Pigneter & Clara Win Opener in Winterleiten

From Winterleiten, AUT

(Dec. 17, 2020) – Roughly an hour after finishing third and fifth respectively in the men’s singles luge race in Winterleiten, the duo of Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara slid to a decisive victory in the doubles race.

PIgneter & Clara (Courtesy FIL TV)

The Italian team was the last team down in both heats. In the first run, the team was .36 faster than teammates Patrick & Matthias Lambacher. On the second run it was more of the same, with the Lambachers besting everyone else, only to be thwarted by Pigneter & Clara. At the end of the race it was a .82 second advantage for Pigneter & Clara over their Italian teammates.

Despite losing to Pigneter & Clara, Patrick & Matthis Lambacher easily out-slid the rest of the field. The Lambachers were 1.52 seconds clear of anyone else on their way to a silver medal.

Christoph Regensburger & Dominik Holzkecht finished third, edging out Fabian & Simon Achenrainer for bronze. The Achenrainers finished fourth, wel ahead of Myroslav & Ivan Lenko in fifth. Bine & Blaz Mekina rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Pigneter / Clara ITA 8 8.80 8.82 65.34 65.07 2:10.41
2 Lambacher / Lambacher ITA 7 8.77 8.77 65.70 65.53 2:11.23
3 Regensburger / Holzkecht AUT 1 8.85 8.81 66.49 66.26 2:12.75
4 Achenrainer / Achenrainer AUT 5 9.01 8.93 66.85 66.04 2:12.89
5 Lenko / Lenko UKR 4 9.36 9.25 69.59 68.75 2:18.24
6 Mekina / Mekina SLO 3 9.64 9.56 70.23 70.02 2:20.25
7 Majdak / Jadwiszczok POL 2 9.80 9.63 74.29 71.44 2:25.73
8 Hasek / Rydl CZE 6 9.58 9.80 73.98 72.53 2:26.51