| Artificial Track News 23.01.13 | |
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| 44th FIL Luge World Championships in Whistler | |
| Record World Champion Armin Zoeggeler will not compete Lana (pps) Record World Champion Armin Zoeggeler, of Italy, will not compete at the 44th World Championships of the International Luge Federation (FIL) in Whistler, Canada on February 1-2, 2013. Just one Week prior to the Opening... [more] |  |
| General News 22.01.13 | |
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| Record ratings: 4,61 million TV spectators followed decision in the women’s singles | |
| Winterberg (pps) A record 4.61 million viewers watched the TV transmission of the women’s singles at the 7th stop of the Viessmann Luge World Cup series in Winterberg, Germany. The six-minute long roundup of the public German TV station ZDF reached a market share of 21.6 percent. About 2.74... [more] |  |
| General News 21.01.13 | |
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| Georg Fischler given “all clear” | |
| Innsbruck (pps) Georg Fischler has been given the „all clear“. After his circulatory problems ahead of the seventh stop of the Viessmann Luge World Cup series in Winterberg last weekend, the 27-year old was now given the “all clear” for his participation at the upcoming World Championships. After... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 20.01.13 | |
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| FIL World Cup Natural Track - Umhausen - Three Times Gold for Russia | |
| Umhausen (ck) - In the women’s event, in the doubles race and in the team event the first places went to Russia. Ekatharina Lavrentjeva celebrated another win and prolonged her winning streak to a series of nine races. She has to beat her own record yet, which she set in the seasons 2004/05... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 20.01.13 | |
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| Quadruple success for Germany in Winterberg | |
| Again victory for Geisenberger at the seventh stop of the World Cup series
Winterberg (pps) Natalie Geisenberger is still setting the standard in the women’s singles of the Viessmann Luge World Cup. At the seventh stop of the World Cup series the 2010 Olympic bronze medalist of... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 20.01.13 | |
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| Eggert-Benecken on second place ahead of Oberstolz-Gruber | |
| Linger-Linger celebrate first season victory
Winterberg (pps) The Olympic Champions Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger won the Viessmann Luge World Cup event on the luge and bobsleigh track in Winterberg. Two weeks before the 44th World Championships of the International Luge... [more] |
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| Natural Track News 19.01.13 | |
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| FIL World Cup Natural Track - Umhausen - Patrick Pigneter (ITA) claims back the top spot | |
| Umhausen (ck) - „Now the world championships can come, the equipment is ok, my form is ok“, announced Patrick Pigneter (ITA) after taking back the top spot on the podium. “I made the necessary changes on my sled and it worked perfectly fine in the first run. In the second run, maybe I lacked the... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 19.01.13 | |
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| Loch on second place ahead of Zoeggeler | |
| Second season victory for David Moeller
Winterberg (pps) Showing a strong performance and setting a track record in the second run, David Moeller won the Viessmann Luge World Cup event on the luge and bobsleigh track in Winterberg, the seventh stop of the World Cup series. The... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 18.01.13 | |
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| Two victories for Host Germany – one for Russia | |
| Winterberg (pps) Two victories for Germany and one for Russia: This is the result of the Nation’s Cup, the qualifier for die Viessmann Luge World Cup this weekend at Winterberg, Germany. The winners are Carina Schwab and Ralf Palik from Germany and Russia’s Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin.... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 18.01.13 | |
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| Schedule / Viessmann Luge World Cup in Winterberg | |
| Saturday, January 19 10:30 hrs Viessmann Luge World Cup – men’s singles - 1st run 12:00 hrs Viessmann Luge World Cup – men’s singles - 2nd run Sunday, January 20 09:30 hrs Viessmann Luge World Cup – doubles - 1st run 10:40 hrs Viessmann Luge World Cup – doubles - 2nd... [more] | |
| Natural Track News 18.01.13 | |
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| 19th FIL World Championships in Deutschnofen: Press Conference Highlights | |
| Bolzano (ck) - The 19th FIL World Championships in natural track which will be held January 24th to 28th in Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente (ITA) started to show their first signs. On January 15th in a media conference in Bolzano/Bozen, the two chiefs of the organising committee Christian Gallmetzer and... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 17.01.13 | |
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| 23rd Viessmann Luge World Cup in Winterberg | |
| Winterberg (pps) The bobsleigh and luge track in Winterberg will be hosting its 23rd Viessmann Luge World Cup this weekend. In 2012, Germany’s Felix Loch replaced “serial winner” Armin Zoeggeler of Italy who won three of his four victories in succession in the 2008-2009, 2009-2010 as well as the... [more] |  |
| General News 17.01.13 | |
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| Press Conference on January 18, 2013 | |
| Winterberg (pps) The traditional opening press conference will take place on Friday (January 18, 2013). Athletes from the German national luge team as well as Werner Eickler, Mayor of Winterberg, Petra Sapp, Managing Director of the operating company “Bobbahn GmbH” and Hans-Juerge Koehne, Chairman... [more] | |
| General News 17.01.13 | |
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| New finish area for bobsleigh track Winterberg | |
| Winterberg (pps) The planning and building permits as well as the authorization of federal and public funds for the construction of a new finish area at the luge and bobsleigh track in Winterberg have been granted. “As we were given the green light we can start with the construction of the finish... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 17.01.13 | |
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| Junior World Championships in Park City | |
| Team Relay event - Gold for Italy with Dominik Fischnaller Park City (pps) Dominik Fischnaller has claimed his second gold medal to become the most successful participant at the 28th Junior World Championships of the International Luge Federation (FIL) in Park City in the U.S. state of... [more] |  |