Evelin Lanthaler beams from the women's winner's podium (photo Maurer) The world champion celebrated her third World Cup victory (Sobe) Patrick Pigneter leads the World Cup ranking (Sobe) Alex Gruber (Maurer)

Evelin Lanthaler wins the World Cup in Obdach-Winterleiten

World champion Evelin Lanthaler won the fourth natural track luge World Cup race in Obdach-Winterleiten in Styria. The 23-year-old from Platt im Passeier prevailed ahead of the Russian Ekatharina Lavrentjeva and the Austrian Tina Unterberger. In the men's category, world champion Patrick Pigneter had to admit defeat to local hero Michael Scheikl. Thomas Schöpf, another Styrian, came third.

25 January 2015

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