Natural Track Luge World Championship 2003
The 14th FIL Natural Track Luge World Championship took place from February 7th to 9th, 2003 in Železniki , Slovenia .
Technical data of the natural toboggan run
Surname | Drauh - Soriška planina |
begin | 1381 m. i. J. |
target | 1280 m. i. J. |
Height difference | 101 m |
Average Tilt | 13% |
length | 843 m |
Single seater men
space | Surname | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Robert Batkowski | 2: 48.32 min |
2 | Gerhard Pilz | + | 0.57 s
3 | Gerald Kallan | + | 1.11 s
4th | Anton Blasbichler | + | 1.39 s
5 | Florian Breitenberger | + | 1.65 s
6th | Borut Kralj | + | 1.68 s
7th | Roland Kallan | + | 1.93 s
8th | Rudi Resch | + | 2.01 s
9 | Andreas Gruber | + | 2.17 s
10 | Andreas Castiglioni | + | 2.48 s
11 | Gerald Kammerlander | + | 2.62 s
12 | Ferdinand Hirzegger | + | 2.71 s
13 | Alexei Lebedev | + | 2.72 s
14th | Martin Psenner | + | 3.13 s
15th | Daniel Quitta | + | 3.51 s
16 | Marcus Cruel | + | 4.18 s
17th | Georg Maurer | + | 4.39 s
18th | Grega Spendov | + | 4.73 s
19th | Gašper Benedik | + | 4.97 s
20th | Ervin Marn | + | 5.66 s
21st | Corey Pusey | + | 8.36 s
22nd | Rudolf Schwarz | + | 8.76 s
23 | Pyotr Popov | + | 9.98 s
24 | Damian Waniczek | + 10.56 s |
25th | Christian Wichan | + 10.93 s |
26th | John Gibson | + 11.29 s |
27 | Pavel Porschnew | + 12.80 s |
28 | Knut Solheim | + 12.91 s |
29 | Ivan Lazarev | + 13.20 s |
30th | Julien Schultz | + 15.11 s |
31 | Alexander Yegorov | + 15.25 s |
32 | Kristian Roel | + 17.08 s |
33 | Kenan Strojil | + 18.73 s |
34 | Borut Fejfar | + 20.86 s |
35 | Michael Törnquist | + 21.61 s |
36 | Jasmine Prnjavorac | + 22.63 s |
37 | Loren Montcalm | + 24.49 s |
38 | Tomáš Papiorek | + 26.56 s |
39 | Caleb Underwood | + 27.08 s |
40 | Petr Pulcer | + 30.13 s |
41 | Juri Harzula | + 35.09 s |
42 | Martin Nachmann | + 36.86 s |
43 | Galabin Bozew | + 39.69 s |
44 | Georgi Mirtschew | + 49.66 s |
45 | William Ogilvie | + 50.11 s |
46 | Dessislaw Charlow | + 50.52 s |
47 | Emil Lasarov | + 56.62 s |
48 | Miroslav Wuchalijski | + 57.94 s |
- | Jure Pohleven | DNF (1st run) |
- | Žiga Pagon | DNS (1st run) |
- | Tom Power | DNS (1st run) |
- | Andrij Schurtyn | DNS (1st run) |
- | Andrzej Laszczak | DNS (1st run) |
- | Kenan Suljagic | DNS (1st run) |
- | Denis Alimov | DNS (1st run) |
- | Thomas Damian | DNS (1st run) |
Date: February 8 (1st race) and February 9, 2003 (2nd and 3rd race)
The Austrian Robert Batkowski was only eighth after the first round, but achieved the best time in the second and third races and became world champion in the single-seater. The silver medal was won by the reigning European champion Gerhard Pilz , also from Austria. Gerald Kallan completed the Austrian triple victory with the bronze medal. For the first time, all of the World Cup medals in the men's singles went to Austria, while Italy had already achieved this twice before. Defending champion Anton Blasbichler , who had set the fastest time in the first run, was fourth.
Single-seater women
space | Surname | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Sonja Steinacher | 2: 51.77 min |
2 | Ekaterina Lavrentieva | + | 0.07 s
3 | Irene Mitterstieler | + | 1.57 s
4th | Sandra Mariner | + | 1.73 s
5 | Christa Gietl | + | 1.91 s
6th | Renate Gietl | + | 2.19 s
7th | Elvira Holzknecht | + | 2.45 s
8th | Julia Wetlowa | + | 2.95 s
9 | Marlies Wagner | + | 3.41 s
10 | Barbara Abart | + | 3.52 s
11 | Sabine Kogler | + | 6.28 s
12 | Michaela Maurer | + | 7.55 s
13 | Živa Janc | + | 7.70 s
14th | Mateja Kralj | + | 8.38 s
15th | Oksana Jelessina | + 15.54 s |
16 | Melissa Jones | + 16.18 s |
17th | Ekaterina Zaroutskaya | + 17.03 s |
18th | Karolina Waniczek | + 27.72 s |
19th | Sylvia Plucnarová | + 47.78 s |
20th | Radostina Vucheliyska | +1: 26.62 min |
- | Melika Hasanovic | DNF (2nd run) |
- | Ewelina Żurek | DNS (2nd run) |
- | Magdalena Zawada | DNS (1st run) |
Date: February 7th (1st race) and February 8, 2003 (2nd and 3rd race)
The Italian Sonja Steinacher successfully defended her world title with best times in the second and third races. Only seven hundredths of a second behind, the leading Russian Ekaterina Lavrentieva won the silver medal after race one . Lavrentjewa had also reached second place at the European Championships last year and was world champion in 2000. Bronze went to the Italian Irene Mitterstieler , for whom it was the only medal at a major event.
Two-seater
space | Surname | time |
---|---|---|
1 | Wolfgang Schopf - Andreas Schopf | 2: 00.88 min |
2 | Pavel Pornev - Ivan Lazarev | + | 1.81 s
3 | Harald Kleinhofer - Gerhard Mühlbacher | + | 1.99 s
4th | Andrzej Laszczak - Damian Waniczek | + | 2.26 s
5 | Denis Alimov - Roman Molwistow | + | 2.32 s
6th | Guido Hilgarter - Siegfried Troop | + | 3.01 s
7th | Günther Innerbichler - Alex Innerbichler | + | 4.17 s
8th | Andrzej Tyrna - Tomasz Kowalczyk | + | 5.68 s
9 | Simone Demé - Michael Squinabol | + | 5.81 s
10 | Alexander Yegorov - Pyotr Popov | + 10.61 s |
11 | Dessislaw Charlow - Miroslav Wuchalijski | + 32.13 s |
12 | Galabin Bozew - Georgi Mirtschew | + 35.98 s |
- | Armin Mair - Johannes Hofer | DNF (2nd run) |
- | Jasmin Prnjavorac - Kenan Suljagić | DNS (2nd run) |
- | Borut Kralj - Bostjan Vizjak | DNF (1st run) |
- | Reinhard Beer - Herbert Kögl | DNF (1st run) |
- | Tomáš Papiorek - Petr Pulcer | DNS (1st run) |
- | Martin Graf - Harald Laimer | DNS (1st run) |
Date: February 8, 2003 (both races)
After finishing second in the first run, the Austrians Wolfgang and Andreas Schopf managed to successfully defend their title with the fastest time in the second race. The half-time leaders Pawel Porschnew and Iwan Lasarew from Russia fell significantly behind the Austrians in the second round after a serious mistake in the upper part of the route and only sixth best run time and won silver. After fourth place in the first run, the Austrian duo Harald Kleinhofer and Gerhard Mühlbacher improved to third place with the second-best time in the second race.
Medal table
space | country | gold | silver | bronze | total |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1. | Austria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2. | Italy | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
3. | Russia | - | 2 | - | 2 |
Web links
- Results on the website of the BSD
- Overall result women singles
- Overall result for men’s singles
- Overall result, two-seater
Individual evidence
- ↑ General news of February 8, 2003: Natural Track Luge World Championships in Zelezniki (SLO) - Results 2nd day International Luge Federation, February 8, 2003, accessed on May 15, 2010