2015/2016 FIL World Cup - Double's Luge - Race 5

From Sigulda, LAT

The team of Wendl & Arlt dominated the double’s event in Sigulda, holding off the home-ice team of Gudramovics & Kalnins. Penz & Fischler finished third, scoring yet another bronze medal for the Austrian team.

Latvia put two sleds in the top four with the team of Sics & Sics, while Oberstolz & Gruber finished fifth and Mortensen & Terdiman of the United States sixth.

It was a brutal event for pre-race favorites of Eggert & Benecken, who crashed in their first run. The Germans did make it to the end of the run to take a second trip down the Latvian track, but finished over 30 seconds off the pace.

Results:

Pos	Names	Nation	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Wendl / Arlt	GER	16	41.778	41.864	1:23.642
2	Gudramovics / Kalnins	LAT	15	41.965	42.015	1:23.980
3	Penz / Fischler	AUT	12	42.009	42.004	1:24.013
4	Sics / Sics	LAT	11	42.035	42.098	1:24.133
5	Oberstolz / Gruber	ITA	20	42.164	42.214	1:24.378
6	Mortensen / Terdiman	USA	22	42.185	42.223	1:24.408
7	Rieder / Rastner	ITA	19	42.191	42.238	1:24.429
8	Bogdanov / Medvedev	RUS	21	42.242	42.201	1:24.443
9	Yuzhakov / Prokhorov	RUS	5	42.174	42.309	1:24.483
10	Denisyev / Antonov	RUS	17	42.361	42.592	1:24.953
11	Putins / Matuzels	LAT	7	42.563	42.662	1:25.225
12	Krewson / Sherk	USA	13	42.925	42.581	1:25.506
13	Chmielewski / Kowalewski	POL	1	42.775	42.760	1:25.535
14	Broz / Broz	CZE	8	42.963	42.757	1:25.720
15	Kvicala / Kudera	CZE	9	43.212	42.575	1:25.787
16	Gruber / Kainzwalder	ITA	6	42.804	43.115	1:25.959
17	Park / Cho	KOR	2	43.087	43.850	1:26.937
18	Walker / Snith	CAN	18	42.577	44.459	1:27.036
19	Geueke / Gamm	GER	14	44.623	42.607	1:27.230
20	Poreba / Mikrut	POL	4	44.283	43.144	1:27.427
21	Eggert / Benecken	GER	23	81.856	41.980	2:03.836
	Steu / Koller	AUT	10	DNF
	Petyniak / waniellsta	POL	3	DNF