From Igls, AUT
Jan. 24, 2021 – Below are the results for the third and final Sprint World Cup event of the 2020/2021 FIL World Cup season.
Men’s Luge
The Sprint World Cup is the one race that has caused Felix Loch any sort of trouble in the 2020/2021 season, and once again gold evaded him in the event.
Loch had already secured the overall World Cup title coming into the race, having won all but one race: A Sprint World Cup race in Winterberg. Once again he couldn’t find the top of the Sprint podium, as Semen Pavlichenko tolk gold just ahead of Kevin Fischnaller of Italy.
Loch settled for third, giving him a gold, a bronze, and a fifth place finish on the Sprint Cup season.
David Gleirscher finished fourth, matching his finish in the prevoius day’s World Cup race, while Max Langenhan and Dominik Fischnaller rounded out the top six.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Split 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 24 | 14.516 | 32.341 |
| 2 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 9 | 14.566 | 32.421 |
| 3 | Felix Loch | GER | 15 | 14.536 | 32.428 |
| 4 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 12 | 14.574 | 32.461 |
| 5 | Max Langenhan | GER | 8 | 14.580 | 32.502 |
| 6 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 10 | 14.576 | 32.526 |
| 7 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 5 | 14.570 | 32.529 |
| 8 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 6 | 14.623 | 32.536 |
| 9 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 13 | 14.568 | 32.575 |
| 10 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 11 | 14.597 | 32.604 |
| 11 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 7 | 14.575 | 32.634 |
| 12 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 2 | 14.647 | 32.658 |
| 13 | Chris Eißler | GER | 3 | 14.613 | 32.671 |
| 14 | Moritz Bollmann | GER | 4 | 14.625 | 32.677 |
| 15 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 1 | 14.695 | 32.682 |
Doubles Luge
The Doubles Luge Sprint World Cup race was the closest of the weekend, with Andris & Juris Sics edging out Thomas Steu & Lorenz Koller by .001 on Steu & Koller’s home track. Sics & Sics were well back early, but had a nearly immaculate slide at the bottom half of the Austrian track to snatch gold from the Austrians.
Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken finished third, and with that finish Steu & Koller clinched the World Cup title.
Oskars Gudramovics & Peteris Kalnins of Latvia finished fourth, just .004 ahead of Ludwig Rieder & Patrick Rastner in fifth. Martins Bots & Roberts Plume finished sixth.
Canadians Tistan Walker & Justin Snith had trouble out of the start house and finished 15th.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Split 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Sics / Sics | LAT | 14 | 8.623 | 29.958 |
| 2 | Steu / Koller | AUT | 13 | 8.604 | 29.959 |
| 3 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 11 | 8.609 | 29.969 |
| 4 | Gudramovics / Kalnins | LAT | 6 | 8.617 | 30.015 |
| 5 | Rieder / Rastner | ITA | 15 | 8.604 | 30.091 |
| 6 | Bots / Plume | LAT | 12 | 8.632 | 30.054 |
| 7 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 7 | 8.597 | 30.978 |
| 8 | Müller / Frauscher | AUT | 8 | 8.621 | 30.085 |
| 9 | Kashkin / Korshunov | RUS | 4 | 8.622 | 30.100 |
| 10 | Rieder / Kainzwaldner | ITA | 10 | 8.633 | 30.111 |
| 11 | Nagler / Malleier | ITA | 9 | 8.635 | 30.114 |
| 12 | Denisev / Antonov | RUS | 5 | 8.632 | 30.161 |
| 13 | Geueke / Gamm | GER | 3 | 6.635 | 30.202 |
| 14 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 1 | 6.654 | 30.231 |
| 15 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 2 | 9.091 | 31.087 |
Women’s Luge
Germany swept the podium in the women’s race, with Julia Taubitz scoring her seventh gold medal on the season, and Natalie Geisenberger winning her ninth World Cup silver medal of the season.
Dajana Eitberger rounded out the German sweep of the women’s sprint podium, just ahead of Summer Britcher, who finished fourth earlier in the morning in the women’s luge race.
Austria’s Madeleine Egle finished fifth, just ahead of World Champion Ekaterina Katnikova.
The United States’ women once again put together a strong effort. Ashley Farquharson and Emily Sweeney helped put three American sleds in the top ten with their seventh and eighth place finishes, while Brittney Arndt finished 13th.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Split 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Julia Taubitz | GER | 14 | 8.669 | 30.041 |
| 2 | Natalie Geisenberger | GER | 15 | 8.660 | 30.070 |
| 3 | Dajana Eitberger | GER | 11 | 8.689 | 30.132 |
| 4 | Summer Britcher | USA | 13 | 8.708 | 30.148 |
| 5 | Madeleine Egle | AUT | 10 | 8.715 | 30.194 |
| 6 | Ekaterina Katnikova | RUS | 12 | 8.722 | 30.198 |
| 7 | Ashley Farquharson | USA | 8 | 8.713 | 30.211 |
| 8 | Emily Sweeney | USA | 4 | 8.713 | 30.262 |
| 9 | Tatyana Ivanova | RUS | 6 | 8.701 | 30.273 |
| 10 | Eliza Tiruma | LAT | 3 | 8.735 | 30.289 |
| 11 | Andrea Vötter | ITA | 9 | 8.725 | 30.309 |
| 12 | Cheyenne Rosenthal | GER | 5 | 8.734 | 30.325 |
| 13 | Brittney Arndt | USA | 1 | 8.747 | 30.356 |
| 14 | Viktoriia Demchenko | RUS | 7 | 8.742 | 30.379 |
| 15 | Kendija Aparjode | LAT | 2 | 8.730 | 30.449 |
