Luge duo celebrates
In the doubles: Egle/Kipp win the overall World Cup!
Selina Egle and Lara Kipp won the overall World Cup in the doubles luge competition for the second time in a row on Saturday in St. Moritz. Thanks to the best time in the second run, the red-white-red duo finished in fifth place, immediately behind their closest rivals Dajana Eitberger/Magdalena Matschina from Germany. This means that the Tyroleans have already secured overall victory before the final in Altenberg. Things did not go so well for Lisa Schulte, who had to relinquish her overall lead.
Egle/Kipp won bronze in the doubles and silver in the team relay at the Games. After 15 podium places in a row, they missed out on a podium finish on Saturday. "Winning the overall World Cup ahead of schedule and for the second time in a row is simply fantastic. We have performed consistently throughout the season, which confirms that we are on the right track and makes us very proud," said Egle. The track in St. Moritz does not particularly suit the duo. "We managed to find the right answer with the best time in the second run."
The Germans Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt celebrated their seventh overall victory in the men's doubles, which they also secured ahead of schedule. From an Austrian perspective, however, there was a day's victory for Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl. "Of course, we are very happy with the result. We didn't get off to a good start in the second run, were almost surprised that we took the lead, and can consider ourselves lucky to have won with this performance," said Steu. Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schöpf, who were in the lead after the first run, fell back to fourth place. Steu commented, "They were extremely good and would have deserved the victory just as much."
Schulte lost her World Cup lead in the singles
Lisa Schulte, on the other hand, botched her race on the natural ice track in Switzerland and only finished in eleventh place. This also cost her the overall lead in the World Cup. This was taken by Olympic champion Julia Taubitz, who catapulted herself from fifth place to victory with the fastest time in the second run. Taubitz won ahead of her German compatriot Merle Fräbel, and this duo now also leads the World Cup. Schulte now only has an outside chance of overall victory in Altenberg, as the 25-year-old is 51 points behind Taubitz. The best Austrian was Dorothea Schwarz, who fell back from third to fifth place.
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