Only a few days to go: On Saturday, January 8th, the starting signal for the FIL Luge World Cup on natural track will be given in Umhausen (AUT).

On the technically demanding “Grantau”-track in Ötztal everything is set up for an exciting season kickoff. The first competition is the first run for woman‘s single, followed by the first run fort he doubles. The two finals will be on the program from noon. At the last World Cup in Umhausen in February 2020, the "Azzurre" celebrated a double victory with Evelin Lanthaler and Greta Pinggera, ahead of Ekaterina Lavrenteva (RUS). In the doubles, Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) prevailed against the Russians Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev.

Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) on his hometrack

Two decisions are also on the program on Sunday: After the two races in the men's singles, the team competition will follow at 1 p.m. At the 2020 World Cup finale, host Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) prevailed over his teammate Michael Scheikl (AUT). In the team competition, the victory with Tina Unterberger/Thomas Kammerlander also went to the hosts from Austria, ahead of Italy (Evelin Lanthaler/Patrick Pigneter) and Russia (Ekaterina Lavrenteva/Aleksandr Egorov).

The new World Cup season will open with training on Friday. All competitions can be seen via livestream on www.fil-luge-org

Program 1st FIL Luge World Cup on natural track, Umhausen

Friday, January 7th
9.30 a.m .: National training single
afterwards national training doubles

Saturday, January 8th
10.00 a.m .: 1st competition run woman’s single
11.00 a.m .: 1st competition run doubles
11.45 a.m .: Finale woman’s single (followed by flower ceremony)
12.45 p.m .: Finale doubles (followed by flower ceremony)
Followed by award ceremony woman’s single and doubles

Sunday January 9th
10.00 a.m .: 1st competition run men‘s single
11.30 a.m .: Finale men‘s single (followed by flower ceremony)
1 p.m .: Team competition (followed by  flower ceremony)
Followed by award ceremony for men‘s and team competition