Luge World Championships 2020

Luge World Championships 2020
	Men's	Ladies
winner
Single seater	Roman Repilow	Ekaterina Katnikova
Two-seater	Eggert / Benecken
Sprint the single seater	Roman Repilow	Ekaterina Katnikova
Sprint the two-seater	Denisjew / Antonov
Single seater (U 23)	Jonas Müller	Anna Berreiter
Two-seater (U 23)	Kaschkin / Korschunow
Team relay	Germany Julia Taubitz Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken
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The 49th Luge World Championships took place from February 14 to 16, 2020 at the Sanki Sliding Center in Krasnaya Polyana near Sochi , Russia . Organized by the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course , the intercontinental title fights will take place for the first time in the Olympic city of 2014. Competitions are planned in the single-seaters for men and women, the doubles, the discipline of the team relay and in the sprint of the singles for men, women and doubles. Apart from the team relay and the sprint competitions, two decision runs are planned for each race.

Award

Sliding Center Sanki

Sliding Center Sanki during the World Championships

Sochi had already applied to host the 2019 Luge World Championships . In the vote at the 63rd annual congress of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course, however, the Russian application was defeated in the second ballot of the German Veltins ice arena in Winterberg with 15:23 votes.

Located in Krasnaya Polyana Sliding Center Sanki has already hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics , the European Luge Championships in 2015 and for the Bobsleigh and Skeleton World Cup provided 2017th Based on the findings of the McLaren report on systematic doping in Russia published on December 9, 2016, the International Bobsleigh & Skeleton Federation (IBSF) withdrew the country from hosting both events on December 13, 2016 and then awarded them to the Königssee ice rink in Germany.

In the renewed application for the Luge World Championships there was no opposing candidate, which is why the world association FIL decided to award the World Championships to Sochi at its 64th annual congress in Lake Placid in June 2016 .

Defending champion

In the last World Championships in 2019 in the Veltins-Eisarena won Geisenberger in the women's singles, Felix Loch in the men's singles and the doubles pair of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken .

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  Natalie Geisenberger (women's singles)

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  Felix Loch (men's singles)

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  Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken (two-seater)

In the sprint competitions at the previous world championships on the German track, Natalie Geisenberger won in the women's singles, Jonas Müller in the men's singles and Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken in the doubles race. Natalie Geisenberger interrupted her active career at the beginning of the 2019/20 season due to pregnancy and is therefore the only defending champion not to defend her world title.

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  Natalie Geisenberger (women's singles)

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  Jonas Müller (men's singles)

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  Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken (two-seater)

In the team relay competition, Russia won with Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova , Semjon Alexandrowitsch Pavlitschenko and Wladislaw Gennadjewitsch Yuschakow / Yuri Vadimowitsch Prokhorov .

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  Team relay Russia

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  Tatiana Ivanovna Ivanova

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  Semyon Alexandrovich Pavlichenko

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  Vladislav Gennadjewitsch Yuschakow

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  Yuri Vadimowitsch Prokhorov

Participating Nations

Europe (13 nations)
Germany  Italy  Latvia  Netherlands  Poland  Romania  Russia  Sweden  Switzerland  Slovakia  Czech Republic  United Kingdom  Austria
Asia (2 nations)
Kazakhstan  South Korea
America (1 nation)
United States
Oceania (1 nation)
Australia

Results

Sprint ratings

Only the 15 best starters of the qualifying races that took place immediately before the valuation races qualified for the World Championship sprint races.

Women's sprint

Ekaterina Nikolaevna Katnikowa, women's sprint world champion

space	sportswoman	End time
1	Ekaterina Katnikova	31.105 s
2	Tatiana Ivanova	31.113 s
3	Elīza Cauce	31.142 s
4th	Julia Taubitz	31.159 s
5	Viktoria Demchenko	31.173 s
6th	Kendija Aparjode	31.262 s
7th	Summer Britcher	31.281 s
8th	Olessya Mikhailenko	31.287 s
9	Anna Berreiter	31.292 s
10	Cheyenne Rosenthal	31,394 s
11	Ulla Zirne	31,418 s
12	Ashley Farquharson	31,476 s
13	Verena Hofer	31.505 s
14th	Natalie Maag	31,569 s
15th	Madeleine Egle	32.410 s

Men's sprint

Roman Repilow, men's sprint world champion

space	athlete	End time
1	Roman Repilow	34.901 s
2	David Gleirscher	34.907 s
3	Dominik Fischnaller	34,959 s
4th	Alexander Gorbazewitsch	34,970 s
5	Jonas Müller	34.988 s
6th	Maxim Arawin	34.994 s
7th	Kristers Aparjods	35.025 s
8th	Wolfgang Kindl	35.047 s
9	Reinhard Egger	35.047 s
10	Jozef Ninis	35.087 s
11	Semyon Pavlichenko	35.091 s
12	Kevin Fischnaller	35.168 s
13	Felix Hole	35.223 s
14th	Sebastian Bley	35.255 s
15th	Riks Rozītis	35.764 s

Sprint the two-seater

Alexander Denissjew and Wladislaw Antonow, sprint world champions of the two-seater

space	athlete	End time
1	Alexander Denisjew / Wladislaw Antonow	31.281 s
2	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner	31,326 s
3	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	31,362 s
4th	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken	31,363 s
5	Vsevolod Kaschkin / Konstantin Korschunow	31,365 s
6th	Vladislav Yushakov / Yuri Prokhorov	31,374 s
7th	Andris Šics / Juris Šics	31.404 s
8th	Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher	31,447 s
9	Christopher Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman	31,534 s
10	Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski	31.880 s
11	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner	31,889 s
12	Robin Geueke / David Gamm	32.158 s
13	Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs	32,221 s
14th	Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš	32.231 s
15th	Ivan Nagler / Fabian Malleier	32,949 s

Women's singles

Ekaterina Katnikowa, world champion in the women's singles

Julia Taubitz, vice world champion in the women's singles

Viktorija Demchenko, bronze medalist in the women's singles

space	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total time	difference
1	Ekaterina Katnikova	49.755 s (1)	49.643 s (2)	1: 39.398 minutes
2	Julia Taubitz	49.891 s (4)	49.601 s (1)	1: 39.492 minutes	+0.094 s
3	Viktoria Demchenko	49.828 s (2)	49.709 s (4)	1: 39.537 minutes	+0.139 s
4th	Kendija Aparjode	49.955 s (6)	49.871 s (5)	1: 39.826 minutes	+0.428 s
5	Tatiana Ivanova	50.172 s (13)	49.665 s (3)	1: 39.837 minutes	+0.439 s
6th	Anna Berreiter	49.920 s (5)	49.958 s (8)	1: 39.878 minutes	+0.480 s
7th	Summer Britcher	50.022 s (8)	49.943 s (7)	1: 39.965 minutes	+0.567 s
8th	Cheyenne Rosenthal	50.079 s (11)	49.966 s (9)	1: 40.045 minutes	+0.647 s
9	Ulla Zirne	50.073 s (10)	49.984 s (10)	1: 40.057 minutes	+0.659 s
10	Andrea Voetter	50.008 s (7)	50.053 s (11)	1: 40.061 minutes	+0.663 s
11	Madeleine Egle	50.043 s (8)	50.088 s (12)	1: 40.131 minutes	+0.733 s
12	Ashley Farquharson	50.202 s (14)	49.934 s (6)	1: 40.136 minutes	+0.738 s
13	Natalie Maag	50.170 s (12)	50.188 s (15)	1: 40.358 minutes	+0.960 s
14th	Elīza Cauce	49.841 s (3)	50.616 s (18)	1: 40.457 minutes	+1.059 s
15th	Verena Hofer	50.383 s (16)	50.181 s (13)	1: 40.564 minutes	+1.166 s
16	Lisa Schulte	50.370 s (15)	50.195 s (16)	1: 40.565 minutes	+1.167 s
17th	Brittney Arndt	50.412 s (17)	50.184 s (14)	1: 40.596 minutes	+1.198 s
18th	Marion Oberhofer	50.436 s (18)	50.222 s (17)	1: 40.658 minutes	+1.260 s
19th	Nina Zöggeler	50.730 s (20)	50.688 s (19)	1: 1.418 minutes	+2.020 s
20th	Raluca Strămăturaru	50.641 s (19)	50.943 s (20)	1: 41.584 minutes	+2.186 s
21st	Aileen Frisch	50.803 s (21)	Not qualified for the second run.
22nd	Klaudia Domaradzka	50.843 s (22)	Not qualified for the second run.
23	Michaela Maršíková	58.352 s (23)	Not qualified for the second run.
24	Jung Hye-sun	51.239 s (24)	Not qualified for the second run.
25th	Tatiana Salnikova	51.252 s (25)	Not qualified for the second run.
26th	Dania Obratov	52.595 s (26)	Not qualified for the second run.
27	Daria Obratov	53.187 s (27)	Not qualified for the second run.
28	Olessya Mikhailenko	57.041 s (28)	Not qualified for the second run.
DNF	Katarína Šimoňáková

Men's single seaters

Roman Repilov, world champion in the men's singles

Jonas Müller, vice world champion in the men's singles

Johannes Ludwig, bronze medal in the men's singles

space	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total time	difference
1	Roman Repilow	51.513 s (2)	51.586 s (2)	1: 43.099 minutes
2	Jonas Müller	51.564 s (4)	51.567 s (1)	1: 43.131 minutes	+0.032 s
3	Wolfgang Kindl	51.646 s (6)	51.655 s (4)	1: 43.301 minutes	+0.202 s
4th	Johannes Ludwig	51.539 s (3)	51.786 s (7)	1: 43.325 minutes	+0.226 s
5	Kristers Aparjods	51.768 s (11)	51.614 s (3)	1: 43.382 minutes	+0.283 s
6th	Alexander Gorbazewitsch	51.610 s (5)	51.811 s (9)	1: 43.421 minutes	+0.322 s
7th	Semyon Pavlichenko	51.663 s (7)	51.790 s (8)	1: 43.453 minutes	+0.354 s
8th	Kevin Fischnaller	51.762 s (9)	51.760 s (3)	1: 43.522 minutes	+0.423 s
9	Felix Hole	51.726 s (8)	51.817 s (10)	1: 43.543 minutes	+0.444 s
10	Dominik Fischnaller	51.878 s (15)	51.706 s (5)	1: 43.584 minutes	+0.485 s
11	Maxim Arawin	51.763 s (10)	51.890 s (11)	1: 43.653 minutes	+0.554 s
12	Jozef Ninis	51.831 s (13)	51.906 s (12)	1: 43.737 minutes	+0.638 s
13	Inārs Kivlenieks	51.838 s (14)	51.967 s (16)	1: 43.805 minutes	+0.706 s
14th	Tucker West	51.976 s (16)	51.908 s (13)	1: 43.884 minutes	+0.785 s
15th	Riks Rozītis	52.088 s (19)	51.929 s (15)	1: 44.017 minutes	+0.918 s
16	Sebastian Bley	52.176 s (20)	51.916 s (14)	1: 44.092 minutes	+0.993 s
17th	Jonathan Gustafson	52.069 s (18)	52.093 s (17)	1: 44.162 minutes	+1.063 s
18th	Arturs Dārznieks	52.208 s (21)	52.113 s (18)	1: 44.321 minutes	+1.222 s
19th	Christopher Mazdzer	52.057 s (17)	52.317 s (20)	1: 44.374 minutes	+1.275 s
20th	Valentin Crețu	52.459 s (24)	52.206 s (19)	1: 44.665 minutes	+1.566 s
21st	Max Langenhan	52,450 s (23)	52.319 s (21)	1: 4.769 minutes	+1.670 s
22nd	Mateusz Sochowicz	52.401 s (22)	52.468 s (22)	1: 44.869 minutes	+1.770 s
23	Alexander Dmitriev	52.572 s (25)	52.833 s (23)	1: 45.405 minutes	+2.306 s
24	Reinhard Egger	51.795 s (12)	64.038 s (24)	1: 55.833 minutes	+12.734 s
25th	Svante Kohala	52.775 s (26)	Not qualified for the second run.
26th	Jakub Šimoňák	53.014 s (27)	Not qualified for the second run.
27	Alexander Ferlazzo	53.065 s (28)	Not qualified for the second run.
28	Kacper Tarnawski	53.079 s (29)	Not qualified for the second run.
29	Michael Lejsek	53.187 s (30)	Not qualified for the second run.
30th	Namkyu Lim	53.296 s (31)	Not qualified for the second run.
32	Rupert Staudinger	53.314 s (32)	Not qualified for the second run.
32	Theodor Andrei Aurelian Turea	53.416 s (33)	Not qualified for the second run.
33	Luke Farrar	54.566 s (33)	Not qualified for the second run.
34	Aleksei Dmitriev	54.377 s (34)	Not qualified for the second run.
DNF	David Gleirscher	51.466 s (1)	DNF

Two-seater

Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, world champions in doubles

Alexander Denissjew and Wladislaw Antonow, vice world champions in doubles

space	athlete	1st run	2nd run	total time	difference
1	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken	49.568 s (1)	49.816 s (4)	1: 39.384 minutes
2	Alexander Denisjew / Wladislaw Antonow	49.723 s (3)	49.765 s (2)	1: 39.488 minutes	+0.104 s
3	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt	49.988 s (2)	49.838 s (5)	1: 39.526 minutes	+0.142 s
4th	Vsevolod Kaschkin / Konstantin Korschunow	49.774 s (4)	49.813 s (3)	1: 39.587 minutes	+0.203 s
5	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner	49.842 s (5)	49.842 s (6)	1: 39.684 minutes	+0.300 s
6th	Vladislav Yushakov / Yuri Prokhorov	49.875 s (6)	49.845 s (7)	1: 39.720 minutes	+0.336 s
7th	Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš	50.022 s (9)	49.921 s (8)	1: 39.943 minutes	+0.559 s
8th	Ivan Nagler / Fabian Malleier	50.010 s (8)	50.071 s (10)	1: 40.081 minutes	+0.697 s
9	Robin Geueke / David Gamm	50.001 s (7)	50.137 s (11)	1: 40.138 minutes	+0.754 s
10	Andris Šics / Juris Šics	50.441 s (14)	49.700 s (1)	1: 40.141 minutes	+0.757 s
11	Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher	50.204 s (11)	50.144 s (12)	1: 40.348 minutes	+0.964 s
12	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner	50.308 s (12)	50.223 s (13)	1: 40.531 minutes	+1.147 s
13	Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski	50.366 s (13)	50.437 s (16)	1: 40.803 minutes	+1.419 s
14th	Jin-yong Park / Jung Myung Cho	50.494 s (16)	50.325 s (14)	1: 40.819 minutes	+1.435 s
15th	Andrey Shander / Semen Mikov	50.473 s (15)	50.415 s (15)	1: 40.888 minutes	+1.504 s
16	Kristens Putins / Imants Marcinkēvičs	51.178 s (18)	49.960 s (9)	1: 41.138 minutes	+1.754 s
17th	Slovakia / Matej Zmij	50.738 s (17)	50.749 s (17)	1: 41.487 minutes	+2.103 s
18th	Filip Vejdělek / Zdeněk Pěkný	51.578 s (19)	Not qualified for the second run.
DSQ	Chris Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman	50.114 s (10)	Disqualification (irregular temperature of the rails)

Team relay

Julia Taubitz, Germany's team relay

Johannes Ludwig, Germany's team relay

Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, Germany's team relay

space	athlete	End time
1	Germany Julia Taubitz Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken	2: 44.213 minutes
2	Latvia Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics / Juris Šics	2: 44.534 minutes
3	United States Summer Britcher Tucker West Christopher Mazdzer / Jayson Terdiman	2: 44.557 minutes
4th	Italy Andrea Vötter Dominik Fischnaller Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner	2: 44.607 minutes
5	Austria Madeleine Egle Jonas Müller Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher	2: 45.223 minutes
6th	Slovakia Katarína Šimoňáková Jozef Ninis Tomáš Vaverčák / Matej Zmij	2: 46.297 minutes
7th	Poland Klaudia Domaradzka Mateusz Sochowicz Wojciech Chmielewski / Jakub Kowalewski	2: 46.872 minutes
8th	South Korea Aileen Frisch Namkyu Lim Park Jin-yong / Jung Myung Cho	2: 48.041 minutes
9	Czech Republic Michaela Maršíková Michael Lejsek Filip Vejdělek / Zdeněk Pěkný	2: 50.345 minutes
DSQ	Kazakhstan Tatiana Salnikova Alexander Dmitriev Andrey Shander / Semen Mikov	Disqualification (Alexander Dmitriev missed the touchpad to hand over the relay)
DSQ	Russia Yekaterina Katnikowa Roman Repilow Alexander Denissjew / Wladislaw Antonow	Disqualification (Yekaterina Katnikowa missed the touchpad to hand over the relay)

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Russia	5	2	1	8th
2	Germany	2	1	2	5
3	Austria	0	2	1	3
4th	Italy	0	1	1	2
	Latvia	0	1	1	2
5	United States	0	0	1	1
total		7th	7th	7th	21st

Sources and Notes

Web links

Commons : Luge World Championships 2020  - collection of images

• Luge World Championships 2020 on the website of the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Championships in Sochi and nine Viessmann World Cups in winter 2019/2020. Retrieved April 24, 2019 . 
2. ↑ FIL Congress: Winterberg wins the 2019 Luge World Championship. ViessmannSports, June 20, 2015, accessed on April 6, 2018 . 
3. ↑ Press release: IBSF decided to move the IBSF World Championships 2017. IBSF , December 13, 2016, accessed on April 7, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Luge World Championships 2020 on the Olympic track in Sochi. In: eurosport.de. Eurosport , June 18, 2016, accessed April 7, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Baby bump instead of sunshine. The toboggan season starts without top skier Geisenberger. In: tagesspiegel.de. Der Tagesspiegel , November 22, 2019, accessed on December 1, 2019 . 
6. ↑ For the team relay, the respective head coach usually nominates the best placed woman, the best placed man and the best placed two-seater pair of the respective competitions.