European Natural Track Luge Championships 2010
The 23rd FIL - European Natural Track Luge Championships took place from January 15 to 17, 2010 on the Mariazellerland natural toboggan run in the municipality of Sankt Sebastian in Styria . In addition to the single-seater competitions for women and men and the doubles, a team competition was held for the first time at the European Championships, in which two singles (women and men) and a doubles-pair took part in each team. At the start were athletes from ten European countries ( Bulgaria , Germany , Italy , Austria , Poland , Romania , Russia , Slovenia , Ukraine and the United Kingdom ) as well as two guest tobogganers from Canada and South Korea . The most successful was the Italian federation, which won two gold, silver and bronze medals. The most successful athlete was the Italian Patrick Pigneter , who won the single-seater competition and, together with Florian Clara , the double-seated competition, as well as taking silver with the team.
Single seater men
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
 Patrick Pigneter
|
3: 32.24 min |
| 2 |
 Thomas Kammerlander
|
+ 1.00 s |
| 3 |
Anton Blasbichler
|
+ 1.69 s |
| 4th |
Alex Gruber
|
+ 1.72 s |
| 5 |
Gerald Kammerlander
|
+ 1.88 s |
| 6th |
Hannes Clara
|
+ 3.04 s |
| 7th |
Thomas Schopf
|
+ 3.05 s |
| 8th |
Robert Batkowski
|
+ 3.17 s |
| 9 |
Michael Scheikl
|
+ 3.34 s |
| 10 |
Stefan Gruber
|
+ 3.38 s |
| 11 |
Florian Batkowski
|
+ 3.76 s |
| 12 |
Rudi Resch
|
+ 4.34 s |
| 13 |
 Žiga Pagon
|
+ 6.09 s |
| 14th |
 Kaj Johnson
|
+ 6.76 s |
| 15th |
 Alexander Yegorov
|
+ 6.87 s |
| 16 |
 Bjorn Kierspel
|
+ 7.31 s |
| 17th |
Yuri Talych
|
+ 7.44 s |
| 18th |
Marcus Cruel
|
+ 7.53 s |
| 19th |
Christoph Regensburger
|
+ 7.80 s |
| 20th |
 Adam Jędrzejko
|
+ 8.00 s |
| 21st |
Luka Švab
|
+ 8.29 s |
| 22nd |
Damian Waniczek
|
+ 10.21 s |
| 23 |
Georg Maurer
|
+ 14.16 s |
| 24 |
Matic Nemc
|
+ 14.75 s |
| 25th |
Pavel Silin
|
+ 15.42 s |
| 26th |
Andrzej Laszczak
|
+ 17.54 s |
| 27 |
 Galabin Bozew
|
+ 18.08 s |
| 28 |
 Marjan Husner
|
+ 33.42 s |
| 29 |
Petar Savov
|
+ 33.69 s |
| 30th |
Ilya Tarasov
|
+ 36.86 s |
| 31 |
Antoni Stoitschkov
|
+ 45.68 s |
| 32 |
Stepan Irschak
|
+1: 02.70 min |
| 33 |
 Cosmin Codine
|
+1: 15.92 min |
| 34 |
 Lee Jeong-il
|
+1: 26.66 min |
| 35 |
Yusuf Kasov
|
+1: 33.61 min |
| 36 |
Bogdan Moroșan
|
+ 2: 24.24 min |
| 37 |
Alexandru Vîlcan
|
+ 2: 37.16 min |
| - |
Ivan Lazarev
|
DNS (1st run) |
| - |
Lasar Murdschow
|
DNS (1st run) |
| - |
Andrij Wertuk
|
DNS (1st run) |
| - |
Andrij Tolopko
|
DNS (1st run) |
| - |
Christian Wichan
|
DNS (1st run) |
| - |
 Ian Greer
|
DNF (1st run) |
| - |
Stanislaw Kowschik
|
DNS (2nd run) |
| - |
Georgi Antschow
|
DNF (2nd run) |
Date: January 16 (1st race) and January 17, 2010 (2nd and 3rd race)
The European champion in the men's single-seater was the Italian Patrick Pigneter with the best running times in all three rounds . At the European Championships in 2006 and 2008 , he took third place. The silver medal went to the Austrian Thomas Kammerlander , exactly one second behind, and the bronze went to the Italian Anton Blasbichler , who with the eighth time in the third round was just ahead of his compatriot Alex Gruber . Blasbichler was European single-seater champion in 1993 and 1999, and in 2008 he finished second. The defending champion Robert Batkowski finished eighth. Of 45 registered tobogganers, 5 did not take part in the first run and one did not take part in the second run. The Briton Ian Greer was eliminated in the first round after a crash without consequences. The second run had to be interrupted for a long time after the fall of the Bulgarian Georgi Antschow . 37 participants came into the evaluation.
Single-seater women
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Ekaterina Lavrentieva
|
3: 38.76 min |
| 2 |
Evelin Lanthaler
|
+ 0.08 s |
| 3 |
Renate Gietl
|
+ 0.32 s |
| 4th |
Melanie Batkowski
|
+ 0.57 s |
| 5 |
Alexandra Obrist
|
+ 4.44 s |
| 6th |
Melanie Black
|
+ 5.83 s |
| 7th |
Marlies Wagner
|
+ 5.86 s |
| 8th |
Nina Bučinel
|
+ 9.01 s |
| 9 |
Tina Unterberger
|
+ 9.95 s |
| 10 |
Christina Götschl
|
+ 12.01 s |
| 11 |
Lyudmila Astramovich
|
+ 13.11 s |
| 12 |
Michaela Maurer
|
+ 13.70 s |
| 13 |
Natalia Waniczek
|
+ 14.78 s |
| 14th |
Olga Sidorova
|
+ 15.30 s |
| 15th |
Julia Melnyk
|
+ 46.71 s |
| 16 |
Gergana Alexandrowa
|
+1: 02.49 min |
| 17th |
Maria Manuela Danci
|
+ 2: 03.25 min |
Date: January 16 (1st and 2nd race) and January 17, 2010 (3rd race)
In the women's single-seater, the Russian Ekaterina Lavrentieva prevailed with the second-best time in all three races. For them it was the third European title after 2004 and 2008 . The silver medal went to Evelyn Lanthaler from Italy, who, despite the fastest time in the second and third round, was unable to make up for her deficit from the first run. Renate Gietl , also from Italy, who was still in the lead after the first run, won bronze . Of the 17 registered and started participants, all were included in the evaluation.
Two-seater
| space | Surname | time |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Patrick Pigneter - Florian Clara
|
2: 30.77 min |
| 2 |
Andrzej Laszczak - Damian Waniczek
|
+ 1.52 s |
| 3 |
Alexander Yegorov - Pyotr Popov
|
+ 1.81 s |
| 4th |
Christian Schopf - Andreas Schopf
|
+ 2.80 s |
| 5 |
Thomas Kammerlander - Christoph Regensburger
|
+ 3.64 s |
| 6th |
Pavel Pornev - Ivan Lazarev
|
+ 3.80 s |
| 7th |
Florian Breitenberger - David Mair
|
+ 3.82 s |
| 8th |
Christian Schatz - Gerhard Mühlbacher
|
+ 4.41 s |
| 9 |
Pavel Silin - Ivan Rodin
|
+ 10.59 s |
| 10 |
Stanislaw Kowschik - Maxim Batunin
|
+ 15.89 s |
| 11 |
Galabin Bozew - Petar Savov
|
+ 22.81 s |
| 12 |
Björn Kierspel - Christian Wichan
|
+ 22.90 s |
| - |
Marjan Husner - Andrij Tolopko
|
DSQ (1st run) |
Date: January 16, 2010 (both races)
In the doubles category, the Italians Patrick Pigneter and Florian Clara secured the European championship with the best times in both races. At the EM 2008 they already won the silver medal. In second place went the Poles Andrzej Laszczak and Damian Waniczek , who achieved the second-best time in both rounds. For them it was also the second doubles medal after third place at the European Championships in 2002 . Third place went to the Russians Alexander Jegorow and Pjotr Popow with the third-best running times. They also won bronze at the last European Championship. The winners of the last three European championships, the Russians Pavel Porschnew and Ivan Lasarew , finished sixth.
Team competition
| space | Surname | Points |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Austria I.
|
86 |
| 2 |
Italy I
|
85 |
| 3 |
Austria II
|
80 |
| 4th |
Italy II
|
78 |
| 5 |
Russia I.
|
78 |
| 6th |
Poland
|
69 |
| 7th |
Germany
|
66 |
| 8th |
Russia II
|
65 |
| 9 |
Ukraine
|
57 |
| 10 |
Bulgaria
|
56 |
Date: January 15, 2010
Ten teams from seven nations competed in the team competition, which was held for the first time. Italy, Austria and Russia each provided two teams; Bulgaria, Germany, Poland and Ukraine one each. A team consisted of one single-seater for women and one for men as well as a two-seater pair. The running times were converted into points, with 30 points being awarded for the fastest time per run. If there was a tie, all three rounds were ranked according to the total time. Team Austria I was European team champion ahead of Italy I and Austria II. Team Italy II landed in fourth place with the same number of points as the fifth-placed team Russia I, which, however, had a worse overall time. The three best-placed teams could each win one of the three runs, the best overall time was the Italy I team.
Medal table
| space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. |
Italy
|
2 | 2 | 2 | 6th |
| 2. |
Austria
|
1 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 3. |
Russia
|
1 | - | 1 | 2 |
| 4th |
Poland
|
- | 1 | - | 1 |
