From Altenberg, GER
(December 12, 2021) – On Saturday, it was Austria winning both the doubles and women’s luge races on German ice. For the men’s race on Sunday, Austria once again won gold, but was joined atop the podium by Germany.
Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl carried a narrow .005 lead over Germany’s Johannes Ludwig, with Felix Loch lingering around as well. But it was Max Langenhan who put the pressure on Kindl. Langenhan put down the quick run of the second heat to jump up from sixth place to the lead with only Kindl to go.
Kindl’s second slide was just over a tenth slower than his first, and as he crossed the line he found himself tied for gold with Langenhan with matching 1:47.997s.
Johannes Ludwig finished third, only .033 back.
Like the women’s race, Germany put three sliders in the top four with Felix Loch just .053 back in fourth. Latvia’s Kristers Aparjods continued his strong season with a fifth place finish, while Russia’s Aleksandr Gorbatcevich finished sixth.
The American men struggled to be consistent in Altenberg. Chris Mazdzer finished 17th to lead the way, up from 20th in the first heat. His second run was the 12th quickest of the heat. Jonny Gustafson moved up from 21st to 19th, while Tucker West finished 24th.
Reid Watts finished 20th as the lone Canadian in the field.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Wolfgang Kindl | AUT | 20 | 7.124 | 7.115 | 53.900 | 54.097 | 1:47.997 |
| 1 | Max Langenhan | GER | 32 | 7.100 | 7.079 | 54.034 | 53.963 | 1:47.997 |
| 3 | Johannes Ludwig | GER | 30 | 7.046 | 7.048 | 53.905 | 54.125 | 1:48.030 |
| 4 | Felix Loch | GEr | 27 | 7.112 | 7.096 | 53.958 | 54.125 | 1:48.083 |
| 5 | Kristers Aparjods | LAT | 26 | 7.092 | 7.089 | 54.048 | 54.044 | 1:48.092 |
| 6 | Aleksander Gorbatcevich | RUS | 19 | 7.129 | 7.116 | 54.022 | 54.248 | 1:48.270 |
| 7 | Domink Fischnaller | ITA | 28 | 7.068 | 7.069 | 53.995 | 54.329 | 1:48.324 |
| 8 | Semen Pavlichenko | RUS | 29 | 7.095 | 7.092 | 54.192 | 54.150 | 1:48.342 |
| 9 | Roman Repilov | RUS | 31 | 7.142 | 7.087 | 54.136 | 54.213 | 1:48.349 |
| 10 | Chris Eißler | GER | 16 | 7.082 | 7.123 | 54.231 | 54.295 | 1:48.526 |
| 11 | Reinhard Egger | AUT | 25 | 7.183 | 7.175 | 54.243 | 54.297 | 1:48.540 |
| 12 | Gints Berzins | LAT | 18 | 7.142 | 7.141 | 54.193 | 54.374 | 1:48.567 |
| 13 | Leon Felderer | ITA | 13 | 7.181 | 7.146 | 54.290 | 54.391 | 1:48.681 |
| 14 | Jonas Müller | AUT | 15 | 7.135 | 7.130 | 54.539 | 54.175 | 1:48.714 |
| 15 | David Gleirscher | AUT | 24 | 7.204 | 7.202 | 54.412 | 54.432 | 1:48.844 |
| 16 | Arturs Darznieks | LAT | 17 | 7.165 | 7.169 | 54.312 | 54.548 | 1:48.860 |
| 17 | Chris Mazdzer | USA | 10 | 7.145 | 7.165 | 54.554 | 54.329 | 1:48.883 |
| 18 | Kevin Fischnaller | ITA | 22 | 7.162 | 7.137 | 54.487 | 54.523 | 1:49.010 |
| 19 | Jonathan Gustafson | USA | 8 | 7.162 | 7.133 | 54.601 | 54.555 | 1:49.156 |
| 20 | Reid Watts | CAN | 12 | 7.215 | 7.380 | 54.367 | 54.829 | 1:49.196 |
| 21 | Anton Dukach | UKR | 9 | 7.158 | 7.152 | 54.604 | 54.785 | 1:49.389 |
| 22 | Valentin Cretu | ROU | 6 | 7.249 | 7.224 | 54.710 | 54.780 | 1:49.490 |
| 23 | Pavel Repilov | RUS | 23 | 7.169 | 7.155 | 54.473 | 55.172 | 1:49.645 |
| 24 | Tucker West | USA | 7 | 7.108 | 7.085 | 54.652 | 55.026 | 1:49.678 |
| 25 | Riks Rozitis | LAT | 11 | 7.225 | 7.243 | 55.230 | 54.592 | 1:49.822 |
| 26 | Lukas Gufler | ITA | 5 | 7.257 | 7.275 | 55.002 | 54.965 | 1:49.967 |
| 27 | Nico Gleirscher | AUT | 21 | 7.139 | 7.166 | 54.928 | 55.327 | 1:50.255 |
| 28 | Jozef Ninis | SVK | 4 | 7.286 | 7.299 | 54.763 | 55.530 | 1:50.293 |
| 29 | Andriy Mandziy | UKR | 3 | 7.252 | 7.251 | 55.173 | 55.223 | 1:50.396 |
| 30 | Kacper Tarnawski | POL | 2 | 7.323 | 7.352 | 55.490 | 55.572 | 1:51.062 |
| 31 | Marian Skupek | SVK | 1 | 7.292 | 7.309 | 55.398 | 55.668 | 1:51.066 |
| 32 | Moritz Bollmann | GER | 14 | DSQ |
