Lanthaler Comes From Behind to Win in Winterleiten

From Winterleiten, AUT

(Jan. 12, 2019) – Evelin Lanthaler came into the second run in Winterleiten a half second behind Greta Pinggera. The Austrian came back strong on her second run, cruising to victory in the process.

The 2017/2018 World Cup champion was over a full second quicker than Pinggera on the second run to win gold on the track where she’d won the European Championship a year prior.

Pinggera, the reining world champion, finished second, over a second and a half ahead of Tina Unterberger of Austria.

German Lisa Walch finished fourth, ahead of Russia’s Ekaterina Lavrenteva and Austria’s Michelle Diepold.

The race in Winterleiten marked the second time in as many events that Lanthaler, Pinggera, and Unterberger finished 1-3.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Evelin Lanthaler	ITA	20	9.18	9.06	1:13.53	1:12.14	2:25.67
2	Greta Pinggera	ITA	19	9.35	9.26	1:13.00	1:13.18	2:26.18
3	Tina Unterberger	AUT	18	9.50	9.38	1:14.05	1:37.78	2:27.83
4	Lisa Walch	GER	13	9.61	9.69	1:14.55	1:14.04	2:28.59
5	Ekaterina Lavrenteva	RUS	16	9.54	9.55	1:14.66	1:14.49	2:29.15
6	Michelle Diepold	AUT	15	9.42	9.48	1:14.27	1:14.97	2:29.24
7	Sara Bachmann	GER	14	9.52	9.47	1:14.86	1:14.49	2:29.35
8	Nastasiya Slyusar	UKR	10	9.51	9.46	1:15.45	1:14.96	2:30.41
9	Alexandra Pfattner	ITA	17	9.40	9.34	1:15.32	1:15.38	2:30.70
10	Daria Maleeva	RUS	12	9.69	9.65	1:15.88	1:16.02	2:31.90
11	Michaela Niemetz	GER	11	9.70	9.74	1:16.42	1:16.49	2:32.91
12	Julia Plowy	POL	9	9.53	9.61	1:17.24	1:18.94	2:36.18
13	Aleksandra Suvorova	RUS	6	9.82	9.95	1:18.69	1:18.63	2:37.32
14	Daphine Vanhoutte	FRA	5	10.02	9.96	1:24.65	1:23.08	2:47.73
15	Patricija Urbanc	CRO	8	9.96	9.98	1:24.47	1:26.76	2:51.23
16	Tamara Fisore	ARG	4	10.15	9.94	1:27.88	1:27.11	2:54.99