From Oberhof, GER
(January 15, 2022) – Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken broke the track record twice on their way to a big victory in Oberhof, beating out teammates Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt for gold.
Eggert & Benecken were out-started by Wendl & Arlt in both heats, but both of their runs were nearly flawless as the duo broke the track record with a 41.331 downtime in the first run, and then lowered it with a 41.320 on the second run to take gold by .316 over Wendl & Arlt.
Wendl & Arlt took silver, while Italy’s Emanuel Rieder & Simon Kainzwaldner broke the start record on their way to a bronze medal.
Austria’s Thomas Steu & Lorenz Koller finished fourth, only .004 ahead of Latvia’s Andris & Juris Sics, with Italy’s Ludwig Rieder & Patrick Rastner rounding out the top six.
Canada’s Tristan Walker & Justin Snith jumped up from 11th to ninth on their second run.
With one race to go in the FIL World Cup, Andris & Juris Sics lead Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken by 37 points in the overall points. Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt are third, but can only finish as well as second overall, as they’re over 100 points out.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 10 | 7.328 | 7.296 | 41.331 | 41.320 | 1:22.650 |
| 2 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 18 | 7.272 | 7.281 | 41.491 | 41.476 | 1:22.967 |
| 3 | Rieder / Kainzwaldner | ITA | 20 | 7.312 | 7.270 | 41.554 | 41.548 | 1:23.102 |
| 4 | Steu / Koller | AUT | 16 | 7.362 | 7.344 | 41.562 | 41.577 | 1:23.139 |
| 5 | Sics & Sics | LATE | 21 | 7.411 | 7.403 | 41.590 | 41.553 | 1:23.143 |
| 6 | Rieder / Rastner | ITA | 13 | 7.274 | 7.292 | 41.633 | 41.692 | 1:23.325 |
| 7 | Nagler / Malleier | ITA | 14 | 7.301 | 7.312 | 41.735 | 41.772 | 1:23.507 |
| 8 | Müller / Frauscher | AUT | 15 | 7.408 | 7.443 | 41.765 | 41.768 | 1:23.533 |
| 9 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 9 | 7.333 | 7.329 | 41.831 | 41.729 | 1:23.560 |
| 10 | Orlamünder / Gubitz | GER | 8 | 7.414 | 7.408 | 41.814 | 41.752 | 1:23.566 |
| 11 | Denisev / Antonov | RUS | 12 | 7.447 | 7.442 | 41.799 | 41.817 | 1:23.616 |
| 12 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 7 | 7.392 | 7.377 | 41.882 | 41.770 | 1:23.652 |
| 13 | Bots / Plume | LATE | 17 | 7.327 | 7.306 | 42.130 | 41.650 | 1:23.780 |
| 14 | Vavercak / Zmij | SVK | 6 | 7.389 | 7.397 | 42.032 | 41.969 | 1:24.001 |
| 15 | Gitlan / Serban | ROU | 4 | 7.460 | 7.513 | 42.229 | 42.393 | 1:24.622 |
| 16 | Vejdelek / Pekny | CZE | 2 | 7.618 | 7.638 | 42.613 | 42.578 | 1:25.191 |
| 17 | Hoi / Levkovych | UKR | 3 | 7.657 | 7.644 | 42.716 | 42.780 | 1:25.496 |
| 18 | Bogdanov / Prokhorov | RUS | 19 | 7.353 | 7.371 | 47.821 | 41.677 | 1:29.498 |
| 19 | Kashkin / Korshunov | RUS | 5 | 7.429 | 7.424 | 50.450 | 42.262 | 1:32.712 |
| 20 | Siscanu / Oprea | MDA | 1 | 7.584 | 7.612 | 49.332 | 43.436 | 1:32.768 |
| DNF | Gatt / Schöpf | AUT | 11 | 7.454 | 7.459 | 59.084 | DNF |
