Lanthaler Returns to Top of Women's Podium in Deutschnofen

From Deutschnofen, ITA

Jan. 25, 2020 – After losing her first race in over a season, Evelin Lanthaler returned to the top of the women’s luge podium in Deutschnofen.

The Italian once again bettered her teammate, Greta Pinggera, this time with a .42 second victory.

Lanthaler was .34 quicker in the first heat, and then tacked on another .08 on the second heat to beat Pinggera by .42.

The gold was the fourth in five races for Lanthaler, while the silver was the fourth medal in five races for Pinggera. Lanthaler now holds a 85 point lead over her teammate.

Tina Unterberger finished third to win her fifth medal in as many races and stay within 20 points of Pinggera in the World Cup points.

Ekaterina Lavrenteva, Michelle Diepold, and Daniela Mittermair rounded out the top six.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Evelin Lanthaler	ITA	18	16.45	16.41	54.96	54.98	1:49.94
2	Greta Pinggera	ITA	17	16.65	16.55	55.30	55.06	1:50.36
3	Tina Unterberger	AUT	16	16.70	16.66	55.57	55.34	1:50.91
4	Ekaterina Lavrenteva	RUS	14	16.88	16.72	55.52	55.59	1:51.11
5	Michelle Diepold	AUT	15	16.86	16.78	55.81	55.80	1:51.61
6	Daniela Mittermair	ITA	13	16.88	16.71	55.96	56.09	1:52.05
7	Michaela Niemetz	GER	11	17.71	17.58	58.78	58.74	1:57.52
8	Julia Plowy	POL	4	17.75	18.15	58.91	1:00.09	1:59.00
9	Aleksandra Suvorova	RUS	10	18.14	17.73	59.64	59.54	1:59.18
10	Sara Bachmann	GER	12	17.19	16.93	57.06	1:11.17	2:08.23
11	Tamara Fissore	ARG	9	19.07	18.96	1:04.32	1:04.86	2:09.18
12	Valeriia Selkova	KAZ	8	18.65	18.86	1:04.98	1:05.49	2:10.47
13	Patricija Urbanc	CRO	5	19.59	19.19	1:06.12	1:05.18	2:11.30
14	Nina Stanic	SRB	1	20.04	19.48	1:08.38	1:06.68	2:15.06
15	Aybuke Buyukpolat	TUR	6	19.69	19.22	1:09.50	1:06.43	2:15.93
16	Karolina Nagovitsyna	KAZ	7	19.37	19.04	1:11.52	1:05.32	2:16.84