Narrowly missed out on an overall World Cup victory

The Junior World Cup final couldn't have been more exciting. Nadine Staffler from Lasa, Daniela Mittermair from Deutschnofen and Lisa Walch from Germany entered the decisive race with exactly the same number of points. Up until the final, the podium looked the same in all three World Cup races; the athletes only took turns in the placings. This was also the case at the last race at the weekend in Oberpfuss: Walch won ahead of Mittermair and Staffler and thus secured first place in the overall ranking with 355 points ahead of Mittermair (340) and Staffler (325).

In the boys' category, Austrian Fabian Achenrainer secured victory after catching up in the second race. After the first round, the favorite had to settle for fourth place. In the second run he set a superior fastest time and took the lead ahead of the half-time leader, Florian Haselrieder from Völs. Haselrieder ultimately had to settle for third place, while Schleiser Daniel Gruber took second place. In the overall ranking, Achenrainer took first place with 370 points, ahead of Gruber (285) and Haselrieder (280).

<a data-caption="Haben eine gute Weltcup-Saison hinter sich (v.l.): Der Gesamtdritte Florian Haselrieder, der Gesamtzweite Daniel Gruber, die Gesamtzweite Daniela Mittermair und die Dritte der Gesamtwertung, Nadine Staffler. © Sobe Hermann" data-fancybox="inline-48574" target="_image" href="https://s3-images.sportnews.bz/_images/scale/1280x1280/img/2019/02/ita-3haselrieder-florian-2-gruber-daniel-2-mittermair-daniela-3-staffler-nadine-2-foto-sobe.jpg"> Have had a good World Cup season (from left): third overall Florian Haselrieder, second overall Daniel Gruber, second overall Daniela Mittermair and third overall Nadine Staffler. © Sobe Hermann

In the double-seater, the Austrians Fabian Achenrainer/Miguel Brugger celebrated their fourth win of the season in the fourth race, followed by the Austrian brothers Maximilian and Matthias Pichler in second place, 1,47 seconds behind. The Ukrainians Myroslav Lenko and Andrii Hirniak completed the podium. Achenrainer/Brugger also won the overall ranking in the doubles with a maximum of 400 points.

The next major event on the program is the FIL Youth Games in Obdach-Winterleiten in Styria next weekend. The Junior European Championships begin in Umhausen on February 22nd.

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Narrowly missed out on an overall World Cup victory

After an exciting finale in Oberpfuss, Austria, South Tyrol's young natural track luge athletes narrowly missed out on winning the overall Junior World Cup.

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