From St. Moritz, SUI
(January 23, 2022) – Natalie Geisenberger had won a race in every year she’d competed since 2008, minus the season she took off for maternity leave. That streak of 13 straight seasons was nearly broken as Geisenberger came into the season finale in St. Moritz winless.
But as the world has seen year after year, it’s a really bad idea to count out Natalie Geisenberger.
The German set the quick time in the first heat by well over a tenth of a second over the previous year’s St. Moritz winner, Elina Vitola of Latvia, with Austria’s Madeleine Egle in third. On the second run it was Egle setting what would be the fastest run of the weekend to move into the lead with only Geisenberger to go.
Geisenberger was quick on her second run, and while she was just off of the pace set by Egle, she had plenty in the bank to win the season finale. Egle took silver, while Vitola backed up her gold medal in 2021 with a bronze.
The win for Geisenberger was the 52nd of her illustrious career.
For Egle, the silver was her eighth straight podium finish. Over that time she won four gold medals, two silvers and two bronzes.
Julia Taubitz finished another great season for Germany in fourth place, with Tatyana Ivanova in fifth and Eliza Tiruma in sixth.
It was a relatively disappointing day for the United States as the team didn’t appear to have much speed in their sleds. Emily Sweeney was the only athlete in the top 20 with a 17th place finish. Ashley Farquharson finished 23rd, while Summer Britcher rounded out the American effort in 24th. Britcher had been paddling with her knuckles after breaking a finger in Sigula.
Canada’s Makena Hodgson finished just out of the top 20 in 21st.
Julia Taubitz entered the race with a 57 point lead over Madeleine Egle in the overall World Cup standings and needed just a top seven finish to clinch the title regardless of what she did. She finished fourth, which was plenty enough to win her second overall World Cup title. Egle finished the season in second, with Natalie Geisenberger moving into third place.
Madeleine Egle won the two-run race World Cup title ahead of Taubitz, with Geisenberger third.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Bib | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | Natalie Geisenberger | GER | 23 | 3.670 | 3.666 | 54.131 | 54.059 | 1:48.190 |
| 2 | Madeleine Egle | AUT | 24 | 3.645 | 3.600 | 54.376 | 53.969 | 1:48.345 |
| 3 | Elina Vitola | LAT | 21 | 3.633 | 3.612 | 54.300 | 54.156 | 1:48.456 |
| 4 | Julia Taubitz | GER | 25 | 3.701 | 3.669 | 54.383 | 54.131 | 1:48.514 |
| 5 | Tatyana Ivanova | RUS | 18 | 3.625 | 3.666 | 54.489 | 54.364 | 1:48.853 |
| 6 | Eliza Tiruma | LAT | 19 | 3.712 | 3.689 | 54.598 | 54.337 | 1:48.935 |
| 7 | Anna Berreiter | GER | 28 | 3.635 | 3.645 | 54.634 | 54.333 | 1:48.967 |
| 8 | Andrea Vötter | ITA | 22 | 3.612 | 3.631 | 54.604 | 54.485 | 1:49.089 |
| 9 | Verena Hofer | ITA | 16 | 3.659 | 3.662 | 54.572 | 54.539 | 1:49.111 |
| 10 | Sigita Berzina | LAT | 12 | 3.630 | 3.602 | 54.713 | 54.428 | 1:49.141 |
| 11 | Viktoriia Demchenko | RUS | 27 | 3.680 | 3.692 | 54.661 | 54.493 | 1:49.154 |
| 12 | Natalie Maag | SUI | 15 | 3.747 | 3.722 | 54.747 | 54.483 | 1:49.230 |
| 13 | Kendija Aparjode | LAT | 13 | 3.709 | 3.683 | 54.756 | 54.497 | 1:49.253 |
| 14 | Ekaterina Katnikova | RUS | 17 | 3.479 | 3.731 | 54.694 | 54.583 | 1:49.277 |
| 15 | Nina Zöggeler | ITA | 11 | 3.750 | 3.702 | 54.700 | 54.693 | 1:49.393 |
| 16 | Sandra Robatscher | ITA | 6 | 3.718 | 3.725 | 54.781 | 54.678 | 1:49.459 |
| 17 | Emily Sweeney | USA | 14 | 3.700 | 3.665 | 54.762 | 54.770 | 1:49.532 |
| 18 | Hannah Prock | AUT | 26 | 3.780 | 3.789 | 54.978 | 54.799 | 1:49.777 |
| 19 | Lisa Schulte | AUT | 20 | 3.790 | 3.772 | 55.001 | 54.815 | 1:49.816 |
| 20 | Olena Stetskiv | UKR | 4 | 3.768 | 3.751 | 55.235 | 54.864 | 1:50.099 |
| 21 | Makena Hodgson | CAN | 2 | 3.851 | 3.765 | 55.196 | 55.084 | 1:50.280 |
| 22 | Olena Smaha | UKR | 8 | 3.822 | 3.784 | 55.337 | 55.071 | 1:50.408 |
| 23 | Ashley Farquharson | USA | 9 | 3.870 | 3.828 | 55.267 | 55.149 | 1:50.416 |
| 24 | Summer Britcher | USA | 7 | 3.802 | 3.768 | 55.293 | 55.151 | 1:50.444 |
| 25 | Katarina Simonakova | SVK | 10 | 3.813 | 3.782 | 55.325 | 55.280 | 1:50.605 |
| 26 | Yulianna Tunytska | UKR | 3 | 3.735 | 3.753 | 55.591 | 55.243 | 1:50.834 |
| 27 | Anna Cezikova | CZE | 1 | 3.877 | 3.846 | 55.743 | 55.527 | 1:51.270 |
| 28 | Klaudia Domaradzka | POL | 5 | 3.849 | 3.744 | 56.758 | 55.403 | 1:52.161 |
