Latvia defends Relay Title successfully

Sigulda (pps) Latvia’s Team-Relay defended their title at the European Championships successfully. In the line-up with Anna Orlowa, Martins Rubenis and Andris Sics/Juris Sics they repeated the victory from Cesana/Italy 2008. Silver went... [more]

Second European Title for Russia’s Albert Demchenko

Sigulda (pps) For the second time after 2006 Russia’s Albert Demchenko won the title of the European Champion in Luge. At the 42nd European Championships of the International Federation (FIL) at Sigulda Latvia the Silber... [more]

Lisa Liebert, Pavlichenko and Walther/Grünneker the Winners

Oberhof (pps) Lisa Liebert from Germany, Russia’s Semen Pavlichchenko and Germany’s Nico Walther/Nico Grünneker (GER) are the Winners of the 5th Junior’s Worldcup in Oberhof (GER). Lisa Liebert won in front of her... [more]

Linger-Brothers completed collection of titles

Sigulda (pps) Austria’s Brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger completed their collection of titles. Seven years after winning the World Championship and four years after the Olympic Gold Medal at Torino 2006 the couple won the... [more]

Tatiana Ivanova new European Champion

Sigulda (pps) Tatiana Ivanova from Russia is the new European Champion in Luge. In Sigulda/Latvia the 18 year old Russian won in a total time of one minute 25.517 seconds followed by Germany’s Corinna Martini and Nina Reithmayer from... [more]

After two races in Russia and one in Austria, the next two stations of the aqotec World Cup will be Latsch/Laces and Latzfons (in two weeks time) in South Tyrolia, Italy. These two races will most likely show who might win the world cup crystals when at the end of February the final race will be... [more]

Sigulda (pps) Latvia with the athletes Maija Tiruma, Martins Rubenis and Andris Sics-Juris Sics were the 2008 winners on the artificial track in Cesana, taking the European Championship title in the team relay. Austria took second place (Veronika Halder, Martin Abentung and Andreas Linger-Wolfgang... [more]

Moscow (pps) Olympic runner-up Albert Demchenko will be heading the Russian team for the XXI Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada (February 12-28, 2010). The Russian Federation will send a total of ten athletes - their full quota - to the Olympic luge events at the „Whistler Sliding Center“.... [more]

Sigulda (pps) Wilfried Huber's dream of a seventh start at the Olympic Games did not come true. During the team selection process Italy's 39-year old luger, 1994 Olympic doubles' champion together with Kurt Brugger in Lillehammer, Norway, had to bow to compatriot David Mair. Thus, Huber will have... [more]

Defending champion Natalie Geisenberger: "Would have liked to compete"

Altenberg (pps) Germany's women's lugers, undefeated in the Viessmann Luge World Cup for now 97 events, regret having to cancel the participation of Germany's Olympic luge team at the 42nd European Luge... [more]

„European title remains European title“ - Austria earned last title in 1982

Sigulda (pps) Never before the old saying “every coin has two sides” sounded more true than prior to the 42nd FIL Luge European Championships in Sigulda, Latvia (January 23-24, 2010). Natalie Geisenberger of... [more]

Berchtesgaden (pps) The Turkish Luge Federation, provisional member of the International Luge Federation, FIL since summer 2009, has made its inaugural visit to the FIL office in Berchtesgaden, Germany. Erol Oezer, President of the Turkish Luge Federation, and FIL President Josef Fendt discussed... [more]

Saturday January 23rd 2010:

09.30-10.45 Local time/08.30-09.45 CET: women's singles 1st heat

11.15-12.00 LT/10.15-11.00 CET: women's singles 2nd heat

12.30-13.20 LT/11.30-12.20 CET: double-seater 1st heat

13.45-14.25 LT/12.45-13.25 CET: double-seater 2nd... [more]

St. Sebastian (ck) - The usual three medal contenders suddenly had to face a new situation with a fourth lady claiming a medal. In today’s race the Austrian Melanie Batkowski was the unlucky one who missed the podium. Old and new European Champion is Russia’s Ekatharina Lavrentjeva, who after 2004... [more]

Martina Kocher from switzerland gets ticket for Vancouver

Oberhof (pps) With rank eleven at Viessmann luge World Cup in Oberhof Martina Kocher from Switzerland assured her ticket for the XXI. Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver (Canada, 12.-28. february 2010). Corinna Martini,... [more]