| General News 29.01.12 | |
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| Photographer Hermann Sobe celebrates his 100th World Cup | |
| Deutschnofen (ck) - 113 world cup races on natural track have been held since the kick off on Dec 12, 1992 in Rautavaara in Finland. At 100 races – no matter if it snowed, rained or in the freezing cold – he was somewhere along the track: Hermann Sobe, photographer. In Deutschnofen (ITA) at the... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 29.01.12 | |
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| WÜRZ Energy World Cup in Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente (ITA) - Winning Streak Continued: Pigneter (ITA) and Lavrentjeva (RUS) successful again | |
| Deutschnofen (ck) - Four wins in four races is Patrick Pigneter’s output so far, but his motivation to win is unbroken: „Now I will try to win all six races, we will see if this is possible. The kick is always the same, you have to give it all to stand on top of the podium. Especially a shorter... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 29.01.12 | |
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| Andi Langenhan celebrates second season’s victory in St. Moritz Gregory Garigiet on fifth place in front of a home-crowd |
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| St. Moritz (pps) Andi Langenhan, Germany, celebrated his second victory in the Viessmann Luge World Cup this season on the natural ice track in St. Moritz in the Upper Engadin of Switzerland. At the seventh of nine stops in the World Cup series the World bronze medallist (2008 and 2011) defeated... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 28.01.12 | |
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| WÜRZ Energy World Cup in Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente (ITA) - Pigneter/Clara (ITA) strike back and tie overall World Cup | |
| Deutschnofen (ck) - With their 20th career win in the doubles event Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) responded to the intermediate world cup lead of Russia’s Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev and tied the ranking with 370 points on each side. “Now we can take it easy in Russia. Porshnev/Lazarev are... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.01.12 | |
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| With a gap of 0.867 seconds Geisenberger on second place | |
| Tatjana Huefner in a class of her own
St. Moritz (pps) Germany’s Tatjana Huefner once more demonstrated that she is in a class of her own. Two weeks before the 43rd World Championships of the Internation Luge Federation (FIL) in Altenberg (February 10-12, 2012) the Olympic and... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 28.01.12 | |
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| Eggert-Benecken on second place ahead of Wendl-Arlt | |
| St. Moritz: Second victory for Linger-Linger
St. Moritz (pps) It’s still a “neck-and-neck” race at the top of the overall World Cup standings in the doubles. Two-time Olympic Champions Andreas and Wolfgang Linger of Austria won the Viessmann Luge World Cup in St. Moritz, the... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 27.01.12 | |
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| Nation’s Cup in St. Moritz | |
| Sandra Gasparini, Federov and Rieder-Rastner the Winners
St. Moritz (pps) s) Italy’s Gasparini, Stepan Federov from Russia and Ludwig Rieder-Patrick Rastner (ITA) are the winners of the Nation’s Cup at St. Moritz. Sandra Gasparini defeated Natalia Khoreva from Russia... [more] |
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| Natural Track News 26.01.12 | |
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| WÜRZ Energy Worldcup in Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente (ITA) - Back in South Tyrol One More Time | |
| Deutschnofen/Nova Ponente (ck) - For the fourth of six world cup races the WÜRZ Energy circuit will return to South Tyrol in Italy one more time. Only once, three years ago, a world cup race has been held in Nova Ponente, but it was followed by the 2010 Junior World Championships and the winter... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 26.01.12 | |
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| Zoeggeler, Kneyb and two doubles are “The last of the Mohicans” | |
| St. Moritz (pps) Armin Zoeggeler of Italy, Russia’s Viktor Kneyb, the Austrian doubles team of brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger as well as Christian-Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber, Italy, will be starring in the role of “The last of the Mohicans” in St. Moritz. Already 12 years ago, these lugers... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 25.01.12 | |
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| The only remaining natural ice track in the world | |
| Returns after a 12-year-long break St. Moritz (pps) The 2000 FIL Luge World Championships were carried out on the natural ice track in the tony winter resort of St. Moritz. Now, after a “break” of 12 years, the Viessmann Luge World Cup will return to Switzerland. For the seventh time... [more] |  |
| General News 25.01.12 | |
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| St. Moritz hosted six World Cup events | |
| St. Moritz (pps) For the seventh time in the history of the Viessmann Luge World Cup, St. Moritz will be host to the international luge elite. This Saturday (January 28), the World Cup will kick-off with the doubles event at 9:00 hours (local time), followed by the women’s singles at 11:30 hours.... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 24.01.12 | |
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| International luge elite is looking forward to World Cup in St. Moritz | |
| “It will be a terrific event” – “Neck-and-neck” race in the doubles St. Moritz (pps) Lugers from all over the world are looking forward to the upcoming Viessmann Luge World Cup event in the Swiss winter resort of St. Moritz, this weekend (January 28-29, 2012). “I’m really excited,” said... [more] |  |
| General News 24.01.12 | |
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| Winterberg achieves the season’s best TV ratings | |
| Winterberg (pps) The Viessmann Luge World Cup in Winterberg (GER) generated the season’s best luge TV ratings. An average of 3.51 million spectators followed the quintuple success of the home nation’s athletes in the men’s singles on the country’s public TV station ARD. This translates into a... [more] | |
| Natural Track News 22.01.12 | |
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| WÜRZ Energy World Cup in Zelezniki (SLO) - Pigneter (ITA) and Lavrentjeva (RUS) Continue Winning Streak | |
| Zelezniki (ck) - The winners are the same as one week ago, but the places behind the top stars are contested tighter week by week. This confirms Renate Gietl (ITA), three times runner up behind Ekatharina Lavrentjeva (RUS), when she says: “My motto is to work, work, and work. The margins behind me... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 22.01.12 | |
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| Viessmann Team Relay World Cup presented by INTERSPORT | |
| Germany winner of the Team Relay World Cup
Winterberg (pps) Germany won the Viessmann Team Relay World Cup presented by INTERSPORT thanks to their victory in Winterberg at the fifth of six events in the World Cup series. With 470 points to their credit, Germany is on top of the... [more] |
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