Natural track tobogganers in front of a local backdrop cannot be beaten

In the double competition, Patrick Pigneter (Bozen) and Florian Clara (Brunico) were once again unbeatable: The South Tyroleans were able to extend their winning streak and celebrate their third success in the third race - even though everything didn't necessarily go perfectly for them this weekend. as Pigneter explains: “Our last training run wasn’t really good, the equipment wasn’t right. So maybe we were a little nervous today.”

His partner Clara added: "This time we didn't actually manage a flawless run - we always drove well, but not perfectly."

With a time of 1:55.52 minutes, the South Tyrolean double ended up almost a second ahead of second-placed Aleksandr Egorov and Petr Popov from Russia, but the Russians, whose form curve is pointing steeply upwards, were also happy with the outcome of the race - not least because they were able to draw level with their teammates Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev by finishing second and now share second place with them in the overall World Cup.

Folie and Gaio in the top three for the first time The podium was completed by local hero Armin Folie and his partner Simone Gaio, who finished in the top three in a World Cup race for the first time.

“It went well for us from the start. After training we thought we could get something here. The fact that it was finally enough for the podium, especially on my home track, is of course great,” said Folie.

The South Tyrolean women are also in good form

In the first women's race, Evelin Lanthaler from Passeier was the fastest: She had already delivered the best times in the training runs, crossed the finish line after 0:55.72 minutes and beat Ekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS) and teammate Greta Pinggera. Lanthaler's lead was 0.44 and 0.53 seconds respectively

A South Tyrolean also won the women's Nations Cup: Daniela Mittermair won ahead of the Serbian Nina Stanic and the British Ashleigh Evans.

On Sunday, January 14, 2018, the final races for women and men will continue in the Passeier Valley.

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Natural track tobogganers in front of a local backdrop cannot be beaten

Since the weather conditions in Moscow prevented the competition from being held there, the natural track tobogganers competed in the Passeier Valley. The South Tyroleans were once again top!

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