From Sochi, Russia
It’s another luge gold medal for Germany, this time in double’s luge. The team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt set a track record in their first heat and cruised to victory by a half-second over the Austrian duo of Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger. Andris Sics and Juris Sics of Latvia took third after the Austrian team of Peter Penz and Gregor Fischler crashed on their second run.
Canadian Duo Tristan Walker and Justin Snith couldn’t quite make their way into medal position, being out-paced by .05, settling for fourth, while the Russian team of Denisyev and Antonov took fifth.
The United States couldn’t back up female slider Erin Hamlin’s historic run. The team of Niccum / Terdiman finished 11th, while Mortensen / Griffall scored 14th.
Results:
Pos | Names | Nation | Draw | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
1 | Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt | GER | 4 | 49.373 | 49.560 | 1:38.933 |
2 | Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger | AUT | 2 | 49.685 | 49.770 | 1:39.455 |
3 | Andris Sics / Juris Sics | LAT | 9 | 49.880 | 49.910 | 1:39.790 |
4 | Tristan Walker / Justin Snith | CAN | 1 | 49.857 | 49.983 | 1:39.840 |
5 | Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov | RUS | 12 | 49.936 | 50.013 | 1:39.949 |
6 | Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber | ITA | 10 | 49.976 | 50.043 | 1:40.019 |
7 | Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner | ITA | 7 | 50.064 | 49.975 | 1:40.039 |
8 | Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken | GER | 8 | 50.274 | 49.944 | 1:40.218 |
9 | Vladislav Yuzhakov / Vladimir Makhnutin | RUS | 3 | 50.068 | 50.269 | 1:40.337 |
10 | Oskars Gudramovics / Peteris Kalnins | LAT | 18 | 50.388 | 50.074 | 1:40.462 |
11 | Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman | USA | 6 | 50.354 | 50.591 | 1:40.945 |
12 | Marian Zemanik / Jozef Petrulak | SVK | 13 | 50.548 | 50.409 | 1:40.957 |
13 | Lukas Broz / Antonin Broz | CZE | 5 | 50.665 | 50.387 | 1:41.052 |
14 | Matthew Mortensen / Preston Griffall | USA | 16 | 50.637 | 51.066 | 1:41.703 |
15 | Patryk Poreba / Karol Mikrut | POL | 14 | 51.010 | 51.170 | 1:42.180 |
16 | Marek Solcansky / Karol Stuchlak | SVK | 15 | 50.904 | 51.481 | 1:42.385 |
17 | Oleksandr Obolonchyk / Roman Zakharkiv | UKR | 19 | 51.795 | 51.233 | 1:43.028 |
18 | Jinyong Park / Jung Myung Cho | KOR | 17 | 51.643 | 51.475 | 1:43.118 |
19 | Peter Penz / Gregor Fischler | AUT | 11 | 49.793 | 54.252 | 1:44.045 |