| General News 30.12.09 | |
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| Last Viessmann Luge World Cup prior to Koenigssee reconstructions | |
| Master plan for sustainable condition schedules costs of 22 million Euros Koenigssee (pps) It was the first artificially-iced track world-wide and Josef Fendt, President of the International Luge Federation, FIL, celebrated his two World Championship titles in Koenigssee in 1970 and... [more] |
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| General News 30.12.09 | |
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| World champion Erin Hamlin to head US team for the Olympic Games | |
| Lillehammer (pps) World champion Erin Hamlin is heading the US luge team for the Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada (February 12-28, 2010). Apart from the 23-year old luger, who earned a third place at the Viessmann Luge World Cup event in Lillehammer, Norway, the doubles' team with... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 30.12.09 | |
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| Emotional highlight for Leitner-Resch as the "Kings of Koenigssee" | |
| Last German victory in the men's singles already eight years ago Koenigssee (pps) Germany's Patric Leitner-Alexander Resch have always been a power to be reckoned with at the Viessmann Luge World Cup events in Koenigssee. Since the 2001-02 season, the 2002 Olympic and four-time World... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 30.12.09 | |
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| Local hero Steffi Sieger replaces Corinna Martini | |
| Berchtesgaden (pps) Local hero Steffi Sieger, twice overall winner in the FIL junior World Cup, will replace Corinna Martini at the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Koenigssee on January 2-3, 2010. At the beginning of the season Sieger failed to qualify for the German World Cup team but will now have... [more] |  |
| General News 29.12.09 | |
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| Germany's Olympic team: Nine of ten starting places already confirmed | |
| Three lugers still fight for third place in the men's singles Francfurt/Main (pps) Germany's luge team for the 2010 Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada (February 12-28) is almost complete, nine of the ten starting places have already been confirmed. On December 17, 2009 the German... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 29.12.09 | |
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| Reithmayer, Egger and Schiegl cousins Austrian national champions | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Austria's Nina Reithmayer, Reinhard Egger and Tobias Schiegl-Markus Schiegl are the new national luge champions. Nina Reithmayer prevailed over Veronika Halder and Mona Wabnigg who then took second and third place. In the men's singles Reinhard Egger defeated defending champion... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 29.12.09 | |
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| Gough, Edney and Moffat brothers claim national Canadian crowns | |
| Whistler (pps) World Championship fourth-placed Alex Gough, Sam Edney, who already celebrated a fifth place this season at the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Calgary, and the two Moffat brothers Chris and Mike claimed the national Canadian titles on the future Olympic track in Whistler. The national... [more] |  |
| Vancouver 2010 News , Artificial Track News 29.12.09 | |
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| Gough, Edney and Moffat brothers claim national Canadian crowns | |
| Whistler (pps/December 29, 2009) World Championship fourth-placed Alex Gough, Sam Edney, who already celebrated a fifth place this season at the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Calgary, and the two Moffat brothers Chris and Mike claimed the national Canadian titles on the future Olympic track in... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 20.12.09 | |
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| 3rd Junior World Cup in Sigulda | |
| Victories went to Mona Wabnigg, Jewgeni Voskresensy and Rieder/Rastner
Sigulda (pps) Italy’s Ludwig Rieder/Patrik Rastner celebrated their second success of the season. Just one week after their victory at the season’s opener at Paramanova (RUS) the couple won the race of the... [more] |
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| Natural Track News 20.12.09 | |
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| aqotec World Cup Novouralsk (RUS) II First and second place for Russia |
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| Novouralsk (ck) - The cheers for the Russian win was heard everywhere along the track from the finish line up to the start. It looked like Russia would have to settle for the places two and three when the leading double with Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) crashed into the boards. “We have to... [more] |  |
| General News 20.12.09 | |
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| FIL President Fendt meets governor of Svedlovsk region | |
| A meeting in high political spheres was held in connection with the World Cup in Yekaterinburg. FIL president Josef Fendt met Alexander Misharin, the governor of the Sverdlovsk region, who only recently resumed office. “I had the impression that the governor is truly and seriously committed to our... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 20.12.09 | |
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| aqotec World Cup Novouralsk (RUS) II Thomas Schopf and Melanie Batkowski win for Austria |
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| Novouralsk (ck) - With a spectacular second run rookie Thomas Schopf (AUT) shot himself from the third intermediate rank to the second win within 24 hours. “Before I went into the second run, I told myself: Thomas, give it all, you can do it! I knew that I could do better than in the first run, as... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 18.12.09 | |
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| aqotec World Cup Novouralsk I Thomas Schopf (AUT) wins his first World Cup race “My goal was to try my best in this season and beat Patrick at least once. That I managed to do so in the very fisrt race is of course fantastic”, said Thomas Schopf (AUT) who... |
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| Natural Track News 17.12.09 | |
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| aqotec World Cup on natural track in Novouralsk/Yekaterinburg (RUS), 17th-20th December 2009 | |
| Pigneter/Clara (ITA) first winners in the new season With two excellent runs Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) started into the new season just like they had ended the last: with a win, the 12th in their career. “These were the first flawless runs we managed to achieve in this... [more] |
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| Natural Track News 17.12.09 | |
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| Press Conference with FIL President Josef Fendt | |
| aqotec World Cup on natural track, Novouralsk/Yekaterinburg (RUS), 17th-20th December 2009 FIL-President Josef Fendt came to visit the aqotec World Cup race at the Urals and patiently answered all the questions of the Russian media. “I am very happy to be here in this region for the... [more] |
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