Langenhan Continues Strong Season with St. Moritz Gold

From St. Moritz, SUI

(February 18, 2023) – Max Langenhan’s amazing return from injury continued in St. Moritz with yet another win on the FIL World Cup.

On an above-average warm day and with a track that seemed as though it was giving up speed at every turn, Langenhan put together a first run that placed him well ahead of any other contenders. At the end of the run Jonas Müller sat second, with Nico Gleirscher, Felix Loch, and Dominik Fischnaller all in the medal hunt.

On the second run it was a big second slide by Kristers Aparjods that moved the Latvian into the discussion for medals as he climbed up from 11th in the first heat. He sent everyone ahead of him through Fischnaller in fifth by the wayside before Loch finally took over as the leader.

After both Gleirscher and Müller failed to keep ahead of Loch it was Langenhan’s turn to show what he had.

What Langenhan had was the same form he’s showed all season since returning from a wrist injury that kept him out of the first half of the season. His second start trailed only Loch’s, and his second slide was only behind Loch and Aparjods’s downtimes. One late mishap brought Langenhan back to her German teammate, but his first run gap was enough to give him the victory by .011.

It was the fifth straight win for Langenhan after beginning his return with a silver medal in Sigulda. He’s moved up to fifth place overall with a realistic shot at a top three on the season with one race to go.

Loch’s silver medal was his fifth straight medal on the season, while Aparjods’s bronze was his first medal on the season outside of Sigulda.

Nico Gleirscher led a pack of Austrians to round out the top seven, with Jonas Müller, David Gleirscher, and Wolfgang Kindl filling out that portion of the field.

Tucker West, the lone North American in the field, had two smooth slides and finished in 14th.

With one race to go in the FIL World Cup season, Dominik Fischnaller leads Felix Loch by 36 points. Both men have clinched a top two position, as Wolfgang Kindl is more than 100 points back in third.

Kindl in third, however, has David Gleirscher, Max Langenhan, and Kristers Aparjods all within range of taking over that third spot depending on how things shake out in the season finale in Winterberg.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Bib	Start 1	Start 2	Run 1	Run 2	Total
1	Max Langenhan	GER	20	5.349	5.363	66.298	67.298	2:13.596
2	Felix Loch	GER	24	5.320	6.338	66.566	67.041	2:13.607
3	Kristers Aparjods	LAT	21	5.351	5.413	66.860	67.055	2:13.915
4	Nico Gleirscher	AUT	14	5.334	5.380	66.537	67.411	2:13.948
5	Jonas Müller	AUT	13	5.349	5.371	66.421	67.353	2:13.774
6	David Gleirscher	AUT	19	5.423	5.436	66.785	67.353	2:14.138
7	Wolfgang Kindl	AUT	22	5.381	5.409	66.785	67.396	2:14.181
8	Dominik Fischnaller	ITA	23	5.320	5.398	66.716	67.593	2:14.309
8	Gints Berzins	LAT	17	5.354	5.383	66.848	67.461	2:14.309
10	David Nößler	GER	18	5.430	5.441	66.887	67.560	2:14.447
11	Kaspars Rinks	LAT	9	5.427	5.461	66.987	67.723	2:14.710
12	Jozef Ninis	SVK	16	5.462	5.478	67.100	67.681	2:14.781
13	Timon Grancagnolo	GER	11	5.425	5.436	66.859	67.939	2:14.798
14	Tucker West	USA	15	5.327	5.367	67.116	67.885	2:15.001
15	Alex Gufler	ITA	7	5.479	5.478	67.104	68.111	2:15.215
16	Lukas Gufler	ITA	8	5.458	5.484	67.168	68.129	2:15.297
17	Valentin Cretu	ROU	10	5.404	5.446	66.770	68.840	2:15.610
18	Leon Felderer	ITA	12	5.383	5.475	67.632	68.224	2:15.856
19	Marian Skupek	SVK	6	5.445	5.497	67.761	68.390	2:16.151
20	Jozef Husla	SVK	4	5.359	5.421	67.773	68.818	2:16.591
21	Arkadiusz Trojga	POL	5	5.496	5.578	68.027	68.709	2:16.736
22	Michael Lejsek	CZE	2	5.521	5.547	68.393	69.066	2:17.459
23	Eduard-Mihai Craciun	ROU	3	5.357	5.379	68.597	69.142	2:17.739
24	Aihemaiti Alabati	CHN	1	5.480	5.497	68.770	69.124	2:17.894