From Lake Placid, USA
(December 9, 2023) – Below are the Sprint World Cup results from the FIL World Cup stop in Lake Placid.
Men’s Sprint
Max Langenhan doubled up on gold medals in Lake Placid as he took the gold in the Sprint World Cup race, winning handling over teammate Felix Loch.
Langenhan was quickest at every split on his way to a commanding .3030 victory over Felix Loch and .338 over Nico Gleirscher, who won silver and bronze.
Austria’s Jonas Müller and Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller rounded out the top five of the sprint event.
Jonny Gustafson finished ninth as the top American. Tucker West finished 12th and Hunter Harris 15th for the United States.
Sandwiched in between was Chris Mazdzer, who took the final run of his career and finished 13th.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int. 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Max Langenhan | GER | 15 | 9.467 | 33.257 |
| 2 | Felix Loch | GER | 8 | 9.549 | 33.560 |
| 3 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 13 | 9.527 | 33.595 |
| 4 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 14 | 9.528 | 33.671 |
| 5 | Dominik Fischnaller | ITA | 9 | 9.553 | 33.687 |
| 6 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 10 | 9.549 | 33.718 |
| 7 | David Glerischer | AUT | 2 | 9.615 | 33.735 |
| 8 | Wolgang Kindl | AUT | 6 | 9.609 | 33.753 |
| 9 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 11 | 9.546 | 33.765 |
| 10 | David Nößler | GER | 7 | 9.548 | 33.769 |
| 11 | Alexander Ferlazz0 | AUS | 5 | 9.612 | 34.041 |
| 12 | Tucker West | USA | 12 | 9.589 | 34.046 |
| 13 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 4 | 9.625 | 34.107 |
| 14 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 3 | 9.625 | 34.151 |
| 15 | Hunter Harris | USA | 1 | 9.678 | 34.203 |
Women’s Doubles Sprint
An hour after her sister Madeline won gold in the women’s singles race, Selina Egle won gold in doubles luge alongside Lara Kipp.
The duo picked off the American team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby who took silver, ahead of the previous day’s silver meadlists Dajana Eitberger and Saskia Schirmer.
Italy’s Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer took fourth, just ahead of world champions Jessica Degenhardt and Cheynne Rosenthal, who rounded out the top five.
The United States’ Maya Chan and Reanyn Weiler finished sixth.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int. 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Egle / Kipp | AUT | 12 | 12.266 | 38.340 |
| 2 | Forgan / Kirkby | USA | 9 | 12.276 | 38.443 |
| 3 | Eitberger / Schirmer | GER | 11 | 12.331 | 38.477 |
| 4 | Vötter / Oberhofer | ITA | 10 | 12.302 | 38.644 |
| 5 | Degenhardt / Rosenthal | GER | 8 | 12.305 | 38.683 |
| 6 | Chan / Weiler | USA | 7 | 12.331 | 38.806 |
| 7 | Ziedina / Svilna | LAT | 5 | 12.397 | 39.144 |
| 8 | Upite / Ozolina | LAT | 6 | 12.480 | 39.420 |
| 9 | Cezikova / Jansova | CZE | 2 | 12.495 | 39.855 |
| 10 | Stetskiv / Mokh | UKR | 4 | 12.501 | 39.949 |
| 11 | Stramaturaru / Manolescu | ROU | 3 | 12.463 | 40.040 |
| 12 | Domowicz / Piwkowska | POL | 1 | 12.507 | 40.486 |
Men’s Doubles Sprint
Martins Bots and Roberts Plume edged out Austria’s Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl for gold in the men’s doubles sprint.
The Latvians put down a 37.872, and that time held from the 12th starting spot. The penultimate team off the top was Steu and Kindl, and they looked to have a lead through the Heart set of curves in Lake Placid. However as they crossed they line they saw the number 2, as they were .005 out of the lead.
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt finished third, .147 back for bronze, with teammates Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Gubitz fourth and Yannick Müller and Armin Frauscher fifth.
The previous day’s gold medalists, USA’s Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander, were ahead early from the final starting spot but late trouble knocked them off the podium and into sixth.
Americans Dana Kellogg and Frank Ike finished 11th.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int.1 | Finish |
| 1 | Bots / Plume | LAT | 12 | 12.134 | 37.872 |
| 2 | Steu / Kindl | AUT | 14 | 12.163 | 37.877 |
| 3 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 11 | 12.174 | 38.019 |
| 4 | Orlamünder / Gubitz | GER | 8 | 12.191 | 38.040 |
| 5 | Müller / Frauscher | AUT | 9 | 12.183 | 38.051 |
| 6 | DiGreogrio / Hollander | USA | 15 | 12.123 | 38.094 |
| 7 | Gatt / Schöpf | AUT | 13 | 12.173 | 38.104 |
| 8 | Vavercak / Zmij | SVK | 2 | 12.201 | 38.320 |
| 9 | Ewald / Jannusch | GER | 5 | 12.215 | 38.422 |
| 10 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 4 | 12.211 | 38.432 |
| 11 | Kellogg / Ike | USA | 6 | 12.268 | 38.463 |
| 12 | Rieder / Kainzwaldner | ITA | 10 | 12.213 | 38.467 |
| 13 | Nagler / Malleier | ITA | 7 | 12.206 | 38.479 |
| 14 | Rieder / Gufler | ITA | 3 | 12.236 | 38.629 |
| 15 | Gitlan / Serban | ROU | 1 | 12.253 | 38.984 |
Women’s Sprint
Julia Taubitz got revenge from a loss earlier in the day and won gold in the final Sprint World Cup race of the day.
Taubitz held off a pair of Americans for the top spot. Ashley Farquharson, who had missed the podium in fourth earlier in the day, took second place by less than a tenth of a second, while Emily Sweeney finished with a bronze medal after an eighth place finish earlier in the day.
Egle, who had won gold in the women’s singles race, finished fourth with Summer Britcher of the United States just behind her in fifth.
Canada’s Trinity Ellis finished 11th.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Int. 1 | Finish |
| 1 | Julita Taubitz | GER | 14 | 12.161 | 37.451 |
| 2 | Ashley Farquharson | USA | 12 | 12.152 | 37.550 |
| 3 | Emily Sweeney | USA | 8 | 12.125 | 37.565 |
| 4 | Madeleine Egle | AUT | 15 | 12.113 | 37.616 |
| 5 | Summer Bricher | USA | 13 | 12.131 | 37.622 |
| 6 | Lisa Schulte | AUT | 11 | 12.197 | 37.638 |
| 7 | Kendija Aparjode | LAT | 7 | 12.153 | 37.813 |
| 8 | Hannah Prock | AUT | 3 | 12.211 | 37.823 |
| 9 | Natalie Maag | SUI | 10 | 12.205 | 37.896 |
| 10 | Anna Berreiter | GER | 9 | 12.202 | 37.954 |
| 11 | Trinity Ellis | CAN | 4 | 12.184 | 37.999 |
| 12 | Elina Vitola | LAT | 6 | 12.205 | 38.018 |
| 13 | Sigita Berzina | LAT | 5 | 12.221 | 38.252 |
| 14 | Merele Fräbel | GER | 2 | 12.206 | 38.268 |
| 15 | Verena Hofer | ITA | 1 | 12.297 | 38.320 |
