Gruber Edges Kammerlander in Umhausen

January 16, 2022 ken Luge News, News 0

From Umhausen, AUT

(January 16, 2022) – Italy’s Alex Gruber held off Thomas Kammerlander on Kammerlander’s home ice in Umhausen to win his first race of the 2021/2022 season.

Alex Gruber (Courtesy FIL / Miriam Jennewein)

Gruber opened up a .22 second lead over Kammerlander after the first run, with Austria’s Michael Scheikl a half of a second in third.

On the second run Scheikl set the quick run of the heat, only .01 off of Gruber’s first run time. Kammerlander was next, and while his second run wasn’t as quick as Scheikl’s, it was plenty enough to move into the lead.

Gruber’s third run was a tenth slower than Kammerlander’s, but enough to win his first gold medal of the season. Kammerlander finished .12 back in second, while Scheikl finished in third, .26 out.

Italy’s Patrick Pigneter beat out his doubles teammate Florian Clara for fourth, while Clara finished fifth. Fabian Achenrainer finished sixth for Austria.

The United States had all three of their athletes qualify for the second run in Umhausen. Torrey Cookman led the way in 19th place. Henry Anderson and Zane Farnsworth finished 24th and 25th to round out the American effort.

Shohei Tanaka finished 26th for Belgium.

Results:

Pos Name Nation Bib Start 1 Start 2 Run 1 Run 2 Total
1 Alex Gruber ITA 33 11.53 11.51 73.07 73.34 2:26.41
2 Thomas Kammerlander AUT 34 11.49 11.55 73.29 73.24 2:26.53
3 Michael Scheikl AUT 32 11.46 11.52 73.59 73.08 2:26.67
4 Patrick Pigneter ITA 29 11.72 11.72 73.71 73.89 2:27.58
5 Florian Clara ITA 31 11.66 11.66 73.98 74.09 2:28.07
6 Fabian Achenrainer AUT 30 11.81 11.74 74.00 74.25 2:28.25
7 Grigory Bukin RUS 25 11.53 11.66 74.42 74.48 2:28.90
8 Aleksandr Egorov RUS 27 11.70 11.66 74.47 74.69 2:29.16
9 Mathias Troger ITA 28 11.76 11.80 75.03 74.69 2:29.72
10 Iurii Talykh RUS 4 11.77 11.92 75.63 75.19 2:30.82
11 Florian Markt AUT 26 11.81 11.85 75.64 75.63 2:31.17
12 Alekssandr Zyrianov RUS 21 11.80 12.07 75.67 76.42 2:32.09
13 Myroslav Lenko UKR 23 11.84 11.98 76.32 77.00 2:33.32
14 Simon Dietz GER 19 11.92 12.13 77.08 77.16 2:34.24
15 Oliver Schiller GER 22 11.89 11.94 78.13 76.32 2:34.45
16 Vid Kralj SLO 20 12.25 12.04 77.78 77.02 2:34.80
17 Matevz Vertelj SLO 18 12.28 12.27 78.51 78.47 2:36.98
18 Ivan Lenko UKR 5 12.11 12.22 79.02 78.49 2:37.51
19 Torrey Cookman USA 16 12.13 12.73 78.62 79.68 2:38.30
20 Leonardo de Oliveira Silva BRA 17 12.05 12.31 77.83 81.10 2:38.93
21 Flyn Myles Coburn NZL 15 12.22 12.34 80.02 79.81 2:39.83
22 Julio Dante de Moraes BRA 13 12.38 12.53 80.07 80.71 2:40.78
23 Tomas Hasek CZE 14 12.72 12.29 80.63 80.90 2:41.53
24 Henry Anderson USA 8 12.71 12.82 81.64 83.09 2:44.73
25 Zane Farnsworth USA 12 12.83 12.73 83.63 86.64 2:50.27
26 Shohei Tanaka BEL 7 13.96 13.75 88.26 86.90 2:55.16