Austria breaks German dominance in mixed relay

Pyeongchang (FIL/16 Feb 2025) In the third mixed race of the EBERSPAECHER Luge World Cup presented by SKECHERS, Austria was able to present itself as the fastest team for the first time. Austria 2 with Wolfgang Kindl and Lisa Schulte won with a 0.222-second lead over Max Langenhan and Merle Fräbel of Germany 1 and Germany 2 with Felix Loch and Julia Taubitz (0.274 seconds back). “It was a really close race, but we are incredibly happy about our first victory in this competition,” said Kindl happily. The man of the World Cup weekend was Wolfgang Kindl. He won the singles and doubles on Saturday, February 15, and then took second place in the mixed doubles and first place in the mixed singles on Sunday.

The two hundredths of a second deficit of the German team was due to World Champion Langenhan: “I woke up too late, so I didn't hit the touchpad properly.” Nevertheless, after three mixed events, he concluded: “These races are a lot of fun.” Fourth place went to the Latvian siblings Kristers Aparjods and Kendija Aparjode (0.545). Behind them came the second Austrian team with David Gleirscher and Hannah Prock (0.577) ahead of the US team (Tucker West/Ashley Farquharson; 0.601) ahead of the first mixed pair Alex Ferlazzo/Natalie Maag (Australia/Switzerland; 0.639).

In the EBERSPAECHER Mixed Singles World Cup presented by SKECHERS, Germany 1 took the victory ahead of Germany 2 and Austria 3.

The doubles race was just as close as the mixed singles. Germany 1 with Toni Eggert/Florian Müller and Jessica Degenhardt/Cheyenne Rosenthal won convincingly in 1:37.835 minutes ahead of Austria (Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl; Selina Egle/Lara Kipp) with a 0.202-second gap. The second German team with Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt and Dajana Eitberger/Magdalena Matschina completed the podium; 0.327 seconds back). Behind them, Latvia 1 with Martins Bots/Roberts Plume and Anda Upite/Zane Kalmua (0.405) came in fourth, ahead of Italy (Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier; Andrea Vötter/Marion Oberhofer; 0.582) and Team USA (Zachary Di Gregorio/Sean Hollander; Chevonne Forgan/Sophia Kirkby), which was 0.682 seconds behind the winners.

In the final standings of the EBERSPAECHER Mixed Doubles World Cup presented by SKECHERS, Germany 1 was just ahead of Germany 2 (230) and Austria (212) with 26 points after the three races.