Berreiter Leads German Women’s Luge Sweep

January 28, 2023 ken Luge News, News 0

From Oberhof, GER

(January 28, 2023) – Germany swept the women’s luge podium in the FIL World Championships on Saturday as they took four of the top five positions in the event.

L-R: Taubitz, Berreiter, Eitberger (Courtesy FIL TV)

Anna Berreiter opened up a .074 advantage over teammate Julia Taubitz in the first heat, with Austria’s Madeleine Egle in third, just .076 behind the leader. Germany’s Merle Fräbel sat fourth, and Dajana Eitberger fifth.

Eitberger put down the third quickest run of the race on her second run to move into the lead. Neither Fräbel nor Egle could match Eitberger’s pace and fell to third and second behind leader Eitberger with only Taubitz and Berreiter to go.

Taubitz’s second run was only .001 off of the pace Berreiter set in the first heat and enough to move into the lead.

All that remained was Berreiter. The first heat leader was quick off the top, and by the first split was in the lead. While she did come back to Taubitz, she had enough in the bank to take gold by .058 over Tabutiz, with Eitberger in third.

Egle finished fourth to break up a sweep of the top four positions. Fräbel finished fifth and Lisa Schulte of Austria sixth.

Summer Britcher was the top American in the field in 12th, two spots ahead of teammate Brittney Arndt. Ashley Farquharson finished just behind Arndt in 15th.

Trinity Ellis finished 18th as the lone Canadian to get a second run in the world championships. Caitlin Nash just missed out on a second run in 22nd, while Carolyn Maxwell finished 30th.

Ireland’s Elsa Desmond finished 35th.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Anna Berreiter GER 18 7.615 7.633 41.987 42.004 1:23.991
2 Julia Taubitz GER 17 7.699 7.670 42.061 41.988 1:24.049
3 Dajana Eitberger GER 20 7.672 7.644 42.084 42.023 1:24.107
4 Madeleine Egle AUG 10 7.675 7.624 42.063 42.105 1:24.168
5 Merle Fräbel GER 9 7.687 7.738 42.078 42.125 1:24.203
6 Lisa Schulte AUT 14 7.738 7.710 42.222 42.150 1:24.372
7 Andrea Vötter ITA 11 7.606 7.623 42.237 42.240 1:24.477
8 Kendija Aparjode LAT 13 7.694 7.692 42.342 42.310 1:24.652
9 Hannah Prock AUT 6 7.760 7.759 42.273 42.390 1:24.663
10 Natalie Maag SUI 15 7.765 7.778 42.393 42.316 1:24.709
11 Elina Vitola LAT 19 7.626 7.642 42.338 42.395 1:24.733
12 Summer Britcher USA 8 7.702 7.703 42.391 42.393 1:24.784
13 Sigita Berzina LAT 21 7.663 7.658 42.413 42.435 1:24.848
14 Brittney Arndt USA 7 7.803 7.843 42.430 42.429 1:24.859
15 Ashley Farquharson USA 12 7.700 7.688 42.579 42.462 1:25.041
16 Sandra Robatscher ITA 16 7.712 7.752 42.569 42.476 1:25.045
17 Verena Hofer ITA 5 7.725 7.721 42.523 42.540 1:25.063
18 Trinity Ellis CAN 23 7.781 7.745 42.741 42.707 1:25.448
19 Marion Oberhofer ITA 4 7.820 7.826 42.762 42.709 1:25.471
20 Klaudia Domaradzka POL 3 7.751 7.744 42.692 42.863 1:25.555
21 Yulianna Tunytska UKR 22 7.748 42.802
22 Cailin Nash CAN 27 7.800 42.938
23 Tove Kohala SWE 24 7.881 43.000
24 Veronica Ravenna ARG 30 7.989 43.036
25 Franceska Bona LAT 1 7.795 43.063
26 Sin-Rong Lin TPE 26 7.846 43.066
27 Katarina Simonakova SVK 29 7.916 43.089
28 Raluca Stramaturaru ROU 25 7.792 43.108
29 Olena Stetskiv UKR 28 7.800 43.111
30 Carolyn Maxwell CAN 2 7.726 43.139
31 Mihaela-Carmen Manolescu ROU 35 7.826 43.210
32 Hyesun Jung KOR 31 7.894 43.288
33 Peixuan Wang CHN 34 7.771 43.340
34 Natalia Jamroz POL 33 7.919 43.441
35 Elsa Desmond IRL 32 7.960 43.435
36 Dohee You KOR 36 7.764 43.564
37 Adikeyoumu Gulijienaiti CHN 37 7.902 43.840