Pigneter and Lavrentjeva are European champions - Clara and Lanthaler take bronze

With times of 58 in all three runs, Patrick Pigneter outclassed his competition and left no doubt that, despite the mishap in the doubles competition and fourth place in the team competition, he is the measure of all things, at least in the singles. “Mentally, this week was brutally stressful for me,” he said. “I've had so many races and each one requires full concentration because we don't know this track that well. In addition, we have to prepare our own material here.”

Pigneter, however, really appreciates his European championship title: “You saw how quickly it can happen, how quickly a defeat can happen. You always learn more from it than from the victories. I was super focused three times and knew I had to give it my all in all three runs.”

Pigneter relegated the Austrian Michael Scheikl and the Val Badia Hannes Clara to their places. “It's a great feeling to have achieved my goal. What was new for me was that I had to prepare my sleigh myself; my father usually does that, and I have 100 percent confidence that it will fit. I can do it myself, but I noticed that I have a bit of doubt when I do it myself,” reveals the South Tyrolean, who otherwise had no problems with nervousness: “I have my nerves well under control. Because I also drive double-seaters, I have more races and more routine.”

In the women's category, Lavrentjeva confidently won the title without any pressure. “This race wasn't particularly difficult for me. Last year I put a lot more stress on myself and was a lot more tense. This year I'm calmer and everything is going quite easily. Of course I concentrated before each run, but I just rode normally,” said the Russian, who could have easily kept up with her times in the men’s competition.

Melanie Batkowski from Austria was happy about the silver medal, while Evelin Lanthaler from Passiria came third. “Things didn't go well for me in the World Cup, so I wasn't prepared for the team competition. I then tried around with the material a bit, but that didn't really work either. Then I had a butterflies in my stomach and asked myself whether it would still be okay. After the first run I saw that maybe a podium place could still be possible." Meanwhile, there was “Blech” for Renate Gietl, who had to be content with fourth place.

Final result single-seater women (17): 1. Ekatharina LAVRENTJEVA (RUS), 1:00,07(1), 1:00,04(1), 0:59,97(1), 3:00,08 2. Melanie BATKOWSKI (AUT), 1:00,89 (3), 1:00,96(2), 1:00,61(2), 3:02,46 3. Evelin LANTHALER (ITA), 1:00.70(2), 1:01,06(3), 1.00,93(3), 3:02,69 4. Renate GIETL (ITA), 1:01,74(4), 1:01,35(4), 1:01,47(4), 3:04,56 5. Melanie SCHWARZ (ITA), 1:01,80(5), 1:01,39(5), 1:01,65(5), 3:04,84 6. Alena ASCHEULOVA (RUS), 1:02,32(7), 1:01,96(6), 1:01,98(6), 3:06,26 7. Tina UNTERBERGER, 1:02,59(8), 1:02,14(7), 1:02,30(7), 3:07,03 8. Ludmila AKSENENKO (RUS), 1:02,16(6), 1:03,15(10), 1:02,56(8), 3.07,87

Final result single-seater men (32): 1. Patrick PIGNETER (ITA), 0:58,55(1), 0:58,45(1), 0:58,97(1), 2:55,97 2. Michael SCHEIKL (AUT), 0:59,14(3), 0:58, 85(2), 0:59,02(2), 2:57,01 3. Hannes CLARA (ITA), 0:59, 13(2), 0:59, 07(3), 0:59,49(3), 2:57,69 4. Thomas SCHOPF (AUT), 0:59,90(8), 0:59,42(4), 0:59,86(4), 2.59.18 5. Anton BLASBICHLER (AUT), 0:59,59(4), 0:59,97(7), 1:00,09(6), 2:59,65 6. Alex GRUBER (ITA), 0:59,79(5), 0:59,89 (6), 1:00,09(6), 2:59,77 7. Robert BATKOWSKI (AUT), 1:00,10(9), 0:59,86(5), 1:00,06(5), 3:00,02 8. Rudi RESCH (ITA), 0:59,82(7), 1:00,36(11), 1:00,18(8), 3:00,36 9. Stanislav KOVSHIK (RUS), 1:00,27(13), 1:00,05(8), 1:00,58(9), 3:00,90 10. Gernot SCHWAB (AUT), 1:00,20(11), 1:00,06(9), 1:00,69(14), 3.00,95

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