Pigneter/Clara dominate in Deutschnofen

The spectacular and extremely challenging piste in Nova Ponente was treated with a special ice machine for the first time this year, making the high-speed track even smoother and faster. The leaders in the doubles World Cup, Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA), shattered the track record of 57,26 seconds set by the Russians Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev from 57,51 with a time of 2017 seconds in the first run. In the second Pigneter/Clara once again set the best time in the race, but they were no longer able to improve their record. Porshnev/Lazarev follow in second place, 1,03 seconds behind, with world champions and last year's winners Rupert Brüggler/Tobias Angerer (AUT) third. “The race didn’t start well for us. In the middle of the preparation we noticed that a screw was missing from the starter belt. At the last minute we had to repair the part with duct tape! Then we went on the attack in the first run and the new ice is really fast,” explained Florian Clara after the race.

Pigneter also leads in the single-seater In the first round of the men's single-seater there was also a new track record; a total of three athletes remained below the record of 54,20 seconds set by Alex Gruber (ITA) from last year. After a slow start, Patrick Pigneter (ITA) really picked up speed from the second intermediate time onwards and secured the half-time lead with a time of 53,68 seconds. With a small gap of 0,02 seconds, Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) follows in second place, last year's winner Alex Gruber (+0,13 seconds) is in third place before the decisive second run on Sunday. “It's like old times. Win in the doubles and lead in the singles! But nothing has been decided yet, the time intervals are once again extremely short. The final on Sunday will be extremely exciting,” said half-time leader Patrick Pigneter. Evelin Lanthaler dupes the competition There was a show of force from World Cup leader Evelin Lanthaler (ITA). This season's series winner drove a superior best time in the first run, ahead of the Russian Ekaterina Lavrenteva (+0,98 seconds) and last year's winner Greta Pinggera (ITA). With her running time of 54,10 seconds, Lanthaler would have finished fourth among the men! Lanthaler commented on this performance: “That was one of the most perfect runs of my career. I've never been virtually fourth in the men's race. But there will be no safety run in the second race on Sunday. You always have to be fully concentrated on this track, otherwise it quickly becomes dangerous here.” Neurauter and Unterholzner win the Nations Cup There was a home win in the Nations Cup. Christa Unterholzner (ITA) won with 56,36 seconds ahead of her teammate Alexandra Pfattner (+0,49 seconds), with Svitlana Humeniuk from Moldova following in third place. In the men's single-seater, Bernd Neurauter (AUT) won with a running time of 3 seconds, narrowly ahead of local hero Matthias Troger (+55,68), and in third place was the Russian Aleksei Martianov (+0,03). Final on Sunday The decision in the women's single-seater will be made on Sunday from 10.30 a.m., the men will compete for victory from 11.10 a.m. on the Pfösl Riep track, which is known as the "Streif" in luge on natural track due to top speeds of around 80 km/h and treacherous curves .

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Pigneter/Clara dominate in Deutschnofen

With the decision in the doubles, the fifth round of the natural track luge World Cup began in Nova Ponente. The first round of the women's and men's single-seaters was also on the program on Saturday morning.

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