Lanthaler Sweeps Season, Wins FIL Title

From Laas, ITA

Feb. 10, 2021 – Italy’s Evelin Lanthaler won the final race of the 2020/2021 FIL World Cup natural track season to sweep the season and win the Crystal Globe.

L-R: Pinggera, Lanthaler, Unterberger ((Courtesy Miriam Jennewein – Photolove / FIL Media)

Lanthaler trailed Austria’s Tina Unterberger by .04 going into the second heat. On her final run Lanthaler was a half second slower than her first trip, but the run was quick enough to be the fastest of the heat. Unterberger couldn’t match Lanthaler’s second run, setting only the third quickest time of the heat to fall into second place with Lanthaler taking the victory.

Lanthaler’s victory was her 20th in 21 races to take the season sweep and her third straight FIL World Cup title. She has won five overall.

Behind the battle for gold, Greta Pinggera finished with a bronze medal. It was her sixth medal in six races and plenty enough to give her second place in the season points, 125 points ahead of Unterberger, who finished the season in third place.

Italy’s Nadine Staffler finished fourth for the second time in as many races, just .01 ahead of Austria’s Michelle Diepold in fifth. Russia’s Ekaterina Lavrenteva rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Evelin Lanthaler ITA 26 16.80 16.89 64.05 64.57 2:08.62
2 Tina Unterberger AUT 22 16.78 16.92 64.01 64.93 2:08.94
3 Greta Pinggera ITA 25 16.77 16.88 64.27 64.84 2:09.11
4 Nadine Staffler ITA 19 17.14 17.20 65.00 65.18 2:10.18
5 Michelle Diepold AUT 23 17.04 17.09 65.01 65.18 2:10.19
6 Ekaterina Lavrenteva RUS 17 17.19 17.24 65.17 65.68 2:10.85
7 Daniela Mittermair ITA 24 17.12 17.12 65.26 65.76 2:11.02
8 Lisa Walch GER 20 17.34 17.36 65.52 65.58 2:11.10
9 Sara Bachmann GER 21 17.20 17.34 65.33 65.79 2:11.12
10 Riccarda Ruetz AUT 14 16.91 17.18 65.32 66.26 2:11.58
11 Michaela Niemetz GER 11 17.36 17.53 66.54 66.90 1:13.44
12 Anastasiya Slyusar UKR 1 17.35 17.40 66.54 66.95 2:13.49
13 Julia Plowy POL 16 17.41 17.47 66.77 66.93 2:13.70
14 Sarah Schiller GER 18 17.47 17.47 66.97 66.80 2:13.77
15 Daria Maleeva RUS 10 17.69 17.68 67.38 67.07 2:14.45
16 Vanessa Markt AUT 9 17.56 17.67 67.32 67.15 2:14.47
17 Aleksandra Suvorova RUS 6 17.73 17.72 67.53 67.73 2:15.26
18 Charlotte Marie Roche FRA 4 17.57 57.68 68.05 67.80 2:15.85
19 Klaudia Natalia Promny POL 15 17.97 18.50 68.95 69.22 2:18.17
20 Viktoriia Antoniuk UKR 8 18.60 18.86 69.83 70.11 2:19.94
21 Patricija Urbanc CRO 13 18.44 18.51 70.51 70.10 2:20.61
22 Nusa Subic SLO 5 18.56 18.26 72.14 71.12 2:23.26
23 Nina Stanic SRB 3 18.72 18.83 71.74 71.66 2:23.40
24 Paulina Lipinska POL 12 18.67 18.57 72.29 72.58 2:24.87
25 Jana Milenovic SRB 2 19.42 19.12 74.18 73.55 2:27.73
DNS Nika Nemec SLO 7 DNS

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