Gruber Wins in Deutschnofen

From Deutschnofen, ITA

(Jan. 28, 2018) Alex Gruber won his second race of the season, keeping him in the hunt for a hotly contested World Cup title in men’s luge.

Gruber was the fastest in both heats in the final race in Italy to beat teammate Patrick Pigneter by .66 and Thomas Kammerlander by 1.35 seconds.

The win moves Gruber within 15 points of the World Cup lead with one race to go, currently held by Kammerlander. Pigneter sits third, 40 points out of the lead and 25 out of second place.

Gregori Bukin of Russia finished fourth, while Stefan Federer and Florian Glatzl rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Alex Gruber	ITA	34	54.47	54.20	1:48.67
2	Patrick Pigneter	ITA	33	54.82	54.51	1:49.33
3	Thomas Kammerlander	AUT	35	55.28	54.73	1:50.02
4	Gregori Bukin	RUS	28	55.38	55.35	1:50.73
5	Stefan Federer	ITA	30	55.63	55.27	1:50.90
6	Florian Glatzl	AUT	29	55.70	55.21	1:50.91
7	Florian Clara	ITA	26	55.64	55.50	1:51.14
8	Michael Scheikl	AUT	32	55.78	55.70	1:51.48
9	Juri Talikh	RUS	21	56.16	55.73	1:51.89
10	Aleksandr Egorov	RUS	31	56.18	55.73	1:51.91
11	Christian Schopf	AUT	27	56.38	56.04	1:52.42
12	Jakov Bukin	RUS	8	56.75	56.32	1:53.07
13	Jack Leslie	NZL	24	57.56	56.22	1:53.78
14	Isa Guzeloglu	TUR	18	58.16	58.02	1:56.18
15	Joshua reeves	GBR	15	59.46	58.09	1:57.55
16	Coskun Ercoskun	TUR	11	58.63	58.93	1:57.56
17	Myroslav Lenko	UKR	20	1:00.37	57.97	1:58.34
18	Andriy Demchuk	UKR	19	59.65	58.95	1:58.60
19	Rafal Zasuwa	POL	17	1:00.51	58.96	1:59.47
20	Patryk Budny	POL	16	59.96	1:02.92	2:02.88
21	Dex Unwin	GBR	13	1:02.39	1:00.978	2:03.36
22	Jerome Almer	SUI	1	1:02.28	1:01.46	2:03.74
23	Leonardo de Olivieira Silva	BRA	12	1:03.45	1:01.04	2:04.49
24	Andrii Hirniak	UKR	9	1:01.77	1:04.61	2:06.38
25	Denys Naichuk	MDA	5	1:04.05	1:04.06	2:09.11
26	Veselin Iliev	BIH	23	1:14.12	57.65	2:11.77