Kammerlander Wins 2nd Straight in Passeier

January 17, 2021 ken Luge News, News 0

From Passeier, ITA

Jan. 17, 2021 – Thomas Kammerlander won his second straight race to start his 2020/2021 campaign, beating out teammate Michael Scheikl for top honors.

L-R: Scheikl, Kammerlander, Pigneter (Courtesy Miriam Jennewein – Photolove / FIL Media)

Kammerlander opened up a half-second lead on Scheikl after one heat, and though Kammerlander was over a half second slower on his second run, it was still plenty enough to take gold.

Scheikl finished in second, well ahead of Italy’s Patrick Pigneter in third.

Italy’s Alex Gruber finished fourth, .19 out of the medals, while Russia’s Grigory Bukin and Aleksandr egorov rounded out the top six.

With two races to go in the FIL World Cup natural track season, Michael Scheikl holds a 45 point advantage over Patrick Pigneter. Alex Gruber is third, with Christian Schopf and Stefan Federer rounding out the top five. Thomas Kammerlander is already up to sixth, and while he realistically won’t be able to win the overall title, a top three is not out of the question.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 10 10.36 10.44 54.71 55.25 1:49.96
2 Michael Scheikl AUT 28 10.48 10.49 55.25 55.38 1:50.63
3 Patrick Pigneter ITA 27 10.61 10.65 55.37 55.68 1:51.05
4 Alex Gruber ITA 25 10.58 10.50 55.57 55.67 1:51.24
5 Grigory Bukin RUS 9 10.56 10.59 56.29 56.30 1:52.59
6 Aleksandr Egorov RUS 5 10.57 10.60 55.86 56.78 1:52.64
7 Stefan Federer ITA 24 10.61 10.65 56.23 56.24 1:52.47
8 Christian Schopf AUT 26 10.48 10.52 56.11 56.69 1:52.80
9 Florian Clara ITA 23 10.70 10.69 56.31 56.68 1:52.99
10 Fabian Achenrainer AUT 22 10.52 10.61 55.94 57.18 1:53.12
11 Stanislav Kovshik RUS 8 10.78 10.91 56.49 57.19 1:53.68
12 Aleksei Martianov RUS 3 10.88 10.80 56.94 57.03 1:53.97
13 Myroslav Lenko UKR 20 10.85 10.77 58.84 58.92 1:57.76
14 Jerome Almer SUI 21 11.27 11.23 58.96 59.39 1:58.35
15 Ivan Lenko UKR 19 11.14 11.16 59.27 59.23 1:58.50
16 Simon Dietz GER 2 11.08 11.17 59.97 60.86 2:00.83
17 David Rydl CZE 15 11.50 11.58 61.24 61.37 2:02.61
18 Leonardo de Oliveira Silva BRA 13 11.23 11.14 61.78 61.60 2:03.38
19 Julio Dante de Moraes BRA 4 12.85 12.76 71.68 69.51 2:21.19

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