The 49th Luge World Championships took place from February 14 to 16, 2020 at the Sanki Sliding Center in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi , Russia . Organized by the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course , the intercontinental title fights will take place for the first time in the Olympic city of 2014. Competitions are planned in the single-seaters for men and women, the doubles, the discipline of the team relay and in the sprint of the singles for men, women and doubles. Apart from the team relay and the sprint competitions, two decision runs are planned for each race.
Award
Sliding Center Sanki during the World Championships
Sochi had already applied to host the 2019 Luge World Championships . In the vote at the 63rd annual congress of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, however, the Russian application was defeated in the second ballot of the German Veltins ice arena in Winterberg with 15:23 votes.
Located in Krasnaya Polyana Sliding Center Sanki has already hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics , the European Luge Championships in 2015 and for the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup provided 2017th Based on the findings of the McLaren report on systematic doping in Russia published on December 9, 2016, the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) withdrew the country from hosting both events on December 13, 2016 and then awarded them to the Königssee ice rink in Germany.
In the renewed application for the Luge World Championships there was no opposing candidate, which is why the world association FIL decided to award the World Championships to Sochi at its 64th annual congress in Lake Placid in June 2016 .
Defending champion
In the last World Championships in 2019 in the Veltins-Eisarena won Geisenberger in the women's singles, Felix Loch in the men's singles and the doubles pair of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken .
Natalie Geisenberger (women's singles)
Felix Loch (men's singles)
Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken (two-seater)
In the sprint competitions at the previous world championships on the German track, Natalie Geisenberger won in the women's singles, Jonas Müller in the men's singles and Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken in the doubles race. Natalie Geisenberger interrupted her active career at the beginning of the 2019/20 season due to pregnancy and is therefore the only defending champion not to defend her world title.
Natalie Geisenberger (women's singles)
Jonas Müller (men's singles)
Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken (two-seater)
In the team relay competition, Russia won with Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova , Semjon Alexandrowitsch Pavlitschenko and Wladislaw Gennadjewitsch Yuschakow / Yuri Vadimowitsch Prokhorov .
Semyon Alexandrovich Pavlichenko
Vladislav Gennadjewitsch Yuschakow
Yuri Vadimowitsch Prokhorov
Participating Nations
Europe (13 nations)
Asia (2 nations)
America (1 nation)
Oceania (1 nation)
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.
Women's sprint
Ekaterina Nikolaevna Katnikowa, women's sprint world champion
Men's sprint
Roman Repilow, men's sprint world champion
Sprint the two-seater
Alexander Denissjew and Wladislaw Antonow, sprint world champions of the two-seater
space
athlete
End time
1
Russia Alexander Denisjew / Wladislaw Antonow
31.281 s
2
Italy Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner
31,326 s
3
Germany Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt
31,362 s
4th
Germany Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken
31,363 s
5
Russia Vsevolod Kaschkin / Konstantin Korschunow
31,365 s
6th
Russia Vladislav Yushakov / Yuri Prokhorov
31,374 s
7th
Latvia Andris Šics / Juris Šics
31.404 s
8th
Austria Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher
31,447 s
9
United States Christopher Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman
31,534 s
10
Poland Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski
31.880 s
11
Italy Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner
31,889 s
12
Germany Robin Geueke / David Gamm
32.158 s
13
Latvia Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs
32,221 s
14th
Latvia Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš
32.231 s
15th
Italy Ivan Nagler / Fabian Malleier
32,949 s
Women's singles
Ekaterina Katnikowa, world champion in the women's singles
Julia Taubitz, vice world champion in the women's singles
Viktorija Demchenko, bronze medalist in the women's singles
space
athlete
1st run
2nd run
total time
difference
1
Russia Ekaterina Katnikova
49.755 s (1)
49.643 s (2)
1: 39.398 minutes
2
Germany Julia Taubitz
49.891 s (4)
49.601 s (1)
1: 39.492 minutes
+0.094 s
3
Russia Viktoria Demchenko
49.828 s (2)
49.709 s (4)
1: 39.537 minutes
+0.139 s
4th
Latvia Kendija Aparjode
49.955 s (6)
49.871 s (5)
1: 39.826 minutes
+0.428 s
5
Russia Tatiana Ivanova
50.172 s (13)
49.665 s (3)
1: 39.837 minutes
+0.439 s
6th
Germany Anna Berreiter
49.920 s (5)
49.958 s (8)
1: 39.878 minutes
+0.480 s
7th
United States Summer Britcher
50.022 s (8)
49.943 s (7)
1: 39.965 minutes
+0.567 s
8th
Germany Cheyenne Rosenthal
50.079 s (11)
49.966 s (9)
1: 40.045 minutes
+0.647 s
9
Latvia Ulla Zirne
50.073 s (10)
49.984 s (10)
1: 40.057 minutes
+0.659 s
10
Italy Andrea Voetter
50.008 s (7)
50.053 s (11)
1: 40.061 minutes
+0.663 s
11
Austria Madeleine Egle
50.043 s (8)
50.088 s (12)
1: 40.131 minutes
+0.733 s
12
United States Ashley Farquharson
50.202 s (14)
49.934 s (6)
1: 40.136 minutes
+0.738 s
13
Switzerland Natalie Maag
50.170 s (12)
50.188 s (15)
1: 40.358 minutes
+0.960 s
14th
Italy Elīza Cauce
49.841 s (3)
50.616 s (18)
1: 40.457 minutes
+1.059 s
15th
Italy Verena Hofer
50.383 s (16)
50.181 s (13)
1: 40.564 minutes
+1.166 s
16
Austria Lisa Schulte
50.370 s (15)
50.195 s (16)
1: 40.565 minutes
+1.167 s
17th
United States Brittney Arndt
50.412 s (17)
50.184 s (14)
1: 40.596 minutes
+1.198 s
18th
Italy Marion Oberhofer
50.436 s (18)
50.222 s (17)
1: 40.658 minutes
+1.260 s
19th
Italy Nina Zöggeler
50.730 s (20)
50.688 s (19)
1: 1.418 minutes
+2.020 s
20th
Romania Raluca Strămăturaru
50.641 s (19)
50.943 s (20)
1: 41.584 minutes
+2.186 s
21st
Korea South Aileen Frisch
50.803 s (21)
Not qualified for the second run.
22nd
Poland Klaudia Domaradzka
50.843 s (22)
Not qualified for the second run.
23
Czech Republic Michaela Maršíková
58.352 s (23)
Not qualified for the second run.
24
Korea South Jung Hye-sun
51.239 s (24)
Not qualified for the second run.
25th
Kazakhstan Tatiana Salnikova
51.252 s (25)
Not qualified for the second run.
26th
Netherlands Dania Obratov
52.595 s (26)
Not qualified for the second run.
27
Netherlands Daria Obratov
53.187 s (27)
Not qualified for the second run.
28
Russia Olessya Mikhailenko
57.041 s (28)
Not qualified for the second run.
DNF
Slovakia Katarína Šimoňáková
Men's single seaters
Roman Repilov, world champion in the men's singles
Jonas Müller, vice world champion in the men's singles
Johannes Ludwig, bronze medal in the men's singles
space
athlete
1st run
2nd run
total time
difference
1
Russia Roman Repilow
51.513 s (2)
51.586 s (2)
1: 43.099 minutes
2
Austria Jonas Müller
51.564 s (4)
51.567 s (1)
1: 43.131 minutes
+0.032 s
3
Austria Wolfgang Kindl
51.646 s (6)
51.655 s (4)
1: 43.301 minutes
+0.202 s
4th
Germany Johannes Ludwig
51.539 s (3)
51.786 s (7)
1: 43.325 minutes
+0.226 s
5
Latvia Kristers Aparjods
51.768 s (11)
51.614 s (3)
1: 43.382 minutes
+0.283 s
6th
Russia Alexander Gorbazewitsch
51.610 s (5)
51.811 s (9)
1: 43.421 minutes
+0.322 s
7th
Russia Semyon Pavlichenko
51.663 s (7)
51.790 s (8)
1: 43.453 minutes
+0.354 s
8th
Italy Kevin Fischnaller
51.762 s (9)
51.760 s (3)
1: 43.522 minutes
+0.423 s
9
Germany Felix Hole
51.726 s (8)
51.817 s (10)
1: 43.543 minutes
+0.444 s
10
Italy Dominik Fischnaller
51.878 s (15)
51.706 s (5)
1: 43.584 minutes
+0.485 s
11
Russia Maxim Arawin
51.763 s (10)
51.890 s (11)
1: 43.653 minutes
+0.554 s
12
Slovakia Jozef Ninis
51.831 s (13)
51.906 s (12)
1: 43.737 minutes
+0.638 s
13
Latvia Inārs Kivlenieks
51.838 s (14)
51.967 s (16)
1: 43.805 minutes
+0.706 s
14th
United States Tucker West
51.976 s (16)
51.908 s (13)
1: 43.884 minutes
+0.785 s
15th
Latvia Riks Rozītis
52.088 s (19)
51.929 s (15)
1: 44.017 minutes
+0.918 s
16
Germany Sebastian Bley
52.176 s (20)
51.916 s (14)
1: 44.092 minutes
+0.993 s
17th
United States Jonathan Gustafson
52.069 s (18)
52.093 s (17)
1: 44.162 minutes
+1.063 s
18th
Latvia Arturs Dārznieks
52.208 s (21)
52.113 s (18)
1: 44.321 minutes
+1.222 s
19th
United States Christopher Mazdzer
52.057 s (17)
52.317 s (20)
1: 44.374 minutes
+1.275 s
20th
Romania Valentin Crețu
52.459 s (24)
52.206 s (19)
1: 44.665 minutes
+1.566 s
21st
Germany Max Langenhan
52,450 s (23)
52.319 s (21)
1: 4.769 minutes
+1.670 s
22nd
Poland Mateusz Sochowicz
52.401 s (22)
52.468 s (22)
1: 44.869 minutes
+1.770 s
23
Kazakhstan Alexander Dmitriev
52.572 s (25)
52.833 s (23)
1: 45.405 minutes
+2.306 s
24
Austria Reinhard Egger
51.795 s (12)
64.038 s (24)
1: 55.833 minutes
+12.734 s
25th
Sweden Svante Kohala
52.775 s (26)
Not qualified for the second run.
26th
Slovakia Jakub Šimoňák
53.014 s (27)
Not qualified for the second run.
27
Australia Alexander Ferlazzo
53.065 s (28)
Not qualified for the second run.
28
Poland Kacper Tarnawski
53.079 s (29)
Not qualified for the second run.
29
Czech Republic Michael Lejsek
53.187 s (30)
Not qualified for the second run.
30th
Korea South Namkyu Lim
53.296 s (31)
Not qualified for the second run.
32
United Kingdom Rupert Staudinger
53.314 s (32)
Not qualified for the second run.
32
Romania Theodor Andrei Aurelian Turea
53.416 s (33)
Not qualified for the second run.
33
United Kingdom Luke Farrar
54.566 s (33)
Not qualified for the second run.
34
Kazakhstan Aleksei Dmitriev
54.377 s (34)
Not qualified for the second run.
DNF
Austria David Gleirscher
51.466 s (1)
DNF
Two-seater
Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, world champions in doubles
Alexander Denissjew and Wladislaw Antonow, vice world champions in doubles
Team relay
Julia Taubitz, Germany's team relay
Johannes Ludwig, Germany's team relay
Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, Germany's team relay
Medal table
space
country
gold
silver
bronze
total
1
Russia Russia
5
2
1
8th
2
Germany Germany
2
1
2
5
3
Austria Austria
0
2
1
3
4th
Italy Italy
0
1
1
2
Latvia Latvia
0
1
1
2
5
United States United States
0
0
1
1
total
7th
7th
7th
21st
Sources and Notes
Web links
Individual evidence
↑ World Championships in Sochi and nine Viessmann World Cups in winter 2019/2020. Retrieved April 24, 2019 .
↑ FIL Congress: Winterberg wins the 2019 Luge World Championship. ViessmannSports, June 20, 2015, accessed on April 6, 2018 .
↑ Press release: IBSF decided to move the IBSF World Championships 2017. IBSF , December 13, 2016, accessed on April 7, 2018 .
↑ Luge World Championships 2020 on the Olympic track in Sochi. In: eurosport.de. Eurosport , June 18, 2016, accessed April 7, 2018 .
↑ Baby bump instead of sunshine. The toboggan season starts without top skier Geisenberger. In: tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel , November 22, 2019, accessed on December 1, 2019 .
↑ 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.
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