Strong Latvians challenge German quartet in the Team Relay event

Whistler (FIL/10 Dec 2022) At the end of the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup on December 10, 2022 in Whistler, Canada, the German quartet dominated in the Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW.

Felix Loch, Julia Taubitz and the double Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken claimed the 44th success for Germany in 2:04.222 minutes. Latvia followed in second place with Elina Ieva Vitola, Kristers Aparjods and the duo Martins Bots/Roberts Plume (0.147 seconds behind) ahead of Austria (+0.727/Wolfgang Kindl, Madeleine Egle, Juri Gatt/Riccardo Schöpf).

"The Latvians were quite strong, they presented well," said German head coach Norbert Loch, "but my team was able to counter." Not only because of the second place Latvian coach Daniels Forgelis was satisfied: "Of course we are happy about silver, but the best thing is: we brought down three good runs. That lets us go into the next races with confidence."

In contrast, the conclusion in the Austrian team was mixed, "Relay with the community experience is always fun," said Wolfgang Kindl. Madeleine Egle, whom the German coach Loch had described as "really a power", on the other hand, struggled with a mixed run. But Kindl and the duo Gatt/Schöpf in their team relay premiere still ensured a conciliatory outcome.

Detailed results of the 1st EBERSPÄCHER Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW, on 10.12.2022 in Whistler (CAN) can be found under the following link https://www.fil-luge.org/en/multimedia/eberspaecher-team-relay-world-cup-presented-by-bmw-13