2013/2014 FIL Luge World Cup – Round 2 – Doubles

From Igls, Austria

In the first race of the 2013/2014 season, the German team of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken took silver.  This week in Igls, they did one better, taking gold while holding off teammates Wendl and Arlt.  The Lillehammer gold medalists did manage to put down the fastest run in heat 2, but it wasn’t enough to unseat Eggert Benecken.  The team of Penz and Fischler made it bronze for Austria in the second week in a row, rallying from a fifth-fastest run in heat 1.  Oberstolz and Gruber take fourth for Italy, while race 1’s bronze medalists Linger and Linger take fifth.

American teams Niccum/Terdiman and Mortensen/Griffall both improved on their second runs with identical times to put them 14th and 15th, while the Canadian team of Walker and Snith took 12th.

Results:

Pos Names Nation Draw Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Eggert/Benecken GER 16 40.422 40.594 1.21.016
2 Wendl/Arlt GER 19 40.515 40.584 1:21.099
3 Penz/Fischler AUT 18 40.650 40.649 1:21.299
4 Oberstolz/Gruber ITA 14 40.594 40.710 1:21.304
5 Linger/Linger AUT 11 40.659 40.785 1:21.444
6 Rieder/Rastner ITA 17 40.640 40.815 1:21.455
7 Sics/Sics LAT 13 40.784 40.774 1:21.558
8 Bogdanov/Medvedev RUS 10 40.817 40.815 1:21.632
9 Yuzhakov/Makhnutin RUS 8 40.761 40.929 1:21.690
10 Rothamel/Förtsch GER 9 40.826 40.924 1:21.750
11 Fischnaller/Schwienbacher ITA 15 40.751 41.029 1:21.780
12 Walker/Snith CAN 20 41.027 40.781 1:21.808
13 Steu/Koller AUT 6 40.879 40.950 1:21.829
14 Niccum/Terdiman USA 3 41.007 40.858 1:21.865
15 Mortensen/Griffall USA 12 40.057 48.858 1:21.915
16 Denisyev/Antonov RUS 16 40.986 40.998 1:21.984
17 Broz/Broz CZE 7 41.081 40.929 1:22.010
18 Hyrns/Sherk USA 4 41.059 40.977 1:22.036
19 Zemanik/Petrulak SVK 2 41.084 41.026 1:22.110
20 Solcansky/Stuchlak SVK 1 41.505 41.210 1:22.715