The FIL World Luge Championships 2011 took place 28–30 January 2011 in Cesana, Italy at the Cesana Pariol bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track. (19 May 2010 article accessed 19 May 2010.) A total of 19 countries competed.
Medalists Men's singlesMen's singles results Women's singlesWomen's singles results DoublesDoubles results Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Andris Šics Juris ŠicsTeam relayCancelled
Men's singles Germany's Felix Loch is the defending Olympic and world champion in this event. The event took place on 29 January at 15:00 CET.Parcolimpicotorino.it schedule at Cesana for 2010-11, including the FIL World Luge Championships 2011. Accessed 23 January 2011. Zöggeler came from 0.057 seconds down after the first run to defeat defending world champion Loch by 0.021 seconds. It was the Italian's sixth world championship overall, but his first since the 2005 championships in Park City, Utah in the United States where Zöggeler won his 2002 Olympic gold medal.
37 athletes from 18 countries competed. RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2TotalBehind6 Armin Zöggeler 51.56851.9701:43.5381 Felix Loch 51.51152.0481:43.559 +0.021 4 Andi Langenhan 51.82752.1861:44.013 +0.4753 David Möller 51.80352.3181:44.121 +0.5832 Reinhold Rainer 52.03652.1351:44.171 +0.63311 Daniel Pfister 51.95752.2191:44.176 +0.6387 Jan-Armin Eichhorn 51.94052.2841:44.224 +0.6869 Wolfgang Kindl 52.02652.2411:44.267 +0.72912 Viktor Kneyb 52.24552.2001:44.445 +0.9071016 Mārtiņš Rubenis 52.16052.3221:44.482 +0.944118 Reinhard Egger 52.22752.4031:44.630 +1.0921215 David Mair 52.27852.3621:44.640 +1.1021219 Bengt Walden 52.33552.3051:44.640 +1.1021422 Manuel Pfister 52.27952.4171:44.696 +1.1581514 Gregory Carigiet 52.24152.4861:44.727 +1.1891613 Samuel Edney 52.32952.4141:44.743 +1.2051720 Jozef Ninis 52.32452.4211:44.745 +1.2071810 Jeff Christie 52.34152.4611:44.802 +1.2641923 Maciej Kurowski 52.43652.3831:44.819 +1.2812018 Evgeniy Voskresenskiy 52.32352.6111:44.934 +1.3962121 Inars Kivlenieks 52.55152.3981:44.949 +1.4112226 Brendan Hauptmann 52.56252.4191:44.981 +1.4432329 Chris Mazdzer 52.51552.5631:45.078 +1.5402417 Thor Haug Norbech 52.33053.2331:45.563 +2.0252527 Semen Pavlichenko 52.46053.1621:45.622 +2.0842624 Jo Alexander Koppang 52.6312730 Andriy Mandziy 52.9052825 Tonnes Stang Rolfsen 52.9072928 Ondrej Hymann 53.1283037 Valentin Cretu 53.1873131 Andriy Kis 53.202325 Albert Demchenko 53.3253332 Bogdan Macovei 53.4253434 Karol Stuchlak 54.1423533 Hindenari Kanayama 54.1543635 Bruno Banani 55.6983736 Danej Navrboc 56.740
Women's singles Erin Hamlin of the United States in the defending world champion while Germany's Tatjana Hüfner in the defending Olympic champion. The event took place on 29 January at 08:20 CET.
26 athletes from 13 countries competed.
Hüfner rebounded from her disappointing finish at the 2009 championships with her third gold medal in this event. Defending champion Hamlin finished 14th. Geisenberger won her third straight silver in this event. Gough becomes the first Canadian woman to medal at the World Championships and the second Canadian overall after Miroslav Zajonc's gold in the men's singles event at the 1983 championships.
RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2TotalBehind 1 Tatjana Hüfner 46.97646.9931:33.969 8 Natalie Geisenberger 47.02747.216 1:34.243 +0.274 10 Alex Gough 47.05147.3621:34.413 +0.444 4 Nina Reithmayer 47.17447.2961:34.470 +0.501 2 Anke Wischnewski 47.32847.263 1:34.591 +0.622 7 Carina Schwab 47.22747.4311:34.658 +0.689 3 Veronika Halder 47.37447.573 1:34.947 +0.978 9 Martina Kocher 47.47547.539 1:35.014 +1.045 13 Alexandra Rodionova 47.47247.569 1:35.041 +1.072 10 6 Sandra Gasparini 47.46147.6701:35.131 +1.162 11 5 Tatiana Ivanova 47.53247.714 1:35.246 +1.277 12 17 Julia Clukey 47.66747.730 1:35.397 +1.428 13 12 Arianne Jones 47.77347.775 1:35.548 +1.579 14 11 Erin Hamlin 48.23447.326 1:35.560 +1.591 15 16 Veronika Sabolova 47.90047.934 1:35.834 +1.865 16 15 Ksenia Tsyplakova 47.76048.134 1:35.894 +1.925 17 19 Ashley Walden 48.16248.003 1:36.165 +2.196 18 20 Raluca Stramaturaru 48.54048.3251:36.865 +2.896 19 14 Maija Tiruma 47.76449.415 1:37.179 +3.210 20 24 Violeta Stramaturaru 48.95448.857 1:37.811 +3.842 21 26 Morgane Villien 49.303 22 21 Maryna Halaydzhyan 49.316 23 23 Natalia Khoreva 50.572 24 25 Mihaela Chiras 51.153 22 Morgane Bonnefoy 18 Ewelina Staszulonek
Men's doubles Italy's Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder are the defending world champions. Austria's Andreas and Wolfgang Linger are the two-time defending Olympic champions. Plankensteiner and Haselrieder retired between the 2010 Winter Olympics and the start of the 2010-11 Luge World Cup. The first run of the event will take place on 29 January at 19:00 CET while the second run will take place at 09:00 CET the next day.
RankBibAthlete CountryRun 1Run 2TotalBehind 6 Andreas LingerWolfgang Linger 46.66846.6121:33.280 10 Christian OberstolzPatrick Gruber 46.75246.760 1:33.512 +0.232 7 Andris ŠicsJuris Šics 46.909 46.819 1:33.728 +0.448 3 Vladislav YuzhakovVladimir Makhnutin 46.919 46.820 1:33.739 +0.459 11 Ludwig RiederPatrick Rastner 47.041 47.017 1:34.058 +0.778 2 Hans Peter FischnallerPatrick Schwienbacher 47.017 47.054 1:34.071 +0.791 16 Matthew MortensenPreston Griffall 47.055 47.072 1:34.127 +0.847 14 Tristan WalkerJustin Snith 47.163 46.9831:34.146 +0.866 12 Ronny PietrasikChristian Weise 47.145 47.006 1:34.151 +0.871 10 4 Toni EggertSascha Benecken 47.199 46.994 1:34.193 +0.913 11 1 Christian NiccumJayson Terdiman 46.955 47.253 1:34.208 +0.928 12 5 Mikhail KuzmichStanislav Mikheev 47.167 47.149 1:34.316 +1.036 13 13 Ivan NevmerzhitskiVladimir Prokhorov 47.081 47.307 1:34.388 +1.108 14 8 Peter PenzGeorg Fischler 46.75747.9171:34.674 +1.394 15 18 Ján HarnišBranislav Regec 47.504 47.299 1:34.803 +1.523 16 15 Antonín BrožLukáš Brož 47.470 47.3431:34.813 +1.533 17 17 Paul IfrimAndrei Anghel 47.60348.426 1:36.029 +2.749 18 20 Arthur PetyniakAdam Wanielista 48.237 19 19 Cosmin ChetroiuIonuţ Ţăran 48.250 9 Tobias WendlTobias Arlt 47.866
Mixed team relay The German team of Loch, Natalie Geisenberger, André Florschütz, and Torsten Wustlich were the defending world champions. The event was to have taken place on 30 January at 10:20 CET, but was cancelled due to technical problems. (30 January 2011 article accessed 30 January 2011.)
Medal table
References
(30 June 2007 article updated 23 December 2009.)
External links Official website.