Luge World Championships 2011

The 42nd FIL World Luge Championships were held from January 29th to 30th, 2011 in Cesana , Italy .

Results

Women, single-seaters

space	athlete	nation	Terms	End time
1	Tatjana Huefner	Germany	46,976 (1) 46,993 (1)	1: 33.969
2	Natalie Geisenberger	Germany	47,027 (2) 47,216 (2)	+ 0.274
3	Alex Gough	Canada	47,051 (3) 47,362 (6)	+ 0.444
4th	Nina Reithmayer	Austria	47,174 (4) 47,296 (4)	+ 0.501
5	Anke Wischnewski	Germany	47,328 (6) 47,263 (3)	+ 0.622
6th	Carina Schwab	Germany	47,227 (5) 47,431 (7)	+ 0.689
7th	Veronika Halder	Austria	47,374 (7) 47,573 (10)	+ 0.978
8th	Martina Kocher	Switzerland	47,475 (10) 47,539 (8)	+ 1,045
9	Alexandra Rodionova	Russia	47,472 (9) 47,569 (9)	+ 1,072
10	Sandra Gasparini	Italy	47,461 (8) 47,670 (11)	+ 1,162
11	Tatiana Ivanova	Russia	47,532 (11) 47,714 (12)	+ 1,277
12	Julia Clukey	United States	47,667 (12) 47,730 (13)	+ 1,428
13	Arianne Jones	Canada	47,773 (15) 47,775 (14)	+ 1,579
14th	Erin Hamlin	United States	48,234 (18) 47,326 (5)	+ 1,591
15th	Veronika Sabolová	Slovakia	47,900 (16) 47,934 (15)	+ 1,865
16	Ksenia Tsyplakova	Russia	47,760 (13) 48,134 (18)	+ 1,925
17th	Ashley Walden	United States	48.162 (17) 48.003 (16)	+ 2,196
18th	Raluca Strămăturaru	Romania	48,540 (19) 48,325 (18)	+ 2,896
19th	Maija Tīruma	Latvia	47,764 (14) 49,415 (20)	+ 3,210
20th	Violeta Strămăturaru	Romania	48,954 (20) 48,857 (19)	+3,842
Not qualified for the 2nd round
21st	Morgane Villien	France	49,303 (21)
22nd	Maryna Halajjjan	Ukraine	49,316 (22)
23	Natalia Khorjowa	Russia	50,572 (23)
24	Mihaela Chiraș	Romania	51,153 (24)
	Morgane Bonnefoy	France	DNF
	Ewelina Staszulonek	Poland	DSQ

Date: January 29, 2011

Tatjana Hüfner won her third individual gold medal and Natalie Geisenberger her third individual silver medal at world championships. Alex Gough's bronze medal was the first ever medal for a Canadian female luge competitor.
The French Morgane Bonnefoy fell badly in the first round. She was hospitalized with a suspected broken thigh.

Men, single-seaters

space	athlete	nation	Terms	End time
1	Armin Zöggeler	Italy	51,568 (2) 51,970 (1)	1: 43.538
2	Felix Hole	Germany	51,511 (1) 52,048 (2)	+ 0.021
3	Andi Langenhan	Germany	51,827 (4) 52,186 (4)	+ 0.475
4th	David Möller	Germany	51,803 (3) 52,318 (10)	+ 0.583
5	Reinhold Rainer	Italy	52,036 (8) 52,135 (3)	+ 0.633
6th	Daniel Pfister	Austria	51,957 (6) 52,219 (6)	+ 0.638
7th	Jan Eichhorn	Germany	51,940 (5) 52,284 (8)	+ 0.686
8th	Wolfgang Kindl	Austria	52,026 (7) 52,241 (7)	+ 0.729
9	Viktor Kneib	Russia	52,245 (12) 52,200 (5)	+ 0.907
10	Mārtiņš Rubenis	Latvia	52,160 (9) 52,322 (11)	+ 0.944
11	Reinhard Egger	Austria	52,227 (10) 52,403 (15)	+ 1,092
12	David Mair	Italy	52,278 (13) 52,362 (12)	+ 1,102
12	Bengt Walden	United States	52,335 (19) 52,305 (9)	+ 1,102
14th	Manuel Pfister	Austria	52,279 (14) 52,417 (17)	+ 1,158
15th	Gregory Carigiet	Switzerland	52,241 (11) 52,486 (21)	+ 1,189
16	Samuel Edney	Canada	52,329 (17) 52,414 (16)	+ 1,205
17th	Jozef Ninis	Slovakia	52,324 (16) 52,421 (19)	+ 1,207
18th	Jeff Christie	Canada	52,341 (20) 52,461 (20)	+ 1,264
19th	Maciej Kurowski	Poland	52,436 (21) 52,383 (13)	+ 1,281
20th	Yevgeny Voskressensky	Russia	52,323 (15) 52,611 (23)	+ 1,396
21st	Inārs Kivlenieks	Latvia	52,551 (24) 52,398 (14)	+ 1,411
22nd	Brendan captain	Canada	52,562 (25) 52,419 (18)	+ 1,443
23	Christopher Mazdzer	United States	52,515 (23) 52,563 (22)	+ 1,540
24	Thor Haug Norbech	Norway	52,330 (18) 53,233 (25)	+ 2,025
25th	Semyon Pavlichenko	Russia	52,460 (22) 53,162 (24)	+ 2,084
Not qualified for the 2nd round
26th	Jo Alexander Koppang	Norway	52,631 (26)
27	Andriy Mandziy	Ukraine	52,905 (27)
28	Tonnes Stang Rolfsen	Norway	52,907 (28)
29	Ondřej Hyman	Czech Republic	53,128 (29)
30th	Valentin Crețu	Romania	53,187 (30)
31	Andrij Kis	Ukraine	53,202 (31)
32	Albert Demchenko	Russia	53,325 (32)
33	Bogdan Macovei	Moldova	53,425 (33)
34	Karol Stuchlák	Slovakia	54,142 (34)
35	Hidenari Kanayama	Japan	54,154 (35)
36	Bruno Banani	Tonga	55,698 (36)
37	Danej Navrboc	Slovenia	56,740 (37)

Date: January 29, 2011

Armin Zöggeler was just behind after the first round, but won with a strong second run in the end just ahead of Felix Loch and remained unbeaten on his home track. Loch also won a medal in his third World Cup participation, this time silver after two gold medals.

Two-seater

space	athlete	nation	Terms	End time
1	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger	Austria	46,668 (1) 46,612 (1)	1: 33.280
2	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber	Italy	46,752 (2) 46,760 (2)	+ 0.232
3	Andris Šics Juris Šics	Latvia	46,909 (4) 46,819 (3)	+ 0.448
4th	Vladislav Yushakov Vladimir Makhnutin	Russia	43,919 (5) 43,962 (4)	+ 0.459
5	Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner	Italy	47,041 (8) 47,017 (8)	+ 0.778
6th	Hans Peter Fischnaller Patrick Schwienbacher	Italy	47,017 (7) 47,054 (9)	+ 0.791
7th	Matt Mortensen Preston Griffall	United States	47,055 (9) 47,072 (10)	+ 0.847
8th	Tristan Walker Justin Snith	Canada	47,163 (12) 46,983 (5)	+ 0.866
9	Ronny Pietrasik Christian way	Germany	47,145 (11) 47,006 (7)	+ 0.871
10	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	Germany	47,199 (14) 46,994 (6)	+ 0.913
11	Christian Niccum Jayson Terdiman	United States	46,955 (6) 47,253 (12)	+ 0.928
12	Mikhail Kuzmich Stanislav Michejew	Russia	47,167 (13) 47,149 (11)	+ 1,036
13	Ivan Newmerzhizky Vladimir Prokhorov	Russia	47,081 (10) 47,307 (14)	+1,108
14th	Peter Penz Georg Fischler	Austria	46,757 (3) 47,917 (16)	+ 1,394
15th	Ján Harniš Branislav Regec	Slovakia	47,504 (16) 47,299 (13)	+ 1,523
16	Antonín Brož Lukáš Brož	Czech Republic	47,470 (15) 47,343 (15)	+ 1,533
17th	Paul Ifrim Andrei Anghel	Romania	47,603 (17) 48,426 (17)	+ 2,749
Not qualified for the 2nd round
18th	Artur Petyniak Adam Wanielista	Poland	48,237 (19)
19th	Cosmin Chetroiu Ionuț Țăran	Romania	48,250 (20)
	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	Germany	DNF

Date: 1st run January 29, 2011, 2nd run January 30, 2011

The brothers Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger won their second title on the track in Cesana. Before that, they won the 2006 Olympic Games in the same place.
German doubles went without a medal for the first time since 1996. The leading duo in the World Cup, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt , fell in the first run and was unable to start the second run due to an injury.

team

The competition in the team relay was initially canceled due to technical problems, rescheduled and finally canceled. In four of the eleven started relays, the starter gate did not open after the attack. In the case of two other relays, the timing did not stop at the finish. The run was then canceled and should be restarted three hours later - after the technical problems have been resolved. But since problems arose again during the first season, the competition was finally canceled. The day after the cancellation, the FIL technology partner took responsibility for the breakdowns.

The course of the competition was also a major setback in the FIL's efforts to include the team relay in the program of the 2014 Winter Olympics . The IOC , however, spoke Although in October 2010 for inclusion in the final decision postponed to observe the discipline in terms attractiveness and feasibility. The positive decision was finally made in April 2011.

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Germany	1	2	1	4th
2	Italy	1	1	-	2
3	Austria	1	-	-	1
4th	Canada	-	-	1	1
	Latvia	-	-	1	1
total		3	3	3	9

Web links

• Result side of FIL (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ "Alex Gough takes first medal in the women's singles for Canada" website of the FIL. Retrieved February 1, 2011. (English page)
2. ↑ "Bonnefoy: Suspected Breach" Sports 1 website. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
3. ↑ "Tobogganing: BSD double without medal" ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BSD website. Retrieved February 1, 2011. 
4. ↑ "Tobogganing: BSD double without medal / relay competition canceled" ( Memento of the original from April 2, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. BSD website. Retrieved February 1, 2011. 
5. ^ "World Championship Team Relay Event canceled due to technical problems" FIL website. Retrieved February 1, 2011. (English page)
6. ^ "Software and hardware developer takes responsibility for relay breakdowns" website of the FIL. Retrieved February 1, 2011.
7. ↑ New medal chance for Austria website from sport.orf.at. Retrieved February 10, 2012.