Season review episode 6 of 6 / Team relay: Germany triumphs at the World Championships and in the overall World Cup - USA on the podium twice

Berchtesgaden (FIL/02 May 2024) The German team secured victory in the Team Relay at the 52nd FIL World Championships 2024 in Altenberg as well as in the Overall World Cup.

A novelty in the EBERSPAECHER Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW and also at the European and World Championships were the women's doubles in the teams. A quartet in the relay became a sextet in 2023/2024. Three female and three male lugers now form a relay team.

Germany's team has proven it: They can also do it with the women's doubles.

The sextet of Julia Taubitz, Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt, Max Langenhan and Dajana Eitberger/Saskia Schirmer won the World Championship title at the 52nd World Championships in Altenberg. It was the tenth title of twelve decisions in the World Team Championships so far.

Behind them, 0.358 seconds behind, the US team of Summer Britcher, Dana Kellogg/Frank Ike, Tucker West, Chevonne Forgan/Sophia Kirkby celebrated silver. World Championship bronze went to the Latvians (Elina Ieva Vitola, Martins Bots/Roberts Plume, Kristers Aparjods, Anda Upite/Zane Kaluma), 0.406 seconds behind.

The overall ranking of the EBERSPÄCHER Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW was won for the 13th time by Germany with 540 points and four victories in six races. Behind them, Austria took silver with 446 points (one win and two second and one third place) and the USA team came third in the overall World Cup (410) after finishing runner-up in the 2024 World Championships. This means that only Germany and the USA were on the podium at the World Championships and the World Cup. The team from the USA finished on the podium in four out of six World Cup relays. With one win and two second places, Latvia finished fourth with 380 points ahead of Italy in fifth place (300).

The 2023/2024 EBERSPAECHER Luge World Cup season will undoubtedly go down as one of the most exciting and memorable in history, with outstanding performances, close decisions, and enthusiastic spectators worldwide.

Our season review series comes to an end with the 2023/2024 team relay. We are looking forward to the next season, which starts in Lillehammer, Norway, at the beginning of December 2024.

To the race calendar 2024/2025 as PDF: Race calendar of the International Luge Federation as PDF: https://www.fil-luge.org/en/race-schedule-as-pdf