2016/2017 FIL World Cup – Doubles Luge – Race 9

From Altenberg, GER

Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken finished their dominance of the 2016/2017 FIL doubles division with a win on a track where the hold both the start and track records.

The Germans were fastest in both heats by a substantial margin, winning the race by over three tenths. The win is their ninth on the season, and their 12th podium in 12 races.

Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman came into their final run in third place, one tenth out of a silver medal. The Americans out-paced the German duo of Robin Geueke & David Gamm on their second run to move up to second, while Geueke & Gamm held onto third.

The silver medal for Mortensen & Terdiman ties a season best for the American duo (Lake Placid being the other).

The Latvian team of Andris & Juris Sics finished fourth, while Thomas Steu & Lorenz Koller of Austria finished fifth. Jacob Hyrns & Anthony Espinoza of the United States finished a season-best sixth.

Canadians Tristan Walker & Justin Snith finished eighth in their final doubles race of the season, while Justin Krewson & Andrew Sherk finished 12th for the United States.

Eggert & Benecken had already secured the World Cup title coming into Altenberg, and they finish the season ahead of teammates Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt. The two teams accounted for every gold medal in the World Cup for the 2016/2017 season. Mortensen & Terdiman of the United States finished third overall, just three points ahead of Geueke & Gamm.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Eggert / Benecken GER 23 5.724 5.761 41.827 41.941 1:23.768
2 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 21 5.830 5.830 42.086 42.040 1:24.126
3 Geueke / Gamm GER 24 5.759 5.817 41.892 42.185 1:24.167
4 Sics / Sics LAT 10 5.822 5.847 42.090 42.243 1:24.333
5 Steu / Koller AUT 16 5.786 5.819 42.218 42.225 1:24.443
6 Hyrns / Espinoza USA 11 5.812 5.829 42.253 42.306 1:24.559
7 Rieder / Rastner ITA 18 5.884 5.826 42.374 42.214 1:24.588
8 Walker / Snith CAN 13 5.759 5.771 42.281 42.314 1:24.595
9 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 20 5.860 5.834 42.385 42.285 1:24.670
10 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 22 5.843 5.857 42.369 42.332 1:24.691
11 Broz / Broz CZE 5 5.834 5.868 42.396 42.356 1:24.752
12 Krewson / Sherk USA 9 5.815 5.804 42.584 42.223 1:24.771
13 Wendl / Arlt GER 19 5.823 5.882 42.507 42.318 1:24.825
14 Gruber / Kainswaldner ITA 1 5.849 5.882 42.412 42.423 1:24.835
15 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 14 5.826 4.823 42.417 42.553 1:25.024
16 Putins / Marcinkevics LAT 3 5.857 5.851 42.497 42.603 1:25.100
17 Kvicala / Kudera CZE 7 5.924 5.916 42.576 42.573 1:25.149
18 Park / Cho KOR 8 5.929 5.931 42.631 42.611 1:25.242
19 Solcansky / Stuchlak SVK 6 5.878 5.916 42.658 42.664 1:25.322
20 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 15 5.822 5.820 42.943 42.457 1:25.400
21 Atodiresei / Musei ROU 2 5.965 6.015 42.796 42.883 1:25.629
22 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 17 5.846 5.871 43.488 42.762 1:26.250
DNF Denisyev / Antonov RUS 12 5.816 5.803 42.236 44.137 1:26.737
DNF Petyniak / Wanielista POL 4 6.031 5.986 43.229 45.291 1:28.520