Oberhof: Italy finally wins European Championship silver in the team competition

Sandra Gasparini laid a good foundation with the third fastest time for the women, while Armin Zöggeler managed to maintain third place. The duo Christian Oberstolz was even able to achieve the fastest time in the doubles and so the “Azzurri” finally crossed the finish line 0,461 seconds behind the winners Germany.

The Germans with Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch and Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken prevailed in 2:24,291. Last year's winners from Russia came third.

Zöggeler and Mair miss out on top positions

As with the women's standings, only German tobogganers were on the podium in the men's race. However, Andi Langenhan failed to defend his title, while Felix Loch was crowned the new continental champion. He won in 1:27,257 minutes, 39 hundredths ahead of Langenhan. Johannes Ludwig came third.

Armin Zöggeler, vice-European champion last year, had to make do with eleventh place (tenth place in the European Championship rankings). At the finish he was 0,89 seconds behind Loch. David Mair from Merans came 16th in the World Cup and 14th in the European Championship rankings.

Results EM Oberhof (GER) – team relay:

1. Germany 2:24,291 2. Italy 2:24,752 3. Russia 2:25,048 4. Latvia 2:25,398 5. Austria 2:26,051 6. Romania 2:27,281 8. Ukraine 2:28,216

Results FIL World Cup in Oberhof (GER) – Men:

1. Felix Loch (GER) 1:27,257 2. Andi Langenhahn (GER) 1:27,647 3. Johannes Ludwig (GER) 1:27,776 4. Semen Pavlichenko (RUS) 1:27,821 5. David Möller (GER) 1:27,877 6. Albert Demchenko (RUS) 1:27,914 7. Inars Kivlenieks (LAT) 1:27,991 8. Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) 1:28,030 9. Victor Kneyb (RUS) 1:28,096 10. Julian Von Schleinitz (GER) 1:28,114 11. Armin Zöggeler (ITA/Völlan) 1:28,147

16. David Mair (ITA/Meransen) 1:28,356

Results European Championship in Oberhof (GER) – Men:

1. Felix Loch (GER) 1:27,257 2. Andi Langenhahn (GER) 1:27,647 3. Johannes Ludwig (GER) 1:27,776 4. Semen Pavlichenko (RUS) 1:27,821 5. David Möller (GER) 1:27,877 6. Albert Demchenko (RUS) 1:27,914 7. Inars Kivlenieks (LAT) 1:27,991 8. Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) 1:28,030 9. Victor Kneyb (RUS) 1:28,096 10. Armin Zöggeler (ITA/Völlan) 1:28,147

14. David Mair (ITA/Meransen) 1:28,356

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Oberhof: Italy finally wins European Championship silver in the team competition

The four South Tyroleans Sandra Gasparini, Armin Zöggeler, Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber were crowned vice-European champions in the team relay on Sunday afternoon in Oberhof.

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