Olympic Winter Games 2010 / Luge
Luge at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games |
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venue | Whistler |
Competition venue | Whistler Sliding Center |
Nations | 24 |
Athletes | 107 (78 , 29 ) |
date | 13-17 February 2010 |
decisions | 3 |
← Turin 2006 |
At the XXI. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , three luge competitions were held. The venue was the Whistler Sliding Center in Whistler , around 125 km north of Vancouver. The competitions were overshadowed by the fatal training accident of Georgian Nodar Kumaritashvili .
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Germany | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
2 | Austria | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
3 | Latvia | - | 1 | - | 1 |
4th | Italy | - | - | 1 | 1 |
Medalist
competitor | gold | silver | bronze |
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Single seater men | Felix Hole | David Möller | Armin Zöggeler |
Single seater women | Tatjana Huefner | Nina Reithmayer | Natalie Geisenberger |
Two-seater | Andreas Linger , Wolfgang Linger | Andris Šics , Juris Šics | Patric Leitner , Alexander Resch |
Safety discussion and fatal accident
The Whistler Sliding Center, which was specially built for the Winter Olympics, was part of the racing calendar for the first time in the Luge World Cup 2008/09 . The first competitions showed that the originally planned maximum speed of around 135 km / h was clearly exceeded. The two-time world champion from Germany, Felix Loch , achieved a speed of almost 154 km / h, which in this respect meant a new world record. No athlete had ever ridden faster on any other toboggan run. Many athletes were critical in advance of the Games, such as the German David Moeller , who commented on the speed records: "In Whistler, we are at a point, where must be rethought. Otherwise we will soon no longer have any athletes going down there. ”The Italian defending champion Armin Zöggeler also expressed similar concerns; the athletes have "reached the top" and an enormous amount is demanded.
In the training sessions for the men's singles competition, Loch's top speed was slightly improved by the Austrian Manuel Pfister , he was 0.02 km / h faster. Armin Zöggeler explained that he had not yet reached his maximum in terms of speed. He is sure that he will reach more than 155 kilometers per hour in the competitions. Other athletes estimated the speed that would be achieved in the competitions at 156 or 157 kilometers per hour.
During the final training session, the Georgian toboggan runner Nodar Kumaritashvili had a fatal accident when he hit an unprotected steel girder of the railway roof after the last bend. Kumaritashvili's death exacerbated discussions about the safety of the toboggan run that had already been held. The President of the international Luge Federation FIL , Josef Fendt , criticized the Sliding Center as too fast - especially the fact that the planned top speed of 137 kilometers per hour was exceeded by almost 20 kilometers per hour. The fatal accident did not have any consequences with regard to the schedule. A few hours later, the FIL announced that the further training sessions and the men's competition could take place as planned. However, the decision was made to change the ice profile; an additional wooden protective wall was built in the finish area and the race distances were shortened. The men started the race from the women's start, and two additional training runs were added. The ladies and doubles started from the junior start house.
Results
(all runtimes in seconds, total times in minutes)
Single seater men
space | country | athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | 4th run | total |
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1 | GER | Felix Hole | 48.168 | 48,402 | 48.344 | 48.171 | 3: 13.085 |
2 | GER | David Möller | 48,341 | 48.511 | 48,582 | 48,330 | 3: 13.764 |
3 | ITA | Armin Zöggeler | 48.473 | 48,529 | 48.914 | 48.459 | 3: 14.375 |
4th | RUS | Albert Demchenko | 48,590 | 48,579 | 48.769 | 48,467 | 3: 14.405 |
5 | GER | Andi Langenhan | 48.629 | 48.658 | 48.869 | 48.473 | 3: 14.629 |
6th | AUT | Daniel Pfister | 48,583 | 48.707 | 48.883 | 48,553 | 3: 14.726 |
7th | CAN | Samuel Edney | 48.754 | 48.793 | 48,920 | 48.373 | 3: 14.840 |
8th | United States | Tony Benshoof | 48.657 | 48.747 | 49.010 | 48.714 | 3: 15.128 |
9 | AUT | Wolfgang Kindl | 48.707 | 48.755 | 49.080 | 48.673 | 3: 15.215 |
10 | AUT | Manuel Pfister | 48.677 | 48.835 | 49.064 | 48.693 | 3: 15.269 |
17th | ITA | David Mair | 48.978 | 48.989 | 49.387 | 48.845 | 3: 16.199 |
21st | ITA | Reinhold Rainer | 48.846 | 49.065 | 49.416 | 49.007 | 3: 16.334 |
32 | SUI | Stefan Höhener | 48.728 | 53.838 | 49.559 | 48.713 | 3: 20.838 |
1st and 2nd run: February 13, 2010 (5:00 p.m. and 7:10 p.m.)
3rd and 4th run: February 14, 2010 (1:00 p.m. and 3:10 p.m.)
38 participants from 22 countries, all in the ranking.
Single seater women
space | country | sportswoman | 1st run | 2nd run | 3rd run | 4th run | total |
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1 | GER | Tatjana Huefner | 41.760 | 41,481 | 41.666 | 41.617 | 2: 46.524 |
2 | AUT | Nina Reithmayer | 41.728 | 41,563 | 41.884 | 41.839 | 2: 47.014 |
3 | GER | Natalie Geisenberger | 41.743 | 41.657 | 41,800 | 41.901 | 2: 47.101 |
4th | RUS | Tatiana Ivanova | 41.816 | 41,601 | 41.914 | 41,850 | 2: 47.181 |
5 | GER | Anke Wischnewski | 41.785 | 41.685 | 41.894 | 41.889 | 2: 47.253 |
6th | RUS | Alexandra Rodionova | 41.828 | 41.731 | 41.984 | 41.913 | 2: 47.456 |
7th | SUI | Martina Kocher | 42.005 | 41.697 | 41.976 | 41.897 | 2: 47.575 |
8th | POLE | Ewelina Staszulonek | 41.975 | 41.816 | 41.948 | 41.882 | 2: 47.621 |
9 | LAT | Maija Tīruma | 41.773 | 41.933 | 42.012 | 41.936 | 2: 47.654 |
10 | RUS | Natalia Khorjowa | 41.932 | 41.785 | 42.175 | 42.092 | 2: 47.984 |
12 | AUT | Veronika Halder | 42.015 | 41.881 | 42.078 | 42.143 | 2: 48.117 |
20th | ITA | Sandra Gasparini | 42,339 | 42.161 | 42.881 | 42.621 | 2: 50.002 |
1st and 2nd run: February 15, 2010 (5:00 p.m. and 6:50 p.m.)
3rd and 4th run: February 16, 2010 (1:00 p.m. and 2:50 p.m.)
29 participants from 13 countries, 27 of them in the evaluation.
Two-seater
space | country | athlete | 1st run | 2nd run | total |
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1 | AUT | Wolfgang Linger , Andreas Linger | 41,332 | 41.373 | 1: 22.705 |
2 | LAT | Andris Šics , Juris Šics | 41,420 | 41,549 | 1: 22.969 |
3 | GER | Patric Leitner , Alexander Resch | 41,566 | 41,474 | 1: 23.040 |
4th | ITA | Christian Oberstolz , Patrick Gruber | 41,527 | 41,585 | 1: 23.112 |
5 | GER | André Florschütz , Torsten Wustlich | 41.545 | 41.645 | 1: 23.190 |
6th | United States | Dan Joye , Christian Niccum | 41,602 | 41.689 | 1: 23.291 |
7th | CAN | Chris Moffat , Mike Moffat | 41.675 | 41.723 | 1: 23.398 |
8th | AUT | Markus Schiegl , Tobias Schiegl | 41.727 | 41,801 | 1: 23.528 |
9 | ITA | Oswald Haselrieder , Gerhard Plankensteiner | 41.789 | 41.860 | 1: 23.649 |
10 | RUS | Vladimir Machnutin , Vladislav Yushakov | 41.798 | 41.948 | 1: 23.746 |
Date: February 17, 2010, 5:00 p.m. (1st run), 6:30 p.m. (2nd run)
20 teams from 11 countries, all rated.
Web links
- Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official results (PDF; 1.0 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Zeit.de: Background: Speed chase in Whistler from the beginning in criticism. Retrieved February 14, 2010 .
- ^ DiePresse.com: Olympia: Manuel Pfister fastest toboggan in the world. Retrieved February 14, 2010 .
- ↑ "The train is just brutal". Rheinische Post, February 13, 2010, accessed on July 9, 2018 .
- ↑ Toboggan gold for Loch, silver for Möller. February 16, 2010, accessed February 16, 2010 .