Lanthaler keeps Pinggera in check with a track record

Lanthaler kept her clean slate after the second World Cup stage, although the winner of the opening round in Kühtai had to fight particularly hard for her success this time. After the first run, Lanthaler was in second place, behind her teammate Greta Pinggera. In the decisive second run, the 27-year-old had a dream run, raising the track record to 1:12,14 minutes and thus improving Pinggera's record from the first run by 0,86 seconds.

“Evelin did a bomb run” Greta Pinggera “I really didn’t drive well in the first run,” analyzed Lanthaler, “I had to risk everything in the second run. “Greta was a tough opponent today.” The disappointment was written all over the face of the runner-up from Vinschgau after the race, but she showed sporting greatness: “Actually, my second run was good, but Evelin had a bomb run to the finish, she was simply stronger.” Tina Unterberger from Austria came third, securing the same podium as at the start in Kühtai in mid-December.

In the overall World Cup, Lanthaler leads with 200 points, ahead of Greta Pinggera (170) and Tina Unterberger (140). “Mister-Winterleiten” is too strong for the South Tyroleans For the men, Thomas Kammerlander set the tone right from the start: he set the best time in both training runs on Friday, and in the race on Saturday the 28-year-old shattered his track record of 1:10,99 minutes with a time of 1:12,00 minutes (Euro 2018). Kammerlander also set the fastest time in the second run and celebrated his first win of the season ahead of the winner of the first World Cup in Kühtai, Alex Gruber from South Tyrol. He was only in fourth place after the first run, but improved to second place with a great second run. Local hero Michael Scheikl came third, making it the Styrian's first podium this season. The second place after the first run, Patrick Pigneter from Völs, had to settle for fourth place after a weak second run.

In the World Cup standings, Kammerlander and Gruber are in first place after two races with 185 points each. 2nd place in the team competition In the team competition, Austria (Tina Unterberger, Michael Schickl, Thomas Kammerlander) celebrated a home win, ahead of Italy (Evelin Lanthaler, Patrick Pigneter, Alex Gruber) and Russia (Ekaterina Lavrentevea, Aleksandr Egorov, Iurii Talykh).

The local tobogganers celebrated an impressive double victory in the doubles competition on Friday . The next stop in the World Cup in natural track tobogganing is the Russian capital Moscow in a week.

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Lanthaler keeps Pinggera in check with a track record

At the Natural Track Luge World Cup in Winterleiten (Styria), Evelin Lanthaler from the Passeier Valley and the Austrian Thomas Kammerlander won.

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