2015/2016 FIL World Cup – Men’s Luge – Race 5

From Sigulda, LAT

Felix Loch took his second win of the FIL World Cup season over Semen Pavlichenko, who beat him on the same track last season.  Loch was dominant in the first run, and it was enough to hold off a very quick run in the second heat by the Russian to hold on for gold.

Pavlichenko finished with a silver medal, while American Tucker West finished third in only his second race in Latvia.

Ralf Palik, Andi Langenhan and David Gleirscher rounded out the top six.  Chris Mazdzer put two Americans in the top ten with his eighth lace finish, while Aidan Kelly and Taylor Morris finished 25th and 26th to round out the American effort.

Mitchel Malyk was the top finishing Canadian in 22nd. Teammate Reid Watts finished 32nd.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Felix Loch GER 28 48.136 48.180 1:36.316
2 Semen Pavlichenko RUS 17 48.392 48.139 1:36.531
3 Tucker West USA 30 48.440 48.335 1:36.775
4 Ralf Palik GER 32 48.336 48.458 1:36.794
5 Andi Langenhan GER 23 48.427 48.371 1:36.798
6 David Gleirscher AUT 20 48.397 48.449 1:36.846
7 Wolfgang Kindl AUT 31 48.293 48.554 1:36.847
8 Chris Mazdzer USA 29 48.330 48.546 1:36.876
9 Alexandr Peretjagin RUS 18 48.460 48.483 1:36.943
10 Riks Kristens Rozitis LAT 10 48.405 48.603 1:37.008
11 Stepan Fedorov RUS 16 48.555 48.514 1:37.069
12 Johannes Ludwig GER 27 48.543 48.533 1:37.076
13 Inars Kivlenieks LAT 14 48.519 48.600 1:37.119
14 Julian von Schleinitz GER 22 48.587 48.581 1:37.168
15 Kevin Fischnaller ITA 19 48.688 48.508 1:37.196
16 Arturs Darznieks LAT 15 48.748 48.476 1:37.224
17 Maksim Aravin RUS 13 48.725 48.516 1:37.241
18 Armin Frauscher AUT 8 48.607 48.675 1:37.282
19 Dominik Fischnaller ITA 26 48.497 48.800 1:37.297
20 Jozef Ninis SVK 7 48.818 48.516 1:37.334
21 Roman Repilov RUS 6 48.923 48.527 1:37.450
22 Mitchel Malyk CAN 25 48.718 48.759 1:37.477
23 Kristaps Maurins LAT 9 48.784 48.735 1:37.519
24 Valentin Cretu ROU 11 48.839 48.735 1:37.574
25 Aidan Kelly USA 24 48.905 48.808 1:37.713
26 Taylor Morris USA 21 48.902 48.836 1:37.738
27 Emanuel Rieder ITA 12 49.924 48.836 1:37.760
28 Ondrej Hyman CZE 4 48.993 48.866 1:37.859
29 Maciej Kurowski POL 5 48.940 49.097 1:38.037
30 Wojciech Chmielewski POL 3 49.178 49.453 1:38.631
31 Hidenari Kanayama JPN 2 49.543 49.498 1:39.041
32 Reid Watts CAN 1 49.839 49.320 1:39.159