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Concluded the world championship with the German who beats Geisenberger in the women's single, while the relay is from Austria that mocked Germany. Azzurri, the balance is meager.
Sunday 31 January 2021 4 minutes reading time
The curtain falls on the 50th edition of the luge world championships and for Italy a heavy “zero” arrives in terms of medals, with regrets linked above all to the men's doubles and singles competitions.
The final day in Koenigssee saw Julia Taubitz granting an amazing encore, in the women's single competition (after having already won the title in the sprint) with another German poker in front of all.
For Taubitz it is the first world championship laurel in the classic format; this time, the bridesmaids are the two returning this season after maternity, or Natalie Geisenberger to precede Dajana Eitberger, both more than 3 tenths from her teammate, while the very young Anna Berreiter, already d '', closes the German quartet. silver in the sprint race. Disappointment for the Russians with Tatiana Ivanova finishing fifth and Viktoriia Demchenko even overturning, after a bad mistake in the first heat.
At the same point of the Russian, also the top Italian, Andrea Voetter, 24th at the end and preceded in the standings by the two team mates, Verena Hofer 22nd and Marion Oberhofer, 23rd, also heavily wrong, all three ousted from the dispute of the second and decisive heats.
In the team competition that closed the World Cup, everything seemed set for the hosts after Julia Taubitz and Felix Loch had passed the baton to the double Eggert / Benecken with over 5 tenths of a margin on the competition, but a serious mistake in the central part of the track gave the victory by 38 thousandths to the Austrian team composed of Madeleine Egle, David Gleirscher to the third medal in this edition, and to the double format by Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller, crowning a more than positive world edition for red and white colors.
Fourth place for the stars and stripes team, while the blues with Andrea Voetter, Dominik Fischnaller and the double Rieder / Rastner concluded only in fifth place with a not entirely convincing performance. Disappointment of the day the Russian team penalized extremely by the Denisev / Antonov double test, competing with Ivanova and Repilov.
Next weekend, the last round of the season, with the Luge World Cup returning to the natural slope of St. Moritz after 9 years for a grand finale.
Matteo Collodoro
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