European Luge Championships 2010

The 42nd European Luge Championships were held on January 23rd and 24th, 2010 in Sigulda , Latvia . The continental title fights organized by the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course were held for the second time in Sigulda after 1996 . There were competitions in single-seaters for men and women, doubles for men and with the relay. With the exception of the last competition, all competitions were decided in two runs.

Women

space	athlete	Terms	time
1	Tatiana Ivanova		1: 25.517
2	Corinna Martini		+0.325
3	Nina Reithmayer		+0.490
4th	Veronika Halder		+0.620
5	Stefanie Sieger		+0.741
6th	Anna Orlova		+0.743
7th	Maija Tīruma		+0.750
8th	Martina Kocher		+0.823
9	Alexandra Rodionova		+0.879
10	Natalia Khorjowa		+0.891
11	Natalja Jakuschenko		+1.007
12	Lilia Ludan		+1,138
13	Tatiana Newsorova		+1,303
14th	Ewelina Staszulonek		+1,559
15th	Veronika Sabolová		+1,671
16	Viera Gbúrová		+1,893
17th	Maryna Halajjjan		+2,436
18th	Jana Šišajová		+2,881
19th	Petra Kaprasová		+4,800
20th	Maija Linde		45,666
21st	Megija Adamsone		dns

Date: January 23, 2010
At the start were 20 of the 21 registered luge athletes. The three German Olympic starters and the Italians did not start.

Two-seater men

space	athlete	Terms	time
1	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger		1: 24.415
2	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt		+0.562
3	Tobias Schiegl Markus Schiegl		+0.608
4th	Andris Šics Juris Šics		+0.691
5	Peter Penz Georg Fischler		+1,217
6th	Mikhail Kuzmich Stanislav Michejew		+1,375
7th	Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš		+1,434
8th	Pavel Kuzmich Boris Kuryschkin		+1,469
9	Andrij Kis Jurij Haiduk		+1,761
10	Hans Peter Fischnaller Patrick Schwienbacher		+1,845
11	Ján Harniš Branislav Regec		+2,004
12	Lukáš Brož Antonín Brož		+2,048
13	Ronny Pietrasik Christian Weise		+3,214
14th	Vladislav Yushakov Vladimir Machnutin		+4,507
15th	Luboš Jíra Matěj Kvíčala		+9,787
16	Filip Romański Jakub Kowalewski		dnf

Date: January 23, 2010
At the start there were 16 of 16 registered doubles. The German and Italian Olympic pairs were not at the start.

Men

space	athlete	Terms	time
1	Albert Demchenko		1: 36.748
2	Wolfgang Kindl		+0.226
3	Daniel Pfister		+0.314
4th	Mārtiņš Rubenis		+0.356
5	Viktor Kneib		+0.533
6th	Johannes Ludwig		+0.591
7th	Manuel Pfister		+0.628
8th	Stepan Fyodorov		+0.759
9	Jan Eichhorn		+0.810
10	Guntis Rēķis		+0.913
11	Inars Kivlenieks		+0.951
12	Wilfried Huber		+1,154
13	Stefan Höhener		+1,161
14th	Robert Eschrich		+1,498
15th	Reinhard Egger		+1,504
16	Gregory Carigiet		+1,553
17th	Thomas Girod		+1,654
18th	Jo Alexander Koppang		+2,138
19th	Thor Haug Norbech		+2,195
20th	Jozef Ninis		+2,488
21st	Maciej Kurowski		+2,547
22nd	Achim Obkircher		+2,811
23	Tonnes Stang Rolfsen		+2,879
24	Ondřej Hyman		+3,020
25th	Martins Lozbers		+3,483
26th	William Lorentzen		50.182
27	Domen Pociecha		50,233
28	Andriy Mandziy		50,542
29	Bogdan Macovei		50,641
30th	Ivan Papukchiev		51,200
31	Peter Iliev		51,696
32	Jakub Hyman		51,801
33	Imre Pulai		52,450
34	Igor Kozak		dnf

Date: 24. January 2010
34 of 34 registered tobogganers took part. The Italian and German Olympians did not start. Thus, the only remaining favorite Albert Demtschenko was able to secure the title for the second time after 2006.

Team relay

space	country	athlete	Terms	time
1	Latvia	Anna Orlova - Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics - Juris Šics		44,443
2	Austria	Veronika Halder - Wolfgang Kindl Andreas Linger - Wolfgang Linger		+0.030
3	Germany	Corinna Martini - Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl - Tobias Arlt		+0.084
4th	Russia	Tatiana Iwanowa - Albert Demtschenko Mikhail Kuzmich - Stanislaw Michejew		+0.607
5	Ukraine	Lilia Ludan - Andriy Mandziy Andrij Kis - Jurij Haiduk		+1,899
6th	Czech Republic	Petra Kaprasová - Jakub Hyman Luboš Jíra - Matěj Kvíčala		+4,298
7th	Poland	Ewelina Staszulonek - Maciej Kurowski Filip Romański - Jakub Kowalewski		+4,621
-	Slovakia	Veronika Sabolová - Jozef Ninis Ján Harniš - Branislav Regec	-	dsq

Date: 24. January 2010
At the start were eight of eight registered squadrons. Slovakia was disqualified after the first female luge.

Web links

• Preview on fil-luge.org
• Website of the Latvian Luge Association
• Results list women (PDF; 177 kB)
• Result list double (PDF; 174 kB)