Emanuel Rieder celebrated his first podium finish in the Junior World Cup in Park City Maria Messner was the best "Azzurra" Florian Gruber and Simon Kainzwaldner were 5th in the doubles (all photos Hermann Sobe)

First podium finish for Emanuel Rieder at the Junior World Cup in Park City

At the Junior World Cup in Utah (USA), the two South Tyroleans Florian The Italian junior national team in luge luge achieved their first podium place at the season opener on the 2002 Olympic track in Park City. The 18-year-old Emanuel Rieder from Meransen took an excellent second place in the single-seater competition, only 44 hundredths behind the German Chriss Eisbler. Florian Berkes, another German driver, also came third. He was 88 thousandths behind winner Eisbler.

21 November 2011

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