Kammerlander Wins FIL World Champs

From Umhausen, AUT

L-R: Gruber, Kammerlander, Pigneter, Scheikl, Federer (Courtesy FIL Media)

Feb. 14, 2021 – Thomas Kammerlander cruised to victory in the men’s luge world championships in Umhasen, setting the quick time in both heats on his way to victory.

The Austrian opened up a .21 second lead over Italy’s Alex Gruber in the first heat. On the second run Gruber was quick, but Kammerlander was again quicker, finishing his second run .43 faster for a .64 second victory over Gruber.

The gold medal for Kammerlander was his second World Championships gold, he finished second in the 2019 edition.

Gruber’s two runs were the second quickest in both heats, sa he beat out teammate Patrick Pigneter for the silver medal. Pigneter edged out World Cup champion Michael Scheikl for the final spot on the podium.

Italy’s Stefan Federer and Austria’s Fabian Achenrainer rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Thomas Kammerlander	AUT	33	11.35	11.38	1:12.45	1:12.37	2:24.82
2	Alex Gruber	ITA	29	11.45	11.53	1:12.66	1:12.80	2:25.46
3	Patrick Pigneter	ITA	34	11.53	11.57	1:12.86	1:12.86	2:25.72
4	Michael Scheikl	AUT	32	11.43	11.48	1:13.02	1:12.87	2:25.89
5	Sefan Federer	ITA	30	11.61	11.60	1:13.52	1:13.84	2:27.36
6	Fabian Achenrainer	AUT	35	11.59	11.66	1:13.79	1:13.82	2:27.61
7	Aleksandr Egorov	RLF	23	11.54	11.59	1:13.70	1:14.13	2:27.83
8	Grigory Bukin	RLF	26	11.47	11.55	1:14.05	1:13.87	2:27.92
9	Iurii Talykh	RLF	1	11.70	11.70	1:14.31	1:14.01	2:28.32
10	Florian Clara	ITA	27	11.56	11.64	1:14.24	1:14.25	2:28.49
11	Stanislav Kovshik	RLF	24	11.83	11.76	1:14.30	1:14.58	2:28.88
12	Fabian Brunner	ITA	14	11.65	11.67	1:14.33	1:14.98	2:29.31
13	Christian Schopf	AUT	31	11.59	11.60	1:14.55	1:15.03	2:29.58
14	Bine Mekina	SLO	8	11.98	11.91	1:16.84	1:16.41	2:33.25
15	Myroslav Lenko	UKR	28	11.85	11.90	1:17.10	1:17.03	2:34.13
16	Ivan Lenko	UKR	22	12.16	12.14	1:17.11	1:17.43	2:34.54
17	Blaz Mekina	SLO	15	11.99	12.03	1:18.17	1:17.20	2:35.37
18	Matevz Vertelj	SLO	19	12.15	12.17	1:17.82	1:18.72	2:36.76
19	Leonardo de Oliveira Silva	BRA	3	12.05	11.99	1:18.64	1:18.12	2:36.76
20	Jerome Almer	SUI	25	12.09	12.15	1:18.27	1:19.02	2:37.29
21	David Rydl	CZE	12	12.48	12.65	1:19.63	1:19.41	2:39.04
22	Simon Dietz	GER	10	12.30	12.46	1:19.58	1:19.90	2:39.48
23	Tomas Hasek	CZE	6	12.32	12.42	1:20.64	1:19.49	2:40.13
24	Vid Kralj	SLO	16	12.31	12.40	1:20.57	1:19.74	2:40.31
25	Szymon Jan Majdak	POL	11	12.38	12.44	1:20.61	1:20.81	2:41.42
26	Luka Novakovic	SRB	4	12.65	12.55	1:21.30	1:20.64	2:41.94