Kammerlander Wins 2nd Straight European Champs Gold

February 11, 2018 ken Luge News, News 0

From Winterleiten, AUT

Feb. 11, 2018 – Thomas Kammerlander won his second European Championship in as many attempts, taking gold by .25 over Alex Gruber.

The Austrian was quick everywhere, and carried a .17 second advantage over Gruber going into the second heat.

Gruber’s second trip down was faster than everyone who’d been down the hill so far. Kammerlander’s run was clean and quick enough to hold off the Italian and win gold.

Gruber held on for silver, while doubles European champion Patrick Pigneter finished with a bronze medal.

It was the third successful European Championships for Kammerlander in a row. He won silver in the 2014 European Championships, but since then has won in 2016 and 2018. The Euro Champs runs on even-numbered years, while World Championships run on odd-numbered years.

Pigneter’s doubles teammate, Florian Clara, finished fourth, just .13 out of a medal, while Florian Glatzl and Michael Scheikl of Austria finished fifth and sixth, respectively.

British teammates Joshua Reeves and Dex Unwin finished 23rd and 24th, respectively.

Results

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 42 1:12.00 1:12.40 2:24.40
2 Alex Gruber ITA 41 1:12.17 1:12.48 2:24.65
3 Patrick Pigneter ITA 38 1:12.53 1:12.71 2:25.24
4 Florian Clara ITA 35 1:12.58 1:12.79 2:25.37
5 Florian Glatzl AUT 37 1:12.62 1:12.94 2:25.56
6 Michael Scheikl AUT 39 1:13.59 1:13.35 2:26.50
7 Stefan Federer ITA 36 1:13.15 1:13.35 2:26.50
8 Aleksandr Egorov RUS 31 1:13.19 1:13.41 2:26.60
9 Gregori Bukin RUS 40 1:13.46 1:13.22 2:26.68
10 Christian Schopf AUT 30 1:13.42 1:13.33 2:26.75
11 Stanislav Kovshik RUS 33 1:13.74 1:13.90 2:27.64
12 Laurin Jakob Kompatscher ITA 10 1:13.85 1:13.93 2:27.78
13 Florian Markt AUT 4 1:13.74 1:14.38 2:28.12
14 Juri Talikh RUS 29 1:14.26 1:14.09 2:28.35
15 Marius Schmelzer GER 17 1:14.05 1:14.68 2:28.73
16 Bernd Neurauter AUT 16 1:15.59 1:14.79 2:30.38
17 Aleksey Martyanov RUS 18 1:15.69 1:14.81 2:30.50
18 Andriy Demchuk UKR 27 1:15.41 1:15.86 2:31.27
19 Isa Guzeloglu TUR 19 1:16.06 1:15.71 2:31.77
20 Jozef Limmer GER 26 1:16.02 1:16.20 2:32.22
21 Coskun Ercoskun TUR 15 1:16.41 1:15.93 2:32.34
22 Myroslav Lenko UKR 3 1:17.25 1:17.28 2:34.53
23 Joshua Reeves GBR 20 1:17.22 1:17.42 2:34.64
24 Dex Unwin GBR 21 1:18.01 1:18.41 2:36.42
25 Matavz Vertelj SLO 6 1:18.01 1:18.41 2:37.13
26 Bine Mekina SLO 1 1:18.26 1:18.99 2:37.25
27 Patryk Budny POL 28 1:19.04 1:18.39 2:37.43
28 Rafal Zasuwa POL 7 1:18.57 1:19.66 2:38.23
29 Andrii Hirniak UKR 24 1:19.15 1:19.41 2:38.56
30 Blaz Mekina SLO 12 1:20.44 1:21.09 2:41.53
31 Tomas Hasek CZE 23 1:21.02 1:21.34 2:42.36
32 Jerome Almer SUI 9 1:21.74 1:22.52 2:44.26
33 David Rydl CZE 5 1:23.14 1:22.44 2:45.58
34 Denys Naichuk MDA 11 1:22.95 1:23.25 2:46.20
35 Karel Rejnart CZE 22 1:28.37 1:26.02 2:54.39
36 Vedran Boban CRO 13 1:28.14 1:27.27 2:55.41
37 Ivan Lenko UKR 2 1:32.55 1:26.23 2:58.78