Natural Track Luge World Championship 2005

The 15th FIL Natural Track Luge World Championship took place from January 26th to 30th, 2005 in Latsch, Italy. For the first time, two athletes from South America ( Brazil ) were represented.

Technical data of the natural toboggan run

Surname	Gumpfrei
begin	1330 m slm
target	1212 m slm
Height difference	0118 m
Maximum slope	23.5%
Minimal tilt	09.0%

Single seater men

space	Surname	time
01	Anton Blasbichler	3: 14.87 min
02	Andreas Castiglioni	+ 00.49 s
03	Patrick Pigneter	+ 00.70 s
04th	Florian Breitenberger	+ 00.73 s
05	Gerhard Pilz	+ 01.54 s
06th	Robert Batkowski	+ 01.86 s
07th	Martin Psenner	+ 01.99 s
08th	Žiga Pagon	+ 02.21 s
09	Florian Batkowski	+ 02.48 s
10	Gernot Schwab	+ 02.78 s
11	Gerald Kammerlander	+ 03.00 s
12	Alexei Lebedev	+ 03.07 s
13	Christoph Wagner	+ 03.39 s
14th	Rudi Resch	+ 03.44 s
15th	Roland Kallan	+ 03.57 s
16	Marcus Cruel	+ 05.36 s
17th	Borut Kralj	+ 05.71 s
18th	Georg Maurer	+ 05.87 s
19th	Damian Waniczek	+ 07.04 s
20th	Bjorn Kierspel	+ 08.57 s
21st	Corey Pusey	+ 08.61 s
22nd	Borut Fejfar	+ 08.78 s
23	Adam Jędrzejko	+ 09.18 s
24	Alexander Yegorov	+ 09.50 s
25th	Gašper Benedik	+ 09.96 s
26th	John Gibson	+ 10.49 s
27	Andrzej Laszczak	+ 11.19 s
28	Greg Jones	+ 11.31 s
29	Julien Schultz	+ 11.41 s
30th	Kaj Johnson	+ 11.52 s
31	Rudolf Schwarz	+ 11.96 s
32	Patrick von Allmen	+ 12.10 s
33	Martin Nachmann	+ 14.83 s
34	Markus Wichan	+ 15.73 s
35	Knut Solheim	+ 15.83 s
36	Galabin Bozew	+ 17.50 s
37	Caleb Underwood	+ 17.72 s
38	Mikko Uotila	+ 18.91 s
39	Juri Harzula	+ 20.18 s
40	Ervin Marn	+ 22.76 s
41	Jan Zaoral	+ 25.25 s
42	Slatomir Sdrawkov	+ 26.53 s
43	Michael Törnquist	+ 29.11 s
44	René Uhlmann	+ 33.42 s
45	In it Rinehart	+ 33.76 s
46	Reuben Schultz	+ 39.60 s
47	Oliveira Diego Bersuc	+ 55.64 s
-	Roman Molwistov	DNS (1st run)
-	Kenan Strojil	DNS (1st run)
-	Kenan Suljagic	DNS (1st run)
-	Yevhen Prysjaschnjuk	DNS (1st run)
-	Pavel Porschnew	DNS (1st run)
-	Ivan Lazarev	DNS (1st run)

Date: January 29 (1st race) and January 30, 2005 (2nd and 3rd race)

The Italian Anton Blasbichler became world champion in single-seater for the second time after 2001 with best times in the first and second rounds. His compatriot Andreas Castiglioni , who had led after the first run, placed behind him . For him it was his only medal at world championships. Last year he was also runner-up at the European Championships. Bronze went to 17-year-old Italian Patrick Pigneter . The defending champion Robert Batkowski finished sixth. Six of the 53 registered tobogganers did not start in the first run.

Single-seater women

space	Surname	time
01	Ekaterina Lavrentieva	3: 18.80 min
02	Barbara Abart	+ 00.22 s
03	Renate Gietl	+ 00.54 s
04th	Melanie Batkowski	+ 00.75 s
05	Renate Kasslatter	+ 00.90 s
06th	Irene Mitterstieler	+ 02.76 s
07th	Sandra Mariner	+ 03.53 s
08th	Karolina Waniczek	+ 04.46 s
09	Tina Unterberger	+ 04.93 s
10	Marlies Wagner	+ 05.29 s
11	Julia Wetlowa	+ 07.01 s
12	Michaela Maurer	+ 08.51 s
13	Alyona Ashtheulova	+ 14.58 s
14th	Melissa Jones	+ 14.67 s
15th	Živa Janc	+ 15.71 s
16	Veronika Nachmann	+ 22.24 s
17th	Vera Serheeva	+ 23.10 s
18th	Oksana Jelessina	+1: 09.87 min
19th	Michelle Mercer	+1: 16.75 min
-	Melika Hasanovic	DNS (1st run)

Date: January 29 (1st and 2nd race) and January 30, 2005 (3rd race)

The Russian Ekaterina Lavrentieva's fastest time in the second of the three races was enough to become the single-seater world champion for the second time after 2000. Barbara Abart from Italy was second, 22 hundredths of a second behind . Her teammate Renate Gietl secured the bronze medal with the fastest time in the third run. The defending champion Sonja Steinacher had already ended her career.

Two-seater

space	Surname	time
01	Pavel Pornev - Ivan Lazarev	2: 21.68 min
02	Armin Mair - Johannes Hofer	+ 00.76 s
03	Andrzej Laszczak - Damian Waniczek	+ 00.78 s
04th	Reinhard Beer - Herbert Kögl	+ 00.90 s
05	Günther Innerbichler - Alex Innerbichler	+ 02.20 s
06th	Denis Alimov - Roman Molwistow	+ 02.65 s
07th	Alexander Yegorov - Pyotr Popov	+ 03.48 s
08th	Ulrich Trenkwalder - Ingrid Gurschler	+ 03.89 s
09	Mario Schernthaner - Siegfried Troop	+ 04.67 s
10	Wolfgang Schopf - Andreas Schopf	+ 04.72 s
11	Galabin Bozew - Slatomir Sdrawkow	+ 07.90 s
12	Mario Gortnar - Jure Potočnik	+ 09.79 s
13	Björn Kierspel - Martin Nachmann	+ 12.50 s
-	Guido Hilgarter - Christian Hueter	DSQ
-	Jewhen Prysjaschnjuk - Juri Harzula	DNS (1st run)

Date: January 29, 2005 (both races)

The Russians Pawel Porschnew and Iwan Lasarew won the gold medal in the two-seater with the best time in the first race and the third time in the second race. It was the first two-seater world championship title for Russia and at the same time the first that did not go to Italy or Austria. The duo had already become European champions last year and two years ago they were second at the World Cup. The Italians Armin Mair and Johannes Hofer won silver . While Armin Mair had already become world champion with his brother David in 2000 , it was the only medal at a major event for Hofer, alongside the bronze medal in the team competition. After the Poles Andrzej Laszczak and Damian Waniczek were fourth in the first run, they secured the bronze medal with the fastest time in the second round. The defending champions Wolfgang Schopf and Andreas Schopf were only tenth.

Team competition

space	Surname	Points
01	Austria I. Melanie Batkowski Robert Batkowski Reinhard Beer - Herbert Kögl	88
02	Russia I. Ekaterina Lavrentieva Alexei Lebedev Pavel Porschnew - Ivan Lasarew	82
03	Italy I Renate Gietl Anton Blasbichler Armin Mair - Johannes Hofer	81
04th	Poland Karolina Waniczek Damian Waniczek Andrzej Laszczak - Damian Waniczek	80
05	Italy II Irene Mitterstieler Martin Psenner Günther Innerbichler - Alex Innerbichler	77
06th	Austria II Tina Unterberger Florian Batkowski Wolfgang Schopf - Andreas Schopf	69
07th	Russia II Julija Wetlowa Alexander Jegorow Denis Alimow - Roman Molwistow	65
08th	Germany Michaela Maurer Marcus Grausam Björn Kierspel - Martin Nachmann	63
09	Slovenia Živa Janc Borut Kralj Mario Gortnar - Jure Potočnik	60
10	Canada / Bulgaria  Melissa Jones Kaj Johnson Galabin Bozew - Slatomir Sdrawkow	55

Date: Jan 28, 2005

For the second time, a team competition was held as part of the world championship. While only five teams from three countries took part in the premiere four years ago, this time ten teams from eight nations competed, with Italy, Austria and Russia each providing two teams and Germany, Poland and Slovenia one team. There was also a team in which Bulgarians and Canadians started. Team Austria I won both single-seater races, finished second in doubles and thus won the gold medal, six points ahead of team Russia I. Team Italy I and the team from Poland, which won the double-seater, landed just one point behind.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1.	Russia	2	1	-	3
2.	Italy	1	3	3	7th
3.	Austria	1	-	-	1
4th	Poland	-	-	1	1

Web links

• Overall result women singles (PDF; 158 kB)
• Overall result men singles (PDF; 347 kB)
• Overall result for two-seater (PDF; 85 kB)
• Overall result team competition (PDF; 11 kB)