Luge World Championships 2023

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Luge World Championships 2023
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The 51st Luge World Championships are to be held in January or February 2023 on the luge track in Oberhof , Germany.

The intercontinental title fights organized by the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course take place for the fourth time on the Thuringian track after 1973 , 1985 and the Luge World Championships in 2008 . 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

Luge World Championships 2008 on the Oberhof luge track

Oberhof had in common with the Canadian Calgary to host the 50th Luge World Championships advertised in 2021, but was 65 years Congress of the World Federation FIL in the Romanian Constanta inferior (in June 2017).

In autumn 2018, Oberhof was awarded the bid for the Biathlon World Championships 2023 and subsequently announced the renewed application for the Luge World Championships. At the 67th annual congress of the world association Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course in Ljubljana , Oberhof, the only application to host the world championships, was unanimously accepted as the host. A comprehensive modernization of the railway is to take place in preparation for the world championships, and the construction of a second railway road is under discussion.

Individual evidence

↑ Oberhof wants the 2021 Luge World Championships. (No longer available online.) In: mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , May 31, 2017, archived from the original on April 7, 2018 ; accessed on April 7, 2018 .
↑ Oberhof's application for the 2021 Luge World Championships failed. In: sz.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 17, 2017, accessed on August 28, 2020 .
↑ Calgary beats Oberhof: Luge World Championships 2021 in Canada. In: merkur.de. Münchner Merkur , June 17, 2017, accessed April 7, 2018 .
↑ Double World Championships 2023 will be a challenge for Oberhof. In: mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, March 26, 2019, accessed on June 29, 2019 .
↑ Oberhof is also awarded the contract for the Luge World Championships in 2023. In: insuedthueringen.de. Free Word , June 15, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .
↑ Sascha Mönch: What the 2023 Luge World Cup means for Oberhof. In: mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, February 25, 2019, accessed on June 29, 2019 .

[Oberhof_will_Rodel-WM_2021-1] Oberhof wants the 2021 Luge World Championships. (No longer available online.) In: mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , May 31, 2017, archived from the original on April 7, 2018 ; accessed on April 7, 2018 .

[Oberhofer_Bewerbung_für_Rodel-WM_2021_gescheitert-2] Oberhof's application for the 2021 Luge World Championships failed. In: sz.de. Süddeutsche Zeitung , June 17, 2017, accessed on August 28, 2020 .

[3] Calgary beats Oberhof: Luge World Championships 2021 in Canada. In: merkur.de. Münchner Merkur , June 17, 2017, accessed April 7, 2018 .

[4] Double World Championships 2023 will be a challenge for Oberhof. In: mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, March 26, 2019, accessed on June 29, 2019 .

[5] Oberhof is also awarded the contract for the Luge World Championships in 2023. In: insuedthueringen.de. Free Word , June 15, 2019, accessed June 17, 2019 .

[6] Sascha Mönch: What the 2023 Luge World Cup means for Oberhof. In: mdr.de. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, February 25, 2019, accessed on June 29, 2019 .