Lanthaler/Pigneter win the team competition

As on Thursday, the Austrian Michael Scheikl dominated the World Cup on his 940 meter long home track. With the best time in both runs, Scheikl celebrated his second win of the season in the second race with a time of 2.01,43:1.00,52 minutes, while in the first run he improved his track record from Thursday by around 0,30 seconds with a time of 1,31:1,36 minutes. Patrick Pigneter (ITA/Völs) secured second place, but was already XNUMX seconds behind the winner. Alex Gruber (ITA/Villanders/+XNUMX seconds) came third, and it was the world champion's first podium finish of this World Championship season. Local hero Christian Schopf (AUT), who was second on Thursday, had to settle for fourth place on Saturday.

Alex Gruber ended up in third place. © Photo Hermann Sobe / Hermann Sobe

“This is the best start to the season of my career, I’m over the moon. With my third win here in a row, I achieved the Winterleiten triple. “That’s really cool,” said Scheikl, who now clearly leads the overall standings with a maximum of 200 points, ahead of Patrick Pigneter (155) and Christian Schopf (145). Lanthaler/Pigneter strike back in the team competition In the team competition, Italy still had a score to settle from last January. At that time, the Azzurri were in the lead after Evelin Lanthaler's ride, but her teammate Patrick Pigneter crashed into the boards and his toboggan broke. On Saturday, Lanthaler/Pigneter struck back, celebrating a clear victory in 2.06,35:2,75 minutes ahead of Team Austria with Michelle Diepold and Michael Scheikl (+3,85 seconds) and Team Germany with Sarah Schiller and Oliver Schiller (+2019). . In Winterleiten, Germany repeated third place in the team competition from the 2020/XNUMX season.

In the final team competition, only six nations took part; due to the Corona restrictions, a total of eleven nations took part at the start of the World Cup in Winterleiten, and 13 teams were missing. Among other things, the team from Russia will be taking part in the double World Cup in Passeier from 14th to 17th. Join the World Cup in January 2021.

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Lanthaler/Pigneter win the team competition

Second World Cup victory in the second race for Michael Scheikl (AUT). The Austrian also drove away from the competition at the World Cup in Winterleiten (AUT) on Saturday. In the team competition, victory went to the South Tyrolean natural track tobogganers.

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