German Luge Championships 2010

German Luge Championships 2010
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Single seater	Felix Hole	Anke Wischnewski
Two-seater	André Florschütz / Torsten Wustlich
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The early German Luge Championships 2010 took place on October 31, 2009 on the Winterberg Hochsauerland bobsleigh run . They were both the end and the highlight of the qualification for the Luge World Cup season 2009/10 . Due to the tight schedule, the championships were held last year at the beginning of the season.

Results

Women

space	sportswoman	society	time
1	Anke Wischnewski	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	1: 53.339
2	Natalie Geisenberger	RRT Miesbach	+0.259
3	Tatjana Huefner	WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	+0.399
4th	Corinna Martini	BSC Winterberg	+0.462
5	Stefanie Sieger	WSV Königssee	+0.802
6th	Anne Pietrasik	SSV Altenberg	+1,362
7th	Madeleine Teuber	BSC Winterberg	+1,367
8th	Lisa Liebert	SSV Altenberg	+1,481
9	Katrin Rudolph	BSC Winterberg	+1,575
10	Carina Schwab	RC Berchtesgaden	+2,202
11	Dajana Eitberger	RC Ilmenau	+2,583

Eleven tobogganers took part. Anke Wischnewski surprisingly won her first national title ahead of the two favorites, world champion Natalie Geisenberger and defending champion and overall world cup winner Tatjana Hüfner .

Men

space	athlete	society	time
1	Felix Hole	RC Berchtesgaden	1: 46.747
2	David Möller	RRV Sonneberg	+0.236
3	Jan Eichhorn	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	+0.694
4th	Johannes Ludwig	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	+0.951
5	Andi Langenhan	RRC Zella-Mehlis	+0.958
6th	Ralf Palik	WSC Oberwiesenthal	+1,798
7th	Julian von Schleinitz	WSV Königssee	+1,957
8th	Robert Eschrich	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	+2,153
9	Sascha Benecken	RRC Suhl	+2,601
10	Peter Fischer	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof	+2,820
11	Thomas Aschauer	RC Berchtesgaden	+2,976
12	Robin Geueke	SC Fredeburg	+4,817

There were 12 tobogganers at the start, one more than last year. Defending champion and world champion Felix Loch won ahead of fellow favorite David Möller .

Two-seater

space	athlete	society	time
1	André Florschütz Torsten Wustlich	BRC 05 Friedrichroda WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	1: 35.882
2	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	RC Berchtesgaden WSV Königssee	+0.420
3	Ronny Pietrasik Christian Weise	SSV Altenberg WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal	+0.548
4th	Toni Eggert Marcel Oster	BSR Rennsteig Oberhof RT Suhl	+1,041
5	Nico Walther Nico Grünneker	WSC Oberwiesenthal WSC Oberwiesenthal
6th	Daniel Rothamel Chris Rohmeiß	RRC Zella-Mehlis RRC Zella-Mehlis
7th	Florian Hoppe Paul Wächter	BSC Winterberg BSC Winterberg

There were seven doubles at the start, three more than last year. Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch did not start because of an injury, but were set for the World Cup due to their results from the previous season.

World Cup qualification

For the international training week from November 9th to 14th, 2009 on the Olympic bobsleigh and toboggan run in Whistler and for the first four World Cup races, the following qualified:

• For women:
  • Tatjana Huefner
  • Natalie Geisenberger
  • Anke Wischnewski
  • Corinna Martini
• For the men’s single seaters:
  • Felix Hole
  • David Möller
  • Andi Langenhan
  • Jan Eichhorn
  • Johannes Ludwig
• For the men's doubles:
  • Patric Leitner & Alexander Resch
  • André Florschütz & Torsten Wustlich
  • Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt

So there is only one change in the team compared to the previous season . Corinna Martini secured Steffi Sieger's place against her direct competitor Stefanie Sieger . Only until the fourth World Cup race, sledders and lugers inside the can the 2010 Winter Olympics from Vancouver qualify. This means that only the named drivers and doubles are eligible.

Web links

• Report and results
• Results women (PDF; 37 kB)
• Results men (PDF; 40 kB)
• Results two-seater (PDF; 35 kB)