Taubitz Edges Egle in Igls

December 19, 2021 ken Luge News, News 0

From Igls, AUT

(December 19, 2021) – Julia Taubitz won her third gold medal of the 2021/2022 season, edging out Austria’s Madeleine Egle to win.

L-R: Egle, Taubitz, Geisenberger (Courtesy FIL TV)

Egle carried a .036 second advantage over Taubitz going into the second heat. Taubit’s second run was a track record run of 39.701, and while Egle’s second run was quick, she was unable to keep pace with Taubitz, with Taubitz winning gold and Egle silver.

Germany grabbed three of the top four spots, with Natalie Geisenberger sliding into bronze from fourth in the first heat. Teammate Anna Berreiter moved up from sixth to finish fourth.

Latvia’s Eliza Tiruma jumped up from fifth from seventh, while the United States’ Emily Sweeney rounded out the top six in sixth.

The United States placed two women in the Sprint World Cup with Ashley Farquharson in 12th place. Brittney Arndt finished 17th, up from 18th in the first heat, while Summer Britcher had trouble early in her second run and fell from fifth to 23rd.

Canada got all three of their women into Sunday’s race through Nation’s Cup qualifying. Trinity Ellis finished 18th, while Natalie Corless finished 20th and Makena Hodgson finished 25th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Julia Taubitz GER 23 2.116 2.115 39.845 39.701 1:19.546
2 Madeleine Egle AUT 24 2.104 2.096 39.809 39.749 1:19.558
3 Natalie Geisenberger GER 26 2.135 2.122 39.950 39.944 1:19.894
4 Anna Berreiter GER 27 2.099 2.088 39.974 39.944 1:19.918
5 Eliza Tiruma LAT 28 2.122 2.123 40.024 39.992 1:20.016
6 Emily Sweeney USA 17 2.104 2.124 39.868 40.162 1:20.030
7 Andrea Vötter ITA 22 2.106 2.110 40.058 39.987 1:20.045
8 Ekaterina Katnikova RUS 21 2.126 2.131 40.066 40.005 1:20.071
9 Lisa Schulte AUT 11 2.122 2.120 40.049 40.045 1:20.094
10 Hannah Prock AUT 13 2.124 2.129 40.082 40.068 1:20.150
11 Verena Hofer ITA 6 2.124 2.124 40.096 40.061 1:20.157
12 Ashley Farquharson USA 12 2.151 2.136 40.134 40.070 1:20.204
13 Selina Egle AUT 8 2.155 2.154 40.096 40.138 1:20.234
14 Marion Oberhofer ITA 19 2.125 2.124 40.116 40.130 1:20.246
15 Nina Zöggeler ITA 14 2.136 2.134 40.136 40.145 1:20.281
16 Diana Loginova RUS 16 2.125 2.123 40.190 40.134 1:20.324
17 Brittney Arndt USA 9 2.144 2.141 40.177 40.156 1:20.333
18 Trinity Ellis CAN 10 2.128 2.129 40.227 40.251 1:20.478
19 Elina Vitola LAT 15 2.103 2.104 40.102 40.447 1:20.547
20 Natalie Corless CAN 7 2.146 2.142 40.265 40.382 1:20.647
21 Natalie Maag SUI 4 2.144 2.138 40.412 40.279 1:20.691
22 Katarina Simonakova SVK 3 2.153 2.140 40.393 40.302 1:20.695
23 Summer Britcher USA 18 2.115 2.198 39.956 40.754 1:20.710
24 Viktoriia Demchenko RUS 20 2.110 2.111 40.276 40.451 1:20.727
25 Makena Hodgson CAN 5 2.140 2.145 40.329 40.485 1:20.114
26 Tove Kohala SWE 1 2.142 2.147 40.371 40.444 1:20.815
27 Veronica Ravenna ARG 2 2.213 2.199 40.935 40.483 1:21.418
DNS Kendija Aparjode LAT 25 DNS