| Artificial Track News 31.01.11 | |
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| Fendt: “That’s the risk when you try something new” | |
| Soft and hardware developer takes responsibility for Team Relay slip-up Berchtesgaden (pps) The soft and hardware developer for the technical running of the Team Relay of the International Luge Federation, FIL, has taken over the responsibility for the slip-ups that occurred at the 42nd... [more] | |
| Natural Track News 30.01.11 | |
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| 18th FIL World Championships Natural Track Umhausen (AUT) | |
| Happy End for Gerald Kammerlander (AUT): Gold Medal on Home Track Umhausen (ck) - The decision could not have been closer. Local hero Gerald Kammerlander took the lead in the first run, was defeated by defending champion Patrick Pigneter (ITA) in the second run and had to take full risk in the... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 30.01.11 | |
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| 18th FIL World Championships Natural Track Umhausen (AUT) | |
| Renate Gietl (ITA) defended her title Umhausen (ck) - Renate Gietl (ITA) and Ekatharina Lavrentjeva (RUS) set out for their usual duel with the usual close decision. This time Renate Gietl was the favourable one and defended her title. “I was not nervous at all, at the start I heard Kathy’s... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 30.01.11 | |
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| World Championship Team Relay Event cancelled due to technical problems | |
| Cesana (pps) The decision in the Team Relay Event at the 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation, FIL, in Cesana, Italy, had to be cancelled due to technical difficulties. Even during a second round of the competition the electronics of the start mechanism mulfunctioned. ... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 30.01.11 | |
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| Olympic champions Linger-Linger earn second World Championship gold medal after 2003 | |
| Cesana (pps) At the 42nd Worlds of the International Luge Federation in Cesana, Italy, Austria’s two-time Olympic champions Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger have earned their second World championship title. The 2003 World champions defeated Italy’s doubles’ with Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Guber.... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 29.01.11 | |
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| Olympic champions Linger-Linger on target for gold | |
| Cesana (pps) At the 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation in Cesana, Italy, Austria’s two-time Olympic doubles’ champions Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger are right on target for gold. After the first run – the second will be carried out on Sunday (January 30, 2011 / start at... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 29.01.11 | |
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| After six-year long wait: Armin Zoeggeler again World champion | |
| Cesana (pps) Six years after having posted his fifth World Championship title, Italy’s Armin Zoeggeler has again climbed the “luge throne”. The two-time Olympic champion won his sixth World gold medal on the 2006 Olympic luge track in Cesana, Italy, on Saturday, January 29, 2011.
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| Natural Track News 29.01.11 | |
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| 18th FIL World Championships Umhausen (AUT) | |
| Third Title for Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (RUS) Umhausen (ck) - “We have been waiting for four years for that title”, said Ivan Lazarev overjoyed after winning the race. “Our first run was not perfect, but very good and good enough to have some margin for the second run. So we did not have... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 29.01.11 | |
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| Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner celebrates third World Championship title | |
| Alex Gough takes first World Championship medal for Canada’s women Cesana (pps) Germany’s Tatjana Huefner is still setting the luge standard in the women’s singles. At the 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation in Cesana, Italy, the 2010 Olympic champion already... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 28.01.11 | |
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| 18th FIL World Championships Umhausen (AUT) | |
| Team Italy I with Gietl, Blasbichler and Pigneter/Clara defends title Umhausen (ck) - 15 years lay between Patrick Pigneter and Anton Blasbichler and between the two they share 16 medals in world championships, nine of them in gold. In the first decision in the Umhausen World Championships... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.01.11 | |
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| Defending champions of the 2009 Worlds in Lake Placid: | |
| Hamlin, Loch, Plankensteiner-Haselrieder and Germany’s relay team Cesana (pps) Defending champions at the upcoming 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation, FIL, are Erin Hamlin (USA), Felix Loch (GER), Gerhard Plankensteiner-Oswald Haselrieder (ITA) as well as the... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.01.11 | |
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| 42nd FIL Luge World Championships in Cesana | |
| 19 nations to compete on the track of the 2006 Olympic Games Cesana (pps) Weather forecasts for Sunday predict a beautiful and sunny day in Cesana. Perfect conditions, as it seems, for the absolute highlight at the 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation, FIL - the... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.01.11 | |
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| Première in Cesana: “U23 Luge World Championships” as a test | |
| Cesana (pps) The 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation, FIL, in Cesana will see a première – for the first time, FIL will test out to determine World champions in the “U23” category. The “U23” World champions in women’s and men’s singles as well as doubles’ will be crowned... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.01.11 | |
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| 42nd FIL Luge World Championships in Cesana / Preview Team Relay | |
| Theoretically, Germany cannot be defeated any more Cesana (pps) The new World champion in the Team Relay Event has already been determined prior to the (penultimate) race. Concluding the 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation, FIL, on Sunday (January 30, 2011 /... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 27.01.11 | |
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| 42nd FIL Luge World Championships in Cesana: Preview Doubles’ Events | |
| Three teams the top favourites – all with a victory in Cesana Cesana (pps) The three favorites in the doubles‘ are from Germany, Austria and Italy. Their names are Tobias Wendl-Tobias Arlt (GER), Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger (AUT) and Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber (ITA). And they... [more] |  |