2015/2016 IBSF World Cup – Double’s Luge – Race 6

From Oberhof, GER

Home ice advantage has been very big in Oberhof, and it reared its head again in doubles luge. The German team of Wendl & Arlt destroyed the track record by nearly .7 on their way to gold, ahead of teammates Eggert & Benecken, who took silver. The Austrian team of Penz & Fischler took bronze.

Canadians Walker & Snith finished a season-best fourth, while Sics & Sics of Latvia finished fifth, just ahead of Bogdanov & Medvedev of Russia, who took sixth.

It was a disappointing set of runs for the Americans, with Mortensen and Terdiman leading the way in 11th. Krewson and Sherk finished 18th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Bib Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Wendl / Arlt GER 10 40.693 41.020 1:21.713
2 Eggert / Benecken GER 12 41.052 41.270 1:22.322
3 Penz / Fischler AUT 17 41.157 41.293 1:22.450
4 Walker / Snith CAN 15 41.408 41.639 1:23.047
5 Sics / Sics LAT 16 41.536 41.523 1:23.059
6 Bogdanov / Medvedev RUS 19 41.434 41.647 1:23.081
7 Oberstolz / Gruber ITA 9 41.418 41.683 1:23.101
8 Geuke / Gamm GER 13 41.398 41.714 1:23.112
9 Rieder / Rastner ITA 11 41.417 41.737 1:23.154
10 Denisyev / Antonov RUS 8 41.431 41.791 1:23.222
11 Mortensen / Terdiman USA 14 41.567 41.720 1:23.287
12 Yuzhakov / Prokhorov RUS 7 41.573 41.953 1:23.526
13 Broz / Broz CZE 6 41.691 41.982 1:23.673
14 Steu / Koller AUT 5 41.911 41.869 1:23.780
15 Chmielewski / Kowalewski POL 1 41.860 42.187 1:24.047
16 Kvicala / Kudera CZE 4 41.952 42.189 1:24.141
17 Putins / Matuzels LAT 3 42.086 42.099 1:24.185
18 Krewson / Sherk USA 20 42.394 42.147 1:24.541
19 Poreba / Mikrut POL 2 42.366 42.513 1:24.879
20 Gudramovics / Kalnins LAT 18 50.058 41.636 1:31.694