Liberation strike! Dominik Filehner takes the podium UPDATE

Dominik Filehner has had a difficult time. In the last few weeks there has been a hail of criticism from many quarters due to the weak results - including Armin Zöggeler, who also criticized his protégé. The absolute lowest point was the poor performance at the last European Championships Weekend Trip . Now the man from Meransen has shown everyone – and landed a special kind of liberation with his third place in Sochi. Fischlerler only had to admit defeat to Felix Loch, who seemed indomitable, and the Austrian Wolfgang Kindl. Especially in the first run, "Fisch" showed his best side and was Loch's first pursuer, 0,162 seconds behind. In his second appearance, the Meransener lost a little bit, especially in the final part, had the fourth best running time, but still achieved a strong third place. This means that Filehner makes his third podium finish of the season perfect: In Igls he took first place at the start and in Park City he took second place in the sprint.

Cousin Kevin with the best result of the season Big exclamation mark from Kevin Fiwickeler too: Dominik's cousin raced to sixth final position as a qualifier - the 22-year-old from Meransen's best result of the season so far. After finishing 14th in race one, Emanuel Rieder fell back to 16th. All in all, a strong response from the recently criticized South Tyrolean bobsledders.

No sense of success in team competition

Just a few hours after the single-seater competition, the team relay rounded off the Sochi weekend. The Russian team surprisingly won ahead of the (otherwise always dominant) German team. The Italian relay team, consisting of Sandra Robatscher, Dominik Filehner and the duo Oberstolz/Gruber, had to make do with sixth place.

FIL Luge World Cup, men's singles, Sochi (Russia): 1. Felix Loch (GER) 1.43,967 2. Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) +0,432 3. Dominik Filehner (ITA/Meransen) +0,464 4. Stepan Fedorov (RUS) +0,527 5. Ralf Palik (GER) +0,551 6. Kevin Filehner (ITA/Meransen) +0,580 16. Emanuel Rieder (ITA/Meransen) +1,346

FIL Luge World Cup, team relay, Sochi (Russia): 1. Russia 2.50,392:XNUMX minutes 2. Germany +0,005 seconds 3. Austria 1,383 6. Italy +2,248 Sandra Robatscher Dominik Filehner Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber

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Liberation strike! Dominik Filehner takes the podium UPDATE

He is back again. At the Single-Seater World Cup in Sochi, Dominik Fiwickeler overcame his lack of form over the last few weeks and catapulted himself into third place thanks to two strong rides.

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