Everything is prepared for the home World Cup in Deutschnofen

Due to the thaw in January, the organizers in Vatra Dornei (ROU) were unable to create a race-ready track in the 2017 World Cup venue. So Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente (ITA) stepped in at short notice as the venue; exactly 10 years after the 2013 World Cup, the “Pföslriep” track is once again the venue for the title fights. In the women's single-seater, defending champion Evelin Lanthaler (ITA) is the biggest favorite for gold. The series winner in the World Cup currently has three World Cup gold medals. Other medal contenders are Tina Unterberger (AUT), Greta Pinggera (ITA), local hero Daniela Mittermair (ITA). Lisa Walch (GER) and Nadine Staffler (ITA) have outside chances. For the men, at least four sledders are among the favorites for the World Cup title: World Cup leader Alex Gruber (ITA) is the record holder on the “Pföslriep” track with six victories, defending champion Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) can attack freely at his last World Cup ( Kammerlander is ending his career after the final, editor's note), Michael Scheikl (AUT) is only missing the World Cup title after the overall victory in 2021 and European Championship gold in 2020, and veteran Patrick Pigneter (ITA) had a big win with his victory at World Cup in Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente in January showed that at 35 years old he is far from being a thing of the past. The extended circle of favorites includes Florian Clara (ITA), junior European champion Fabian Brunner (ITA) and Florian Markt (AUT). In the doubles, everything boils down to a thrilling duel between Patrick Lambacher/Matthias Lambacher (ITA) and Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA). While Lambacher/Lambacher were able to win the first four races of the season, the defending champions Pigneter/Clara struck back on the “Pföslriep” almost two weeks ago and celebrated their 66th World Cup victory. All races will be broadcast live on the homepage of the International Luge Federation FIL at www.fil-luge.org. All-time best list World Championships Single seater men 5 x Gold: Gerhard Pilz (AUT) 3 x Gold: Patrick Pigneter (ITA) 2 x Gold: Alex Gruber (ITA), Anton Blasbichler (ITA) Single seater ladies 4 x Gold: Ekaterina Lavrenteva (RUS) 3 x Gold: Evelin Lanthaler (ITA), Delia Vaudan (ITA) double seater 5 x Gold: Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) 3 x Gold: Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (RUS) 2 x Gold: Wolfgang Schopf/Andreas Schopf (AUT), Andreas Jud/Ernst Oberhammer (ITA) The program in Deutschnofen Saturday, February 11 9 a.m.: 1st single-seater men's race 10 a.m.: 1st single-seater women's race 10.45 p.m.: 1st double-seater race 11.30 a.m.: 2st single-seater women's race 12.30 p.m.: Doubles final run Sunday February 12th 9 a.m.: 2st single-seater men's race 10 a.m.: Women's single-seater final run, 10.45 a.m.: Final run single-seater men, 12.30 p.m.: Team competition,

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Everything is prepared for the home World Cup in Deutschnofen

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