From Igls, AUT
Below are the results from the Sprint World Championships.
Doubles Luge
Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt were favorites coming into the FIL World Championships, and in their sprint event, they showed why.
The Germans weren’t the quickest at the start timing eye, but they were quickest at each of the intermediate splits on their way to a sizable victory over Peter Penz & Georg Fischler of Austria.
Toni Eggert & Sascha Benecken couldn’t quite get past Penz & Fischler, despite being second fastest at the two intermediate splits, and settled for bronze.
Matt Mortensen & Jayson Terdiman finished seventh to lead the American effort. Teammates Justin Krewson & Andrew Sherk finished 11th.
Tristan Walker & Justin Snith finished tenth as the lone Canadian entry.
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Start Speed | Time |
| 1 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 14 | 72.8 km/h | 29.843 |
| 2 | Penz / Fischler | AUT | 12 | 73.4 km/h | 29.949 |
| 3 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 15 | 72.5 km/h | 29.956 |
| 4 | Steu / Koller | AUT | 10 | 72.5 km/h | 30.013 |
| 5 | Geueke / Gamm | GER | 13 | 69.2 km/h | 30.014 |
| 6 | Oberstolz / Gruber | ITA | 6 | 73.9 km/h | 30.024 |
| 7 | Sics / Sics | LAT | 11 | 67.2 km/h | 30.058 |
| 7 | Mortensen / Terdiman | USA | 9 | 72.0 km/h | 30.058 |
| 9 | Denisyev / Antonov | RUS | 8 | 72.1 km/h | 30.129 |
| 10 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 7 | 73.4 km/h | 30.137 |
| 11 | Krewson / Sherk | USA | 1 | 72.0 km/h | 30.181 |
| 12 | Park / Cho | KOR | 2 | 67.3 km/h | 30.237 |
| 13 | Broz / Broz | CZE | 3 | 71.2 km/h | 30.293 |
| 14 | Bogdanov / Medvedev | RUS | 4 | 70.4 km/h | 30.352 |
| DSQ | Yuzhakov / Prokhorov | RUS | 5 | DSQ |
Women’s Luge
Erin Hamlin won her first World Championship in Lake Placid in 2009. It took another eight years for her to get another World Championship gold, but she finally got hers in Igls in the women’s sprint competition.
Hamlin was behind for most of her run down the Austrian track, but found speed all the way down to edge Swiss slider Martina Kocher by just .009 and German Tatjana Hüfner by .010.
Emily Sweeney finished just .005 off the podium in fourth, while Dajana Eitberger and Tatyana Ivanova finished fifth and sixth, respectively.
Kimberley McRae finished seventh as the lone Canadian, while Summer Britcher finished 11th as the third American entry.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start Speed | Time |
| 1 | Erin Hamlin | USA | 10 | 73.5 km/h | 30.074 |
| 2 | Martina Kocher | SUI | 8 | 71.0 km/h | 30.083 |
| 3 | Tatjana Hüfner | GER | 9 | 72.6 km/h | 30.084 |
| 4 | Emily Sweeney | USA | 7 | 73.5 km/h | 30.089 |
| 5 | Dajana Eitberger | GER | 12 | 73.8 km/h | 30.091 |
| 6 | Tatyana Ivanova | RUS | 13 | 75.0 km/h | 30.099 |
| 7 | Kimberely McRae | CAN | 4 | 72.2 km/h | 30.109 |
| 8 | Miriam Kastlunger | AUT | 1 | 70.9 km/h | 30.116 |
| 9 | Birgit Platzer | AUT | 2 | 71.7 km/h | 30.117 |
| 10 | Ulla Zirne | LAT | 5 | 72.3 km/h | 30.120 |
| 11 | Summer Britcher | USA | 14 | 73.7 km/h | 30.141 |
| 12 | Julia Taubitz | GER | 15 | 71.2 km/h | 30.152 |
| 13 | Eliza Cauce | LAT | 3 | 73.4 km/h | 30.213 |
| 14 | Andrea Vötter | ITA | 6 | 72.1 km/h | 30.237 |
| 15 | Natalie Geisenberger | GER | 11 | 72.4 km/h | 30.339 |
Men’s Luge
Wolfgang Kindl won on home ice for his first World Championship medal, winning by just .012 over Russian Roman Repilov. Kindl was out front for the entire length of the run, while Repilov came back from a slower start to work his way up to silver.
Italian Dominik Fischnaller finished third, ahead of Russian Semen Pavlichenko, Taylor Morris and German Andi Langenhan.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start Speed | Time |
| 1 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 14 | 83.8 km/h | 32.467 |
| 2 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 13 | 80.8 km/h | 32.479 |
| 3 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 15 | 82.5 km/h | 32.590 |
| 4 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 10 | 81.1 km/h | 32.594 |
| 5 | Taylor Morris | USA | 2 | 81.8 km/h | 32.611 |
| 6 | Andi Langenhan | GER | 9 | 83.8 km/h | 32.643 |
| 7 | Theo Gruber | ITA | 3 | 83.4 km/h | 32.661 |
| 8 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 6 | 81.5 km/h | 32.670 |
| 9 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 8 | 83.3 km/h | 32.676 |
| 10 | Felix Loch | GER | 7 | 82.8 km/h | 32.677 |
| 11 | Stepan Fedorov | RUS | 11 | 83.2 km/h | 32.722 |
| 12 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 1 | 83.8 km/h | 32.728 |
| 12 | Armin Frauscher | AUT | 4 | 83.4 km/h | 32.728 |
| 14 | Tucker West | USA | 5 | 83.3 km/h | 32.791 |
| 15 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 12 | 82.0 km/h | 35.585 |
