the podium in fourth, while Dajana Eitberger and Tatyana Ivanova finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

Kimberley McRae finished seventh as the lone Canadian, while Summer Britcher finished 11th as the third American entry.

Pos Name Nation Bib Start Speed Time
1 Erin Hamlin USA 10 73.5 km/h 30.074
2 Martina Kocher SUI 8 71.0 km/h 30.083
3 Tatjana Hüfner GER 9 72.6 km/h 30.084
4 Emily Sweeney USA 7 73.5 km/h 30.089
5 Dajana Eitberger GER 12 73.8 km/h 30.091
6 Tatyana Ivanova RUS 13 75.0 km/h 30.099
7 Kimberely McRae CAN 4 72.2 km/h 30.109
8 Miriam Kastlunger AUT 1 70.9 km/h 30.116
9 Birgit Platzer AUT 2 71.7 km/h 30.117
10 Ulla Zirne LAT 5 72.3 km/h 30.120
11 Summer Britcher USA 14 73.7 km/h 30.141
12 Julia Taubitz GER 15 71.2 km/h 30.152
13 Eliza Cauce LAT 3 73.4 km/h 30.213
14 Andrea Vötter ITA 6 72.1 km/h 30.237
15 Natalie Geisenberger GER 11 72.4 km/h 30.339

Men’s Luge

Wolfgang Kindl won on home ice for his first World Championship medal, winning by just .012 over Russian Roman Repilov. Kindl was out front for the entire length of the run, while Repilov came back from a slower start to work his way up to silver.

Italian Dominik Fischnaller finished third, ahead of Russian Semen Pavlichenko, Taylor Morris and German Andi Langenhan.

Pos Name Nation Bib Start Speed Time
1 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 14 83.8 km/h 32.467
2 Roman Repilov RUS 13 80.8 km/h 32.479
3 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 15 82.5 km/h 32.590
4 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 10 81.1 km/h 32.594
5 Taylor Morris USA 2 81.8 km/h 32.611
6 Andi Langenhan GER 9 83.8 km/h 32.643
7 Theo Gruber ITA 3 83.4 km/h 32.661
8 Riks Rozitis LAT 6 81.5 km/h 32.670
9 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 8 83.3 km/h 32.676
10 Felix Loch GER 7 82.8 km/h 32.677
11 Stepan Fedorov RUS 11 83.2 km/h 32.722
12 David Gleirscher AUT 1 83.8 km/h 32.728
12 Armin Frauscher AUT 4 83.4 km/h 32.728
14 Tucker West USA 5 83.3 km/h 32.791
15 Johannes Ludwig GER 12 82.0 km/h 35.585