Pigneter Wins Season Finale, Kammerlander Edges Gruber for Title

February 20, 2019 ken Luge News 0

From Umhausen, AUT

(Feb. 16, 2019) – Patrick Pigneter won his first singles gold medal of the season in Umhausen, edging out eventual season champion Thomas Kammerlander in the process.

(L-R): Kammerlander, Pigneter, Gruber (Courtesy FIL TV)

Pigneter set the fast run of the day in the first heat to open up .45 second advantage on the Austrian. Kammerlander managed to post the fastest time in the second heat, but it wasn’t nearly enough to hold off the Italian, with Pigneter eventually winning by .38 over Kammerlander.

The Austrian finished second, with Alex Gruber finishing third. The two men were in a fierce battle all season long for the season championship, with Gruber needing to beat Kammerlander by one position in Austria to take the title. In the end, Gruber fell .44 short, finishing third in the race and second on the season.

Michael Scheikl, Florian Clara, and Florian Glatzl finished fourth through sixth. Italy and Austria took the top eight places on the day, with Russia’s athletes finishing ninth through 12th.

Kammerlander’s title is his third consecutive. He and Pigneter are the only two men to win the overall title in the 2010s.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Patrick Pigneter ITA 46 11.48 11.53 1:11.48 1:12.02 2:23.50
2 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 48 11.36 11.30 1:11.93 1:11.95 2:23.88
3 Alex Gruber ITA 47 11.42 11.46 1:12.08 1:12.23 2:24.31
4 Michael Scheikl AUT 45 11.44 11.42 1:12.31 1:13.10 2:25.41
5 Florian Clara ITA 42 11.61 11.61 1:12.81 1:12.79 2:25.60
6 Florian Glatzl AUT 44 11.53 11.48 1:13.22 1:12.86 2:26.08
7 Stefan Federer ITA 41 11.59 11.56 1:13.51 1:13.16 2:26.67
8 Fabian Achenrainer AUT 14 11.66 11.75 1:13.51 1:13.61 2:27.12
9 Stanislav Kovshik RUS 38 11.63 11.68 1:13.47 1:13.95 2:27.42
10 Aleksandr Egorov RUS 43 11.68 11.59 1:13.99 1:14.05 2:28.04
11 Grigory Bukin RUS 39 11.55 11.56 1:13.94 1:14.11 2:28.05
12 Iakov Bukin RUS 27 11.78 11.61 1:15.07 1:44.77 2:29.84
13 Josef Limmer GER 37 11.87 11.86 1:15.22 1:15.44 2:30.66
14 Adam Jedrzejko POL 33 11.89 11.74 1:17.01 1:15.88 2:32.89
15 Myroslav Lenko UKR 25 12.08 11.84 1:17.46 1:16.96 2:34.42
16 Isa Guzeloglu TUR 5 11.87 12.14 1:17.59 1:17.52 2:35.11
17 Ivan Lenko UKR 19 12.43 12.01 1:17.77 1:18.36 2:36.13
18 Renzo Atance Conde ARG 35 12.03 12.02 1:18.09 1:18.09 2:36.18
19 Bine Mekina SLO 28 12.36 12.26 1:18.90 1:18.37 2:37.27
20 Matevz Vertelj SLO 27 12.28 12.28 1:18.41 1:19.04 2:37.45
21 Blaz Mekina SLO 24 12.52 12.23 1:19.76 1:18.05 2:37.81
22 Andrii Hirniak UKR 22 12.18 12.05 1:19.37 1:18.49 2:37.86
23 Leonardo de Oliveira Silva BRA 36 12.30 12.25 1:18.87 1:19.33 2:38.20
24 Simon Dietz GER 1 12.33 12.48 1:20.03 1:19.58 2:39.61
25 Aleksandr Milkov KAZ 32 12.31 12.20 1:20.45 1:21.24 2:41.69
26 David Rydl CZE 34 12.65 12.85 1:22.25 1:23.71 2:45.96