Luge doubles
Germans prevent ÖRV triple victory at European Championships
Selina Egle and Lara Kipp lived up to their role as favorites at the European Artificial Track Luge Championships in Winterberg on Saturday and secured their first European Championship title. The race counted towards the World Cup, so the ÖRV duo extended their overall lead with their fifth win in a row. In the men's doubles competition, there was silver for Juri Gatt/Riccardo Schöpf and bronze for Yannick Müller/Armin Frauscher. Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt prevented an Austrian triple victory.
Egle/Kipp laid the foundation for their success with the clearly fastest time in the 1st run. As the Germans Jessica Degenhardt/Cheyenne Rosenthal then improved the track record once again with 43.151 seconds, it was still close. Egle/Kipp were behind the leaders for almost the entire race after a botched start, but were 0.014 seconds ahead at the finish. "It's unbelievable. It was really close, I'm so happy that we made it," said Kipp. And Egle added: "After the mistake at the start, we stuck together and fought."
After their 12th World Cup victory, the Tyroleans lead the overall standings with 550 points ahead of their long-standing German rivals (475). Three races are still on the program. Bronze went to the Italians Andrea Vötter/Marion Oberhofer (0.221).
In the men's race, the Germans Wendl/Arlt set a new track record in both runs (42.546) and were therefore unbeatable. They also took over the overall World Cup lead. Gatt/Schöpf finished 0.134 seconds behind them, followed by Müller/Frauscher (0.202). These positions had already been determined after the 1st run. It was the European Championship medal premiere for both ÖRV duos. The defending champions Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl improved significantly in the 2nd run, but had to settle for fourth place (0.211).
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