Luge World Championships 2019

Luge World Championships 2019
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Single seater	Felix Hole	Natalie Geisenberger
Two-seater	Eggert / Benecken
Sprint the single seater	Jonas Müller	Natalie Geisenberger
Sprint the two-seater	Eggert / Benecken
Single seater (U 23)	Roman Repilow	Julia Taubitz
Two-seater (U 23)	Kaschkin / Korschunow
Team relay	Russia Tatiana Ivanova Semyon Pavlichenko Vladislav Yushakov Yuri Prokhorov
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The 48th Luge World Championships were held from January 25th to 27th, 2019 in the Veltins-Eisarena in Winterberg , Germany . The intercontinental title fights organized by the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course took place in Winterberg for the third time after 1989 and 1991 . There were competitions in the single-seater for men and women, the two-seater, the discipline of the team relayas well as in the sprint of the singles for men and women as well as the doubles. Apart from the team relay and the sprint competitions, two decision runs were carried out each time. The World Championships were the highlight of the 2018/19 World Cup season .

At the end of March 2018, Stephan Pieper, Managing Director of the Veltins-Eisarena Winterberg, announced that Chancellor Angela Merkel will act as patron of the 2019 Luge World Championship.

Award

Lake Placid , Sotschi and Winterberg had applied to host the 2019 Luge World Championships .

The Olympic Winter Games in 1932 and 1980 , the Luge World Championships in 1983 and 2009 and the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships in 2012 have already taken place on the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic bobsleigh track . The Sanki Sliding Center in Sochi was the venue for the 2014 Winter Olympics and the 2017 Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships. The title fights of the Luge World Championships 1989 and 1991 as well as the Bobsleigh World Championships 1995 and the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Championships 2015 have already been held in the Winterberger Veltins-Eisarena .

At the 63rd annual congress of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course , held in Pyeongchang in June 2015 , Winterberg prevailed against Sochi in the second ballot with 23:15 votes. Lake Placid was eliminated in the first ballot. At the 66th annual congress of the world association FIL in Bratislava, Slovakia (June 2018), the delegates praised the organizer's concept of hosting the Luge World Championships.

Defending champion

In the last World Championships in 2017 at the Olympic Sliding Center Innsbruck won Huefner in the women's singles, Wolfgang Kindl in the men's singles and the doubles pair of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken .

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  Tatjana Hüfner (women's singles)

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  Wolfgang Kindl (men's singles)

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  Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (two-seater)

In the sprint competitions at the previous world championships on the Austrian track, Erin Hamlin won in the women's singles, Wolfgang Kindl in the men's singles and Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt in the doubles race. Erin Hamlin ended her active career at the end of the 2017/18 season and is therefore the only defending champion not to defend her world title.

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  Erin Hamlin (women's singles, sprint)

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  Wolfgang Kindl (men's singles, sprint)

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  Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (two-seater, sprint)

Germany won the team relay competition with Tatjana Hüfner, Johannes Ludwig and Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken.

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  Tatjana Huefner

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  Johannes Ludwig

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  Toni Eggert

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  Sascha Benecken

Participating Nations

Europe (16 nations)
Bulgaria  Germany  Italy  Latvia  Netherlands  Norway  Poland  Romania  Russia  Switzerland  Slovakia  Slovenia  Czech Republic  Ukraine  United Kingdom  Austria
Asia (2 nations)
Chinese Taipei  South Korea
America (3 nations)
Argentina  Canada  United States
Oceania (1 nation)
Australia

Time schedule

Thursday January 24, 2019

• 6:00 p.m .: Opening ceremony in downtown Winterberg

Friday 25th January 2019

• from 10:00 a.m .: qualification sprint and preliminary runs
• Sprint race final
  • 1:40 pm - 2:05 pm: two-seater
  • 2: 35–3: 00 pm: women's singles
  • 3: 30–3: 55 pm: men's singles
• 7:00 p.m .: Awards ceremony on the market square in Winterberg

Saturday, January 26, 2019

• Men's two-seater
  • 11:10 am - 12:10 pm: Run 1
  • 12: 40-13: 20 pm: Run 2
• Women's singles
  • 2: 20–3: 40 p.m .: Run 1
  • 4: 10–4: 50 pm: Run 2
• 7:00 p.m .: Awards ceremony on the market square in Winterberg

Sunday January 27, 2019

• Men's single seaters
  • 11: 05-12: 45 clock: Run 1
  • 1: 15–2: 10 p.m .: Run 2
• Team relay
  • 3: 50–4: 50 pm
• 5:30 p.m .: Awards ceremony in the finish area of ​​the Veltins ice arena

Results

Sprint ratings

Only the 15 best starters of the qualifying races that took place immediately before the valuation races qualified for the World Championship sprint races.

Men's sprint

Jonas Müller, men's sprint world champion

Felix Loch (2nd place), Jonas Müller (1st place) and Semjon Pawlitschenko (3rd place)

space	athlete	End time
1	Jonas Müller	35.835 s
2	Felix Hole	35,859 s
3	Semyon Pavlichenko	35,889 s
4th	Johannes Ludwig	35.914 s
5	Kristers Aparjods	35,954 s
6th	Reinhard Egger	35.963 s
7th	Chris Eissler	35,968 s
8th	Wolfgang Kindl	35.988 s
9	Kevin Fischnaller	35.992 s
10	Stepan Fyodorov	36.085 s
11	Dominik Fischnaller	36.094 s
12	Riks Rozītis	36.176 s
13	Reid Watts	36.178 s
14th	David Gleirscher	36.498 s
15th	Alexander Gorbazewitsch	36.801 s

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Women's sprint

Natalie Geisenberger, women's sprint world champion

Julia Taubitz (2nd place), Natalie Geisenberger (1st place) and Dajana Eitberger (3rd place)

space	sportswoman	End time
1	Natalie Geisenberger	38.628 s
2	Julia Taubitz	38.635 s
3	Dajana Eitberger	38.668 s
4th	Emily Sweeney	38.747 s
5	Tatjana Huefner	38.794 s
6th	Ekaterina Baturina	38.801 s
7th	Tatiana Ivanova	38,819 s
8th	Summer Britcher	38.896 s
9	Elīza Cauce	39.050 s
10	Ulla Zirne	39.065 s
11	Kendija Aparjode	39.237 s
12	Andrea Voetter	39.250 s
13	Madeleine Egle	39.253 s
14th	Hannah Prock	39,562 s
DSQ	Sandra Robatscher

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Sprint the two-seater

Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, sprint world champions of the two-seater

space	athlete	End time
1	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken	30.821 s
2	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	30.824 s
3	Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller	30.829 s
4th	Andris Šics / Juris Šics	30.868 s
5	Christopher Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman	30.895 s
6th	Vsevolod Kaschkin / Konstantin Korschunow	30.960 s
7th	Robin Geueke / David Gamm	30.979 s
8th	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner	30.983 s
9	Alexander Denisjew / Wladislaw Antonow	30,989 s
10	Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski	31.032 s
11	Vladislav Yushakov / Yuri Prokhorov	31.034 s
12	Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs	31.071 s
13	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith	31.102 s
14th	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner	31.173 s
15th	Jin-yong / Kang Doung Kyu Park	31,367 s

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Men's single seaters

Felix Loch, world champion in the men's singles

Felix Loch, world champion in the men's singles

Reinhard Egger (2nd place), Felix Loch (1st place) and Semjon Pawlitschenko (3rd place)

Award ceremony

space	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total time	difference
1	Felix Hole	52.063 s (1)	52.187 s (2)	1: 44.250 minutes
2	Reinhard Egger	52.176 s (5)	52.174 s (1)	1: 44.350 minutes	+0.100 s
3	Semyon Pavlichenko	52,112 s (2)	52.251 s (5)	1: 44.363 minutes	+0.113 s
4th	Johannes Ludwig	52.170 s (4)	52.243 s (4)	1: 44.413 minutes	+0.163 s
5	Chris Eissler	52.301 s (7)	52.267 s (7)	1: 44.568 minutes	+0.318 s
6th	Roman Repilow	52.208 s (6)	52.369 s (10)	1: 44.577 minutes	+0.327 s
7th	Dominik Fischnaller	52.335 s (9)	52.334 s (9)	1: 44.669 minutes	+0.419 s
8th	Wolfgang Kindl	52.498 s (12)	52.233 s (3)	1: 44.731 minutes	+0.481 s
9	Tucker West	52.303 s (8)	52.536 s (16)	1: 44.839 minutes	+0.589 s
10	Kevin Fischnaller	52.143 s (3)	52.697 s (24)	1: 44.840 minutes	+0.590 s
11	Inārs Kivlenieks	52.362 s (10)	52.488 s (13)	1: 44.850 minutes	+0.600 s
12	Kristers Aparjods	52.583 s (13)	52.302 s (8)	1: 44.885 minutes	+0.635 s
13	Jozef Ninis	52.488 s (11)	52.552 s (17)	1: 45.040 minutes	+0.790 s
14th	Jonathan Gustafson	52.845 s (22)	52.260 s (6)	1: 45.105 minutes	+0.855 s
15th	Stepan Fyodorov	52.679 s (15)	52.437 s (12)	1: 45.116 minutes	+0.866 s
16	Riks Rozītis	52.705 s (17)	52.413 s (11)	1: 45.118 minutes	+0.868 s
17th	Valentin Crețu	52.687 s (16)	52.558 s (18)	1: 45.245 minutes	+0.995 s
18th	Reid Watts	52.665 s (14)	52.605 s (19)	1: 45.270 minutes	+1.020 s
19th	Mateusz Sochowicz	52.817 s (20)	52,491 s (14)	1: 45.308 minutes	+1.058 s
20th	Sebastian Bley	52.817 s (19)	52.493 s (15)	1: 45.310 minutes	+1.060 s
21st	Arturs Dārznieks	52.747 s (18)	52.630 s (22)	1: 45.377 minutes	+1.127 s
22nd	Anton Dukatsch	52.833 s (21)	52.619 s (20)	1: 45.452 minutes	+1.202 s
23	Andriy Mandsiy	53.060 s (23)	52.623 s (21)	1: 45.683 minutes	+1.433 s
24	Maciej Kurowski	53.124 s (24)	52.689 s (23)	1: 45.813 minutes	+1.563 s
25th	Alexander Ferlazzo	53.240 s (25)	52.954 s (25)	1: 46.194 minutes	+1.944 s
26th	Theodor Andrei Aurelian Turea	53.417 s (26)	Not qualified for the second run.
27	Rupert Staudinger	53.657 s (27)	Not qualified for the second run.
28	Aleksander Melås	53.734 s (28)	Not qualified for the second run.
29	Svante Kohala	53.870 s (29)	Not qualified for the second run.
30th	Pavel Angelow	53.902 s (30)	Not qualified for the second run.
31	Žiga Biruš	53.960 s (31)	Not qualified for the second run.
32	Michael Lejsek	54.293 s (32)	Not qualified for the second run.
33	Luke Farrar	54.566 s (33)	Not qualified for the second run.
34	Raymond Thompson	54.912 s (34)	Not qualified for the second run.
35	Lien Te-an	55.479 s (35)	Not qualified for the second run.
DNF	Jonas Müller
DNF	Alexander Gorbazewitsch
DSQ	David Gleirscher

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Women's singles

Natalie Geisenberger, world champion in the women's singles

Julia Taubitz, vice world champion and U23 world champion in the women's singles

Emily Sweeney, third place in the women's singles

Julia Taubitz (2nd place), Natalie Geisenberger (1st place) and Emily Sweeney (3rd place)

space	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total time	difference
1	Natalie Geisenberger	57.142 s (1)	56.726 s (1)	1: 53.868 minutes
2	Julia Taubitz	57.348 s (2)	56.945 s (4)	1: 54.293 minutes	+0.425 s
3	Emily Sweeney	57.467 s (4)	56.914 s (2)	1: 54.381 minutes	+0.513 s
4th	Tatiana Ivanova	57.492 s (5)	56.932 s (3)	1: 54.424 minutes	+0.556 s
5	Summer Britcher	57.408 s (3)	57.029 s (6)	1: 54.437 minutes	+0.569 s
6th	Ulla Zirne	57.545 s (7)	57.088 s (7)	1: 54.633 minutes	+0.765 s
7th	Andrea Voetter	57.551 s (8)	57.101 s (8)	1: 54.652 minutes	+0.784 s
8th	Ekaterina Baturina	57.559 s (9)	57.103 s (9)	1: 54.662 minutes	+0.794 s
9	Sandra Robatscher	57.657 s (10)	57.016 s (5)	1: 54.673 minutes	+0.805 s
10	Tatjana Huefner	57.502 s (6)	57.274 s (13)	1: 54.766 minutes	+0.908 s
11	Elīza Cauce	57.713 s (12)	57.124 s (11)	1: 54.837 minutes	+0.969 s
12	Dajana Eitberger	57.749 s (13)	57.106 s (10)	1: 54.855 minutes	+0.987 s
13	Viktoria Demchenko	57.751 s (14)	57.155 s (12)	1: 54.906 minutes	+1.038 s
14th	Kimberley McRae	57.671 s (11)	57.418 s (16)	1: 55.089 minutes	+1.221 s
15th	Ekaterina Katnikova	57.781 s (15)	57.503 s (18)	1: 55.284 minutes	+1.416 s
16	Raluca Strămăturaru	57.910 s (17)	57.395 s (14)	1: 55.305 minutes	+1.437 s
17th	Hannah Prock	57.978 s (18)	57.438 s (17)	1: 55.416 minutes	+1.548 s
18th	Natalie Maag	58.157 s (20)	57.410 s (15)	1: 55.567 minutes	+1.699 s
19th	Birgit Platzer	58.087 s (19)	57.540 s (19)	1: 55.627 minutes	+1.759 s
20th	Lisa Schulte	57.891 s (16)	59.038 s (20)	1: 56.929 minutes	+3.061 s
21st	Olena Stetskiv	58.333 s (21)	Not qualified for the second run.
22nd	Aileen Frisch	58.388 s (22)	Not qualified for the second run.
23	Katarína Šimoňáková	58.352 s (23)	Not qualified for the second run.
24	Verónica María Ravenna	58.411 s (24)	Not qualified for the second run.
25th	Ewa Kuls-Kusyk	58.539 s (25)	Not qualified for the second run.
26th	Natalia Wojtuściszyn	58.572 s (26)	Not qualified for the second run.
27	Klaudia Domaradzka	58.754 s (27)	Not qualified for the second run.
28	Mihaela-Carmen Manolescu	59.019 s (28)	Not qualified for the second run.
29	Trinity Ellis	59.325 s (29)	Not qualified for the second run.
30th	Elsa Desmond	59.398 s (30)	Not qualified for the second run.
31	Danielle Louise Scott	59.456 s (31)	Not qualified for the second run.
32	Lin Sin-rong	59.481 s (32)	Not qualified for the second run.
33	Daria Obratov	59.632 s (33)	Not qualified for the second run.
34	Dania Obratov	60.523 s (34)	Not qualified for the second run.
35	Madeleine Egle	61.884 s (35)	Not qualified for the second run.
DNF	Kendija Aparjode
DNF	Jung Hye-sun

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Two-seater

Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, world champions in doubles

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, vice world champions in doubles

space	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total time	difference
1	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken	43.643 s (2)	43.613 s (1)	1: 27.256 minutes
2	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	43.604 s (1)	43.730 s (5)	1: 27.334 minutes	+0.078 s
3	Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller	43.670 s (3)	43.727 s (4)	1: 27.397 minutes	+0.141 s
4th	Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš	43.768 s (5)	43.650 s (2)	1: 27.418 minutes	+0.162 s
5	Andris Šics / Juris Šics	43.682 s (4)	43.770 s (8)	1: 27.452 minutes	+0.196 s
6th	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner	43.796 s (6)	43.756 s (7)	1: 27.552 minutes	+0.296 s
7th	Vladislav Yushakov / Yuri Prokhorov	43.843 s (8)	43.774 s (9)	1: 27.617 minutes	+0.361 s
8th	Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski	43.857 s (9)	43.810 s (11)	1: 27.667 minutes	+0.411 s
9	Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs	43.823 s (7)	43.686 s (14)	1: 27.691 minutes	+0.435 s
10	Vsevolod Kaschkin / Konstantin Korschunow	43.938 s (11)	43.780 s (10)	1: 27.718 minutes	+0.462 s
11	Chris Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman	43.890 s (10)	43.830 s (13)	1: 27.720 minutes	+0.464 s
12	Alexander Denisjew / Wladislaw Antonow	44.032 s (12)	43.743 s (6)	1: 27.775 minutes	+0.519 s
13	Ivan Nagler / Fabian Malleier	44.185 s (13)	43.713 s (3)	1: 27.898 minutes	+0.642 s
14th	Robin Geueke / David Gamm	44.243 s (15)	43.811 s (12)	1: 28.054 minutes	+0.798 s
15th	Jin-yong / Kang Doung Kyu Park	44.332 s (16)	44.113 s (15)	1: 28.445 minutes	+1.198 s
16	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner	44.197 s (14)	44.265 s (16)	1: 28.462 minutes	+1.206 s
17th	Vasile Marian Gîtlan / Flavius ​​Craciun	45.199 s (18)	44.564 s (17)	1: 29.763 minutes	+2.507 s
18th	Rupert Staudinger / John-Paul Kibble	45.132 s (17)	45.475 s (18)	1.30,607 minutes	+3.351 s
19th	Ihor Stachiw / Andrij Lyssezkyj	45.590 s (19)	Not qualified for the second run.
DNF	Filip Vejdělek / Zdeněk Pěkný
DSQ	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith

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Team relay

Team relay of Russia

Team relay Austria

Germany's team relay

space	athlete	End time
1	Russia Tatiana Iwanowa Semyon Pavlitschenko Vladislav Yushakov / Juri Prokhorov	2: 24.116 minutes
2	Austria Hannah Prock Reinhard Egger Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller	2: 24.624 minutes
3	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken	2: 24.647 minutes
4th	Italy Andrea Vötter Kevin Fischnaller Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner	2: 24.809 minutes
5	Canada Kimberley McRae Reid Watts Tristan Walker / Justin Snith	2: 24.875 minutes
6th	United States Emily Sweeney Jonathan Gustafson Christopher Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman	2: 25.147 minutes
7th	Poland Ewa Kuls-Kusyk Mateusz Sochowicz Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski	2: 25.948 minutes
8th	Romania Raluca Strămăturaru Valentin Crețu Marian Gitlan / Stefan Musei	2: 26.125 minutes
9	Ukraine Olena Stezkiw Anton Dukatsch Ihor Stachiw / Andrij Lyssezkyj	2: 27.358 minutes
10	United Kingdom Danielle Scott Raymond Thompson Rupert Staudinger / John-Paul Kibble	2: 31.037 minutes
DSQ	Latvia Ulla Zirne Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics / Juris Šics	Disqualification due to an early start by Kristers Aparjods

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Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	5	5	2	12
2	Austria	1	2	2	5
3	Russia	1	0	2	3
4th	United States	0	0	1	1
total		7th	7th	7th	21st

Sources and Notes

Web links

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• Luge World Championships 2019 on the website of the Veltins-Eisarena Winterberg
• Luge World Championships 2019 on the BRC Hallenberg website

References and comments

1. ↑ Merkel patron of the Luge World Championships in Winterberg. In: wdr.de. Westdeutscher Rundfunk , March 28, 2018, accessed December 6, 2018 . 
2. ↑ FIL Congress: Winterberg wins the 2019 Luge World Championship. ViessmannSports, June 20, 2015, accessed on April 6, 2018 . 
3. ↑ World Luge Federation praises Winterberg World Cup concept. Preparations are in full swing and on schedule. In: suedwestfalen-nachrichten.de. Südwestfalen-Nachrichten, July 9, 2018, accessed on July 22, 2018 . 
4. ↑ For the team relay, the respective head coach usually nominates the best placed woman, the best placed man and the best placed two-seater pair of the respective competitions.