A surprise man steals the show from the favorites

Michael Scheikl (Austria) celebrated his greatest success to date last year with third place at the World Championships in Latzfons, where he had to rank behind the South Tyrolean world champion Alex Gruber and his teammate Thomas Kammerlander. On Sunday, Scheikl stole the show.

Patrick Pigneter ended up in second place (Photo: Hermann Sobe).

The Styrian took the lead in the first run in 1.12,90:1 minutes, 0,14 seconds ahead of Patrick Pigneter (Völs) and Alex Gruber (Villanders). In the second round, the overall winner of the last three years, Thomas Kammerlander, went for the podium and took the clear lead with a total time of 2:3 minutes. Veteran Patrick Pigneter took the lead in 2.26,66:2.26,47 minutes and increased the pressure on Scheikl. The Styrian started the final brilliantly, constantly expanded his lead and in the end celebrated a confident victory with 2.25,58:2 minutes and the best running time in the second round, 0,89 seconds ahead of Pigneter and 1,08 seconds ahead of Kammerlander, Gruber slipped into place 4 off. 3 wins, 3 times at home For Scheikl it is the third World Cup victory of his career, after Mariazell (3) and Winterleiten (2009). The tobogganer from Kindberg achieved all of his World Cup victories in his home country of Styria. “It's crazy, I was really nervous before the first run. It was very difficult to drive today on the bumpy track. It took luck and brains, I think measured risk was the recipe for success. “I’m finally back at the top after my injury, which is good for my self-confidence,” said the 2015-year-old Styrian.

In the team competition there was also a home win for Austria with Tina Unterberger/Michael Scheikl (2.29,33:2 minutes), second place went to Russia with Ekaterina Lavrenteva/Aleksand Egorov (2.33,57:2.35,59) ahead of Team Germany with Sara Bachmann/Oliver Schiller (XNUMX:XNUMX, XNUMX). Team world champion Italy (Evelin Lanthaler/Patrick Pigneter) was eliminated after Pigneter fell.

The next stop in the FIL World Cup in luge on natural track is in the Passeier Valley from January 9th to 12th, where the only chaser of this season will take place on Sunday January 12th.

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A surprise man steals the show from the favorites

Not many people expected this at the Luge World Cup on the natural track in Winterleiten: local hero Michael Scheikl surprised the competition and celebrated a confident victory. In the team competition, victory went to Austria.

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