| General News 30.11.10 | |
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| Diana Sartor and Steffen Skel married | |
| Altenberg (pps) Former World skeleton champion Diana Sartor and Steffen Skel who have two children have finally married. Witnesses were Altenberg Mayor Thomas Kirsten and André Lange, four-time Olympic bobsleigh champion and long-time friend of Steffen Skel, last winter part of the coaching staff... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 30.11.10 | |
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| “Good” TV ratings | |
| Successful première of the Viessmann Luge World Cup Team Relay Event Winterberg (pps) Having written a new chapter in the history of luge as the first winners of the Team Relay Event within the Viessmann Luge World Cup, Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner of the successful German team was... [more] |  |
| Natural Track News 29.11.10 | |
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| Well prepared! | |
| The preparations for the 18th FIL World Championships on natural track are underway. Athletes, volunteers, officials and fans of the national luge training center Grantau-Umhausen are equally excited and looking forward to a well organized event at the luge-mekka in the Ötztal region. Ten... [more] |  |
| General News 29.11.10 | |
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| Appropriate farewell of Tobias and Markus Schiegl | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Tobias Schiegl-Markus Schiegl of Austria celebrated their official farewell of the sport of luge quite appropriately. To the sound of a brass combo the two cousins made their last run on the Olympic artificially-iced track of Innsbruck-Igls in leather trousers, traditional... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 28.11.10 | |
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| Innsbruck Igls: Team Canada runner-up ahead of Italy | |
| Germany wins Viessmann Luge World Cup première of the Team Relay event Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Germany’s relay team has written a chapter of luge history: The quartet with Tatjana Huefner, Andi Langenhan and the doubles’ Tobias Arlt-Tobias Wendl won the first Team Relay event of... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 28.11.10 | |
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| David Moeller runner-up ahead of Armin Zoeggeler in Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Olympic champion Felix Loch celebrates second success in the Viessmann Luge
World Cup Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Going into the new luge season Germany’s Felix Loch celebrated a great success. The Olympic and two-time World champion, handicapped in his preparations due to a hip... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 27.11.10 | |
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| Oberstolz-Gruber runner-up ahead of Penz-Fischler | |
| First success in front of a home crowd for Olympic champions Linger-Linger
Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Olympic doubles’ champions, Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger of Austria, managed to close a gap in their medal collection. For the first time, the 2003 World and 2010 European... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 27.11.10 | |
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| Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner celebrates 22nd victory in the Viessmann Luge World Cup | |
| Natalie Geisenberg runner-up in Innsbruck-Igls ahead of Erin Hamlin Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Germany’s Tatjana Huefner takes off into the new luge season just as she ended the last. Nine and a half months after her Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver,... [more] |
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| Artificial Track News 26.11.10 | |
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| Carina Schwab, Manuel Pfister and Niccum/Terdiman the first Winners of the Season | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Germany’s Carina Schwab, Manuel Pfister from Austria and Christina Niccum/Jayson Terdiman from U.S.A. are the first winners of the new Luge season. At the Nationscup at Innsbruck-Igls, the qualifying race for the season’s opener in Viessmann Luge World Cup 2010/2011,... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 25.11.10 | |
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| Viessmann Luge World Cup – Preview Men’s Singles | |
| Record winner Prock would not begrudge Zoeggeler to tie his record Innsbruck-Igls (pps) With the new season kicking off, the five-time World champion (1995, 1999, 2001, 2003 and 2005) has the record count of 49 individual and a total of nine overall victories in the Viessmann Luge World... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 25.11.10 | |
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| The schedule of Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The first Viessmann Luge World Cup this season will kick off in Innsbruck-Igls, Austria, next weekend. On Saturday, November 27 (at 10:10 hrs local time) the women’s singles will be the first event, followed by the doubles (at 12.50 hrs). On Sunday, November 28, the men’s... [more] | |
| Artificial Track News 24.11.10 | |
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| Geisenberger, Zoeggeler and Leitner-Resch last year’s winners | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) On November 27-28, the Olympic luge track of 1964 and 1976 in Innsbruck-Igls will not only host the first event of the 34th World Cup season. Simultaneously, it will be the 29th edition of a Viessmann World Cup. Last year, the winners on the artificially-iced track at the foot... [more] |  |
| General News 24.11.10 | |
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| Kick-off for the new season – FIL Press Conference on November 26 | |
| Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The International Luge Federation, FIL, will again kick off the new season with the by now traditional press conference on November 26, 2010 (at 11:30 hrs) at the Clubhouse of „Olmypic Golf Igls“ in direct vicinity to the Olympic luge track in Innsbruck-Igls. FIL President... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 24.11.10 | |
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| Viessmann Luge World Cup – Preview Doubles | |
| Olympic champion Linger: “Everything will be turned upside down” Innsbruck-Igls (pps) No less than five international top doubles teams have put their luges away for good after the end of the Olympic season. “Everything will be turned upside down,” commented Andreas Linger, 2006 and 2010... [more] |  |
| Artificial Track News 23.11.10 | |
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| Luge Season takes off in Innsbruck-Igls | |
| Team Relay Event celebrates première - Fourth discipline in the Viessmann Luge World Cup Innsbruck-Igls (pps) The new luge season will take off with a première: At the first Viessmann Luge World Cup event in Innsbruck-Igls, the Team Relay Event of the International Luge Federation, FIL,... [more] |  |