From Sigulda, LAT
The final hope for a gold medal for Latvia on home ice came in men’s luge, and once again Latvia was shut out. Surprisingly, so were the Germans.
Semen Pavlichenko won his second race in a row, and his third medal of the 2016/2017 season, beating Russian teammate Roman Repilov by over a tenth of a second. Repilov was slightly quicker than Pavlichenko on his second run, but Pavlichenko was much quicker in the first one, and used that advantage to score the victory.
Wolfgang Kindl took bronze, with the Austrian edging German Felix Loch for the spot. Both sliders were separated by less than a tenth of a second in both heats, with Kindl’s second run being just slightly better than Loch’s, but it was enough to win bronze.
Stepan Fedorov helped put three Russian sleds in the top five with his fifth place finish, while Inars Kivlenieks was the top scoring Latvian in sixth place.
The American men struggled a bit in Latvia, with Tucker West being the only slider in the top ten with his ninth place finish. Chris Mazdzer came into the second run in eighth, but had trouble on his second trip down the Sigulda track, relegating himself to a 13th place finish. Jonathan Gustafson and Taylor Morris rounded out the American effort in 27th and 28th, respectively.
Mitchhel Malyk and Samuel Edney finished 23rd and 29th for Canada.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 27 | 4.587 | 4.596 | 47.837 | 47.878 | 1:35.715 |
| 2 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 31 | 4.604 | 4.594 | 47.981 | 47.875 | 1:35.856 |
| 3 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 30 | 4.626 | 4.618 | 48.027 | 47.904 | 1:35.967 |
| 4 | Felix Loch | GER | 28 | 4.588 | 4.606 | 48.004 | 47.970 | 1:35.974 |
| 5 | Stepan Fedorov | RUS | 19 | 4.577 | 4.588 | 47.992 | 48.031 | 1:36.023 |
| 6 | Inars Kivlenieks | LAT | 18 | 4.629 | 4.617 | 47.971 | 48.126 | 1:36.097 |
| 7 | Arturs Darznieks | LAT | 15 | 4.644 | 4.634 | 48.133 | 48.122 | 1:36.255 |
| 8 | Alexander Gorbatsevich | RUS | 13 | 4.648 | 4.645 | 48.071 | 48.194 | 1:36.265 |
| 9 | Tucker West | USA | 32 | 4.577 | 4.583 | 48.353 | 47.980 | 1:36.333 |
| 10 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 20 | 4.748 | 4.742 | 48.145 | 48.195 | 1:36.340 |
| 11 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 24 | 4.575 | 4.758 | 48.222 | 48.123 | 1:36.345 |
| 12 | Armin Frauscher | AUT | 22 | 4.589 | 4.592 | 48.211 | 48.162 | 1:36.373 |
| 13 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 12 | 4.619 | 4.624 | 48.089 | 48.334 | 1:36.423 |
| 14 | Kristaps Maurins | LAT | 8 | 4.561 | 4.575 | 48.245 | 48.223 | 1:36.468 |
| 15 | Julian von Schleinitz | GER | 25 | 4.632 | 4.624 | 48.334 | 48.154 | 1:36.488 |
| 16 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 23 | 4.632 | 4.601 | 48.400 | 48.157 | 1:36.557 |
| 17 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 9 | 4.665 | 4.663 | 48.266 | 48.339 | 1:36.605 |
| 18 | Alexander Ferlazzo | AUS | 7 | 4.626 | 4.638 | 48.249 | 48.373 | 1:36.622 |
| 19 | Maksim Aravin | RUS | 11 | 4.733 | 4.719 | 48.410 | 48.238 | 1:36.648 |
| 20 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 4 | 4.689 | 4.653 | 48.528 | 48.207 | 1:36.735 |
| 21 | Maciej Kurowski | POL | 6 | 4.678 | 4.687 | 48.407 | 48.382 | 1:36.789 |
| 22 | Ondrej Hyman | CZE | 3 | 4.679 | 4.649 | 48.353 | 48.477 | 1:36.830 |
| 23 | Mitchel Malyk | CAN | 2 | 4.709 | 4.675 | 48.385 | 48.466 | 1:36.851 |
| 24 | Ralf Palik | GER | 29 | 4.657 | 4.661 | 48.340 | 48.555 | 1:36.895 |
| 25 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 14 | 4.683 | 4.680 | 48.530 | 48.414 | 1:36.944 |
| 26 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 16 | 4.665 | 4.668 | 48.171 | 48.813 | 1:36.984 |
| 27 | Jonathahn Gustafson | USA | 1 | 4.606 | 4.604 | 48.822 | 48.409 | 1:37.231 |
| 28 | Taylor Morris | USA | 21 | 4.697 | 4.687 | 48.651 | 48.624 | 1:37.275 |
| 29 | Samuel Edney | CAN | 10 | 4.630 | 4.641 | 48.334 | 49.062 | 1:37.396 |
| 30 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 17 | 4.725 | 4.796 | 48.596 | 48.870 | 1:37.466 |
| 31 | Domink Fischnaller | ITA | 26 | 4.615 | 4.640 | 48.219 | 49.707 | 1:37.926 |
| DSQ | Chris Eissler | GER | 5 | 4.628 | 49.228 | DSQ |
