Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer did not finish the race in Winterberg. © ANSA / TOMS KALNINS

Vötter/Oberhofer crash in Winterberg

The doubles races took place on Sunday at the Luge World Cup in Winterberg (GER). While the men almost secured a podium finish for South Tyrol, the women fell far short.

11 January 2026

From: cst

The women's doubles race in Winterberg (GER) ended without success for South Tyrol. Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer crashed in the first run and were unable to finish. Up until that point, the South Tyrolean pair had been performing well. Nadia Falkensteiner and Annalena Huber finished tenth.

The victory went to Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal from Germany. Selia Egle/Lara Kipp (AUT) and Dajana Eitberger/Magdalena Matschina (GER) completed the podium.

Nagler/Malleier narrowly missed the podium

In the men's competition, South Tyroleans Ivan Nagler and Fabian Malleier narrowly missed the podium, finishing fourth. Victory went to Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt from Germany. Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) finished second, and Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schöpf (AUT) came in third.

Emanuel Rieder/Simon Kainzwaldner finished the race in eleventh place. Philipp Brunner/Manuel Weissensteiner finished in fourteenth place.