From Kühtai, AUT
(Dec. 3, 2017) The Italian duo of Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara dominated the natural track doubles ranks for the better part of two years, and then came the 2016/2017 season. The Italians struggled (for them, anyway), only winning twice on the season.
They came back strong in Kühtai, cruising to a 1.04 second victory over the world champion duo of Rupert Brüggler & Tobias Angerer.
The Austrians came from third to edge Russians Pavel Porshnev & Ivan Lazarev for silver, while the Russian duo finished with a bronze medal.
Russia took the next two spots as well, with Martyanov & Rodin finishing fourth, and Egorov & Popov finishing fifth. The Austrian team of Achenrainer & Brugger finished sixth.
Results:
| Pos | Names | Nation | Bib | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Pigneter / Clara | ITA | 11 | 33.33 | 33.41 | 1:06.74 |
| 2 | Brüggler / Angerer | AUT | 10 | 33.90 | 33.88 | 1:07.78 |
| 3 | Porshnev / Lazarev | RUS | 12 | 33.80 | 34.05 | 1:07.85 |
| 4 | Martyanov / Rodin | RUS | 8 | 34.27 | 34.22 | 1:08.49 |
| 5 | Egorov / Popov | RUS | 9 | 34.19 | 34.45 | 1:08.64 |
| 6 | Achenrainer / Brugger | AUT | 4 | 34.86 | 34.09 | 1:08.95 |
| 7 | Folie / Gaio | ITA | 5 | 35.15 | 35.08 | 1:10.23 |
| 8 | Demchuk / Lenko | UKR | 6 | 36.47 | 36.08 | 1:12.55 |
| 9 | Sitkowski / Budny | POL | 3 | 37.42 | 38.19 | 1:15.61 |
| 10 | Iliev / Karisik | BIH | 1 | 39.97 | 39.34 | 1:19.31 |
| 11 | Pietraszko / Stano | POL | 2 | 42.00 | 41.90 | 1:23.90 |
