From Igls, AUT
(December 18, 2021) – Thomas Steu & Lorenz Koller came from behind to win gold in Igls, edging out Latvians Andris & Juris Sics for top honors.
The Austrians entered the second heat of doubles luge only .001 behind the Latvian brothers, with Italians Ivan Nagler & Fabian Malleier lingering around in third. On the second run the Italians faltered at the start, and that issue dropped them well out of the running for gold, leaving Sics & Sics and Steu & Koller to battle it out for the top of the podium.
The Austrians went first and put down a time that was .017 quicker than their first run. The Latvians tried to match that, but came up just short, .022 to be exact, and would win silver, while Steu & Koller won gold on their home ice.
Italians Emanuel Rieder & Simon Kainzwaldner finished with a bronze medal, up from fourth in the first heat. Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt moved up from seventh in the first heat to finish fourth, while Juri Gatt & Riccardo Schöpf finished fifth. Nagler & Malleier fell back to sixth from third.
Tristan Walker & Justin Snith were 14th to lead the way for the Canadians. Teammates Devin Wardrope & Cole Zajanski finished 17th.
For the United States, Chris Mazdzer & Jayston Terdiman slid their way into the top 15 with a 15th place finish. Rookies Zachary Di Gregorio & Sean Hollander finished 22nd.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Steu / Koller | AUT | 11 | 2.044 | 2.040 | 39.649 | 39.632 | 1:19.281 |
| 2 | Sics / Sics | LAT | 21 | 2.044 | 2.047 | 39.648 | 39.655 | 1:19.303 |
| 3 | Rider / Kainzwaldner | ITA | 15 | 2.024 | 2.028 | 39.697 | 39.755 | 1:19.452 |
| 4 | Wendl / Arlt | GER | 20 | 2.022 | 2.044 | 39.778 | 39.730 | 1:19.508 |
| 5 | Gatt / Schöpf | AUT | 9 | 2.052 | 2.043 | 39.739 | 39.791 | 1:19.530 |
| 6 | Nagler / Malleier | ITA | 12 | 2.031 | 2.056 | 39.690 | 39.843 | 1:19.533 |
| 7 | Bogdanov / Prokhorov | RUS | 23 | 2.050 | 2.049 | 39.786 | 39.749 | 1:19.535 |
| 8 | Müller / Frauscher | AUT | 13 | 2.050 | 2.056 | 39.801 | 39.754 | 1:19.555 |
| 9 | Denisev / Antonov | RUS | 22 | 2.048 | 2.050 | 39.767 | 38.846 | 1:19.613 |
| 10 | Bots / Plume | LAT | 17 | 2.083 | 2.066 | 39.819 | 39.818 | 1:19.637 |
| 11 | Rieder / Rastner | ITA | 14 | 2.066 | 2.035 | 39.833 | 39.856 | 1:19.689 |
| 12 | Geueke / Gamm | GER | 16 | 2.050 | 2.054 | 39.842 | 39.863 | 1:19.705 |
| 13 | Eggert / Benecken | GER | 19 | 2.042 | 2.058 | 40.127 | 39.720 | 1:19.847 |
| 14 | Walker / Snith | CAN | 10 | 2.067 | 2.102 | 39.885 | 39.972 | 1:19.857 |
| 15 | Mazdzer / Terdiman | USA | 7 | 2.071 | 2.077 | 39.979 | 39.902 | 1:19.881 |
| 16 | Chmielewski / Kowalewski | POL | 18 | 2.033 | 2.032 | 40.003 | 39.960 | 1:19.963 |
| 17 | Wardrope / Zajanski | CAN | 8 | 2.119 | 2.121 | 39.982 | 40.276 | 1:20.258 |
| 18 | Park / Cho | KOR | 6 | 2.062 | 2.067 | 40.118 | 40.189 | 1:20.307 |
| 19 | Vavercak / Zmij | SVK | 1 | 2.058 | 2.062 | 40.184 | 40.130 | 1:20.314 |
| 20 | Hoi / Levkovych | UKR | 4 | 2.099 | 2.092 | 40.257 | 40.192 | 1:20.449 |
| 21 | Stakhiv / Lysetskyi | UKR | 2 | 2.158 | 2.159 | 40.274 | 40.282 | 1:20.556 |
| 22 | Di Gregorio / Hollander | USA | 3 | 2.052 | 2.066 | 40.215 | 40.344 | 1:20.559 |
| 23 | Gitlan / Serban | ROU | 5 | 2.130 | 2.134 | 40.492 | 40.129 | 1:20.621 |
