German Luge Championships 2016
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| Men's | Ladies | |
| winner | ||
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| Single seater | Felix Hole | Natalie Geisenberger |
| Two-seater | Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt | |
| Team relay | Natalie Geisenberger , Felix Loch , Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt | |
The early German Luge Championships 2016 took place on December 29, 2015 at the Königssee artificial ice rink . The competitions served as the last dress rehearsal on this track for the German top athletes five weeks before the start of the world championships . Head coach Norbert Loch praised the large number of spectators and was quite optimistic for the World Cup due to the performances shown with track records for men and doubles. The titles in the individual and team competitions all went to the Bavarian Olympic champions Natalie Geisenberger , Felix Loch and Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt .
Results
Women
| space | sportswoman | society | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Natalie Geisenberger | ASV Miesbach | 1: 40.794 |
| 2 | Tatjana Huefner | BRC 05 Friedrichroda | +0.077 |
| 3 | Lisa Völker | SV Bad Feilnbach | +2.133 |
| 4th | Jessica Tiebel | RRC Altenberg | +2.260 |
| 5 | Julia Taubitz | WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal | +2.513 |
| 6th | Julia Orlamünder | RRC Zella-Mehlis | +2.729 |
| 7th | Tina Müller | RRC Altenberg | +2.837 |
| 8th | Nathalie Hahn | BRC 05 Friedrichroda | +3.263 |
| DNF | Dajana Eitberger | RC Ilmenau |
Natalie Geisenberger won her fourth national individual title, beating defending champion Tatjana Hüfner by less than eight hundredths of a second. Hüfner was still in the lead with the fastest time of the day after the first round. Behind the two established luge athletes , the 17-year-old Lisa Völker surprised in third place with a good performance. Dajana Eitberger , who was very successful in this World Cup season , fell in the first run, whereupon she started as a forerunner in the second run and, according to head coach Norbert Loch, showed that she will also be one of the top favorites at the World Cup.
Men
| space | athlete | society | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Felix Hole | RC Berchtesgaden | 1: 38.012 |
| 2 | Ralf Palik | WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal | +0.690 |
| 3 | Johannes Ludwig | BSR Rennsteig Oberhof | +0.787 |
| 4th | Toni Gräfe | RC Ilmenau | +0.896 |
| 5 | Christian Paffe | BRC Hallenberg | +1.270 |
| 6th | Sebastian Bley | RT Suhl | +1.449 |
| 7th | Andi Langenhan | RRC Zella-Mehlis | +1.465 |
| 8th | Chris Eissler | ESV locomotive Zwickau | +1.475 |
| 9 | Julian von Schleinitz | WSV Königssee | +1.564 |
| 10 | Florian Berkes | RT Suhl | +1.611 |
| 11 | Maximilian Jung | RRC Zella-Mehlis | +1.992 |
| 12 | Markus Hummer | RC Berchtesgaden | +3.055 |
Local hero Felix Loch from RC Berchtesgaden clearly dominated the men's national competition. After a track record in the first and a clear best time in the second run, the multiple world champion and Olympic champion finally won with a clear advantage of almost seven tenths of a second over Ralf Palik and thus won his fifth German championship title. Third place went to Johannes Ludwig .
Two-seater
| space | athlete | society | time |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt |
RC Berchtesgaden WSV Königssee |
1: 39.599 |
| 2 |
Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken |
BRC Ilsenburg RT Suhl |
+0.359 |
| 3 |
Robin Geueke David Gamm |
BSC Winterberg | +1.533 |
| 4th |
Tim Brendel Markus Schmid |
RC Berchtesgaden | +1.727 |
| 5 |
Florian Löffler Manuel Stiebing |
RSV Sonneberg RC Ilmenau |
+2.855 |
| 6th |
Nico Semmler Johannes Pfeiffer |
BRC Ilsenburg WSC Erzgebirge Oberwiesenthal |
+2.934 |
In the doubles category, Bavarian local heroes Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt won the national title in front of last year's winners Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken with the best time and track record in both races . The third German World Cup duo Robin Geueke / David Gamm took third place.
Team relay
After a relay competition was not held in the previous year, the team relay returned to the program of the national championships. There were six participating teams. The team composition was based on the placements in the individual competitions, so that the first-placed, as well as the second to sixth-placed, formed a team for women, men and doubles. It was won by the purely Bavarian team of individual champions in the Olympic victory line-up Natalie Geisenberger , Felix Loch and Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt .