From Igls, AUT
(December 18, 2021) – Johannes Ludwig broke the track record in Igls and set the two quickest times of the race on his way to a gold medal in the first race of the World Cup weekend in Igls.
Ludwig, who already owned the start record in Igls, set the track record on his first run with a 49.790. On his second run he once again had the quickest run of the race to solidify his gold medal in Igls.
Behind him, Wolfgang Kindl finished just .049 behind with two consistently quick runs in his own right. He was well ahead of bronze medalist Dominik Fischnaller, who finished third.
On their home track, Austria showed the same speed that they had a week prior in Altenberg. Behind Kindl’s siver medal, the brothers Nico & David Gleirscher tied for fourth, while Russia’s Roman Repilov finished sixth.
Tucker West led the United States with a 17th place run, just a tenth behind Leon Felderer in the final Sprint World Cup qualifying position. Chris Mazdzer finished 20th, while Jonny Gustafson finished one spot back in 21st.
Canada’s Reid Watts finished 22nd, just ahead of Alexander Ferlazzo from Australia in 23rd.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 31 | 5.345 | 3.353 | 49.790 | 49.815 | 1:39.605 |
| 2 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 30 | 5.398 | 3.408 | 49.822 | 49.832 | 1:39.654 |
| 3 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 32 | 5.378 | 5.394 | 49.959 | 49.921 | 1:39.880 |
| 4 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 26 | 5.408 | 5.429 | 50.049 | 50.049 | 1:40.058 |
| 4 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 19 | 5.423 | 5.423 | 50.043 | 50.015 | 1:40.058 |
| 6 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 20 | 5.399 | 5.390 | 50.018 | 50.060 | 1:40.078 |
| 7 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 28 | 5.403 | 5.395 | 50.066 | 50.023 | 1:40.089 |
| 8 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 29 | 5.408 | 5.396 | 50.105 | 50.027 | 1:40.132 |
| 9 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 22 | 5.406 | 5.413 | 50.070 | 50.067 | 1:40.137 |
| 10 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 25 | 5.405 | 5.409 | 50.121 | 50.090 | 1:40.211 |
| 11 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 24 | 5.391 | 5.385 | 50.426 | 49.821 | 1:40.247 |
| 12 | Chris Eißler | GER | 18 | 5.413 | 5.394 | 50.093 | 50.155 | 1:40.248 |
| 13 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 16 | 5.432 | 5.426 | 50.248 | 50.138 | 1:40.386 |
| 14 | Aleksandr Gorbatcevich | RUS | 23 | 5.430 | 5.427 | 50.270 | 50.184 | 1:40.454 |
| 15 | Leon Felderer | ITA | 21 | 5.428 | 5.434 | 50.212 | 50.300 | 1:40.512 |
| 16 | Matvei Perestoronin | RUS | 17 | 5.442 | 5.446 | 50.318 | 50.279 | 1:40.597 |
| 17 | Tucker West | USA | 13 | 5.372 | 5.384 | 50.379 | 50.298 | 1:40.677 |
| 18 | Arturs Darznieks | LAT | 9 | 5.429 | 5.436 | 50.402 | 50.348 | 1:40.750 |
| 19 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 5 | 5.438 | 5.481 | 50.357 | 50.419 | 1:40.776 |
| 20 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 15 | 5.416 | 5.425 | 50.446 | 50.417 | 1:40.863 |
| 21 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 1 | 5.428 | 5.433 | 50.490 | 50.410 | 1:40.900 |
| 22 | Reid Watts | CAN | 4 | 5.429 | 5.425 | 50.467 | 50.436 | 1:40.903 |
| 23 | Alexander Ferlazzo | AUS | 11 | 5.443 | 5.448 | 50.511 | 50.468 | 1:40.979 |
| 24 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 10 | 5.449 | 5.446 | 50.596 | 50.444 | 1:41.040 |
| 25 | Valentin Cretu | ROU | 8 | 5.473 | 5.450 | 50.651 | 50.393 | 1:41.044 |
| 26 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 2 | 5.481 | 5.497 | 50.543 | 50.532 | 1:41.075 |
| 27 | Moritz Bollmann | GER | 14 | 5.371 | 5.386 | 50.710 | 50.412 | 1:41.122 |
| 28 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 6 | 5.433 | 5.423 | 50.592 | 50.565 | 1:41.157 |
| 29 | Svante Kohala | SWE | 7 | 5.551 | 5.530 | 50.830 | 50.577 | 1:41.407 |
| 30 | Marian Skupek | SVK | 3 | 5.535 | 5.511 | 50.799 | 50.879 | 1:41.678 |
| 31 | Pavel Repilov | RUS | 12 | 5.480 | 5.440 | 50.349 | 53.055 | 1:43.040 |
| DNF | Max Langenhan | GER | 27 | 5.398 | 5.393 | 50.003 | DNF |
