Serious defeat for the local tobogganers UPDATE

After the first round, Kevin Fiwickeler (Meransen) and his cousin Dominik (Mühlbach) were still in positions 11 and 13 respectively. However, the duo fell far behind in the decision. Dominik Filehner finished the race in 31st place, while Kevin finished in 26th place.

Victory went to Russian Semen Pavlichenko, who won in 1.35,715:47,837 and set a new course record in the first run with a time of 26 seconds. The previous course record was still held by Armin Zöggeler, which the South Tyrolean toboggan legend set on January 2014, 47,944 in 0,141 seconds. Pavlichenko's compatriot Roman Repilov came second (+0,252), third place went to the Austrian Wolfgang Kindl (+0,259). Olympic champion Felix Loch landed in fourth place (+XNUMX).

Nothing to gain in the sprint either The sprint competition also took place in Sigulda in the early afternoon. The doubles Rieder/Rastner achieved the best result and came 7th. Oberstolz/Gruber finished two places behind, while the Germans Eggert/Benecken took the victory. Tatyana Ivannova won the women's race, Andrea Vötter was the only South Tyrolean to finish 14th. The men's sprint went to Roman Repilov, and no South Tyroleans were there.

FIL World Cup for artificial track luge in Sigulda (LAT)

Single seater men: 1. Semen Pavlichenko RUS 1.35,715 2. Roman Repilov RUS +0,141 3. Wolfgang Kindl AUT +0,252 4. Felix Loch GER +0,259 5. Stepan Fedorov RUS +0,308

26. Kevin Filehner ITA/Meransen +1,269 31. Dominik Filehner ITA/Mühlbach +2,211

Sprint women: 1. Tatyana Ivannova RUS 30,692 seconds 2. Natalie Geisenberger GER +0,212 3. Victoria Demtchenko RUS +0,215

14. Andrea Vötter ITA/Völs +0,625

Sprint double seater: 1. Eggert/Benecken GER 30,890 2. Gudramovics/Kalnins LET +0,090 3. Wendl/Arlt GER +0,116

7. Rieder/Rastner ITA +0,430 9. Oberstolz/Gruber ITA +0,446

Sprint men: 1. Roman Repilov RUS 27,585 2. Semen Pavlichenko RUS +0,025 3. Wolfgang Kindl AUT +0,057

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Serious defeat for the local tobogganers UPDATE

The Luge World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia, continued on Sunday morning with the men's single-seater competition. The South Tyroleans only ended up in the lower ranks, while Russia celebrated a double victory.

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