Porshnev & Lazarev Win Natural Track Finale

From Laas, ITA

Feb. 10, 2021 – Russia’s Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev took gold in the season finale in Laas, edging out Austria’s Fabian & Simon Achenrainer for the top spot.

The Russians held a .11 second advantage over World Cup champions Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara going into the second heat. On the second run Achenrainer & Achenrainer leapfrogged the Italians to take the lead with only Porshnev & Lazarev to go. The Russians were only the second quickest down, but held a large enough first heat advantage to take gold, their first of the season.

The Achenrainers finished second, .14 back, while Pigneter & Clara finished third.

Austria’s Christoph Regensburger & Dominik Holzknecht finished fourth, while Russia’s Aleksandr Egorov & Peter Popov and Stanislav Kovshik & Ilia Tarasov rounded out the top six.

Pigneter & Clara had already clinched the season title coming into the day’s event, and finished the season with a 124 point advantage over teammates Patrick & Matthias Lambacher. Achenrainer & Achenrainer finished the season in third, 11 points behind the Lambachers.

The title is the tenth for Pigneter & Clara in 12 years.

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