Luge in Lillehammer
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Austria's luge team started the pre-Olympic season in Lillehammer on Saturday with two World Cup podium finishes: Individual World Champion Lisa Schulte finished third in the single-seater behind Germany's Julia Taubitz and Emily Sweeney from the USA, 0.152 seconds behind the winner. In the men's doubles, Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl snatched third place with a strong second run, just ahead of world champions Juri Gatt/Ricardo Schöpf.
Germany's Toni Eggert celebrated a brilliant comeback with new partner Florian Müller after a year out and claimed his 55th World Cup victory. Steu/Kindl lacked 0.224 seconds, Gatt/Schöpf 0.259 seconds on the German pairing. Yannick Müller/Armin Frauscher were the third red-white-red team to finish seventh.
Four Austrians in the top 9
Schulte had already made it onto the podium. After finishing second in the first heat, the 23-year-old Tyrolean ended up in third place. The ÖRV women put in a strong team performance with Barbara Allmaier, Madeleine Egle and Dorothea Schwarz in fourth, seventh and ninth place respectively. "I'm very happy because my training sessions were a bit up and down, but my first run was really good. I'm happy to be on the podium again," said Schulte, who was crowned sensational world champion last January, delighted with her fourth World Cup podium finish in the single-seater.
In the women's doubles, World Champions Selina Egle/Lara Kipp finished in sixth place, almost a second off the podium. The day's victory went to Chevonne Forgan/Sophia Kirby from the USA. Former singles World Champion Dajana Eitberger (GER) crashed with her new partner Magdalene Matscina in turn 13; Eitberger is competing in her second season in doubles.
Following the removal of the sprint events from the World Cup program, three events are scheduled for Sunday. In addition to the men's single-seater, a doubles mixed and a single-seater mixed competition have been added.
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