Egle Beats Out Taubitz in Oberhof

January 16, 2022 ken Luge News, News 0

From Oberhof, GER

(January 16, 2022) – Madeleine Egle did something on Sunday that had only happened once before: As a non-German, she won an FIL World Cup race in Oberhof.

L-R: Taubitz, Egle, Berreiter (Courtesy FIL TV)

The Austrian edged out World Cup point leader Julia Taubitz after one heat. On the second run Taubitz rallied back to set the quick time of the competition and slide into the lead with only Egle to go.

Egle’s second run wasn’t as quick as Taubitz’s, but it was just enough to beat the German on her home track by just .020 seconds for her fifth gold medal of the World Cup season.

It was only the second time ever that a non-German had won a gold medal in women’s luge in Oberhof. The first time was in 1997 (Andrea Tagwerker – AUT*)

Taubitz finished second as the only woman within two tenths of a second of Egle.

Anna Berreiter set a start record and was nearly a tenth quicker than her first run to jump up from sixth place into the medals with a bronze medal.

Natalie Geisenberger finished just behind Berreiter in fourth, with Cheyenne Rosenthal helping put all four German sleds in the top five with a fifth place effort.

Hannah Prock finished sixth for Austria.

Italy’s Andrea Vötter was the big mover of the race. She entered the second heat in 13th place, but her second slide started with what was at the time a start record and finished over .2 faster than her first run. She eventually finished

The United States’ Ashley Farquharson had some trouble on her second run and fell down the order from 16th to 23rd. Canadian Makena Hodgson finished 25th as the lone Canadian in the field.

With one race to go, Julia Taubitz holds the World Cup point lead over Madeleine Egle.

*Information provided by Tim Reynolds of the Associated Press

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Madeleine Egle AUT 26 7.568 7.563 41.994 42.080 1.24.074
2 Julia Taubitz GER 28 7.571 7.605 42.110 41.984 1:24.094
3 Anna Berreiter GER 25 7.605 7.549 42.208 42.131 1:24.339
4 Natalie Geisenberger GER 23 7.628 7.611 42.188 42.162 2:24.350
5 Cheynne Rosenthal GER 15 7.676 7.638 42.192 42.328 1:24.520
6 Hannah Prock AUT 21 7.706 7.720 42.200 42.334 1:24.534
7 Andrea Vötter ITA 22 7.618 7.559 42.389 42.174 1:24.563
8 Tatyana Ivanova RUS 16 7.577 7.597 42.268 42.370 1:24.638
9 Lisa Schulte AUT 20 7.683 7.691 42.240 42.370 1:24.610
10 Viktoriia Demchenko RUS 18 7.650 7.645 42.241 42.390 1:24.631
11 Natalie Maag SUI 17 7.703 7.697 42.331 42.315 1:24.646
12 Sandra Robatscher ITA 14 7.678 7.673 42.335 42.374 1:24.709
13 Elina Vitola LAT 19 7.578 7.582 42.532 42.188 1:24.720
14 Eliza Tiruma LAT 27 7.645 7.614 42.496 42.236 1:24.732
15 Ekaterina Katnikova RUS 24 7.667 7.670 42.511 42.284 1:24.795
16 Diana Loginova RUS 13 7.654 7.683 42.366 42.528 1:24.894
17 Verena Hofer ITA 10 7.676 7.700 42.447 42.534 1:24.981
18 Olena Stetskiv UKR 5 7.697 7.701 42.623 42.492 1:25.115
19 Sigita Berzina LAT 12 7.607 7.611 42.443 42.682 1:25.125
20 Raluca Stramatuaru ROU 6 7.763 7.754 42.570 42.561 1:25.131
21 Nina Zöggeler ITA 11 7.788 7.749 42.582 42.599 1:25.181
22 Klaudia Domaradzka POL 7 7.660 7.678 42.754 42.556 1:25.310
23 Ashley Farquharson USA 8 7.714 7.756 42.489 42.826 1:25.315
23 Olena Smaha UKR 9 7.788 7.768 42.727 42.588 1:25.315
25 Makena Hodgson CAN 2 7.756 7.747 42.686 42.750 1:25.436
26 Tove Kohala SWE 1 7.782 7.789 42.705 42.749 1:25.454
Natalie Corless CAN 3 DNS
Trinity Ellis CAN 4 DNS