Kammerlander Wins Natural Track Opener in Umhausen

From Umhausen, AUT

(January 9, 2022) – Thomas Kammerlander had to come from behind, but he came out on top in the season opening men’s luge race in Umhausen.

L-R: Gruber, Kammerlander, Scheikl (Courtesy FIL / Photolove Miriam Jennewein)

Kammerlander trailed Italy’s Alex Gruber by .23 after one heat. On the second run Kammerlander set the quick run of the heat to move into the lead with only Gruber to go. The Italian couldn’t answer, as he slipped up early in his second run and had only the fourth quickest time of the run to fall back to second, .08 behind Kammerlander.

The gold for Kammerlander was his sixth straight dating back to the 2019/2020 season finale, also in Umhausen.

Gruber took silver, while Michael Scheikl held off Florian Clara for bronze.

Clara finished fourth, while Fabian Achenrainer finished fifth. Clara’s doubles teammate, Patrick Pigneter, rounded out the top six.

For the first time in a few years the United States sent sliders to the FIL Natural Track World Cup. Torrey Cookman led the American effort with a 21st place finish, while Zane Farnsworth finished 26th.

Flyn Cobun finished 22nd for New Zealand.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Thomas Kammerlander	AUT	34	11.51	11.53	73.71	73.70	2:27.41
2	Alex Gruber	ITA	35	11.55	11.65	73.48	74.01	2:27.49
3	Michael Scheikl	AUT	37	11.51	11.57	73.80	73.82	2:27.62
4	Florian Clara	ITA	32	11.74	11.65	74.09	73.89	2:27.98
5	Fabian Achenrainer	AUT	33	11.75	11.71	74.35	74.29	2:28.64
6	Patrick Pigneter	ITA	36	11.60	11.74	74.13	74.61	2:28.74
7	Mathias Troger	ITA	28	11.76	11.68	74.65	74.72	2:29.37
8	Aleksandr Egorov	RUS	29	11.72	11.67	74.93	75.20	2:30.13
9	Florian Markt	AUT	17	11.90	11.79	75.05	75.34	2:30.39
10	Grigory Bukin	RUS	31	11.61	11.78	75.07	75.95	2:31.02
11	Stanislav Kovshik	RUS	26	11.92	12.01	76.19	76.73	2:32.92
12	Myroslav Lenko	UKR	30	11.86	11.90	76.65	77.23	2:33.88
13	Oliver Schiller	GER	19	11.96	11.85	77.70	76.81	2:34.51
14	Aleksandr Zyrianov	RUS	14	12.09	11.86	77.03	77.75	2:34.78
15	Bine Mekina	SLO	24	12.35	12.12	78.27	77.52	2:35.79
16	Vid Kralj	SLO	15	12.01	12.24	77.21	79.12	2:36.33
17	Blaz Mekina	SLO	25	12.17	12.19	78.34	78.48	2:36.82
18	Simon Dietz	GER	20	11.89	12.10	79.34	78.15	2:37.49
19	Matevz Vertelj	SLO	22	12.39	12.25	79.13	79.62	2:38.75
20	Leonardo de Oliveira Silva	BRA	21	12.19	12.42	80.03	79.39	2:39.42
21	Torrey Cookman	USA	1	12.51	12.71	80.87	80.62	2:41.49
22	Flyn Myles Coburn	NZL	6	12.31	12.51	81.69	80.89	2:42.58
23	Tomas Hasek	CZE	16	12.41	12.27	80.86	82.17	2:43.03
24	Julio Dante de Moraes	BRA	18	12.80	12.83	81.87	81.87	2:43.74
25	David Rydl	CZE	23	13.15	12.73	82.06	81.99	2:44.05
26	Zane Farnsworth	USA	9	12.83	13.16	85.17	90.70	2:55.87