Berchtesgaden (FIL): For the the 12th time now, the active organizers around Ewald Lechner have performed the Gitscherg Start Cup in Meransen (ITA) with a very good participation of 84 athletes from 7 nations.
Many VIPs could be welcomed at the artificially iced start track which has a length of 200 meters. The Olympic Champion, Armin Zöggeler from Italy, the World Champions in the doubles discipline, Wolfgang and Andreas Linger from Austria and further 20 Olympic athletes as well as the whole world class of junior luge athletes put on exciting competitions for 1/100 second – The Olympic venue of Turin sends his regards.

Results:

Women
1. Hayden, Ashley (USA) 14.73
2. Kappen, Steffi (GER) 14.74
3. Wischnewski, Anke (GER) 14.77
4. Huefner, Tatjana (GER) 14.79
5. Reithmayer, Nina (AUT) 14.89
6. Sabolova, Veronika (SVK) 14.95

Men
1. Zöggeler, Armin (ITA) 13.88
2. Schiegl, Tobias (AUT) 13.97
3. Slavik, Jaroslav (SVK) 14.04
4. Linger, Andreas (AUT) 14.06
5. Bertz, Denis (GER) 14.10
6. Huber, Wilfried (ITA) 14.12

Doubles
1. Schiegl, Tobias / Schiegl, Markus (AUT) 14.15
2. Linger, Andreas / Linger, Wolfgang (AUT) 14.16
3. Plankensteiner, Gerhard / Haselrieder, Oswald (ITA) 14.17
4. Mick, Lubomir / Marx, Walter (SVK) 14.50
5. Oberstolz, Christian / Gruber, Patrick (ITA) 14.58
6. Söderberg, Anders / Walden, Bengt (SWE) 14.67

Juniors - Women
1. Kobylka, Heike (GER) 14.74
2. Scharfe, Astrid (GER) 14.91
3. Linke, Sindy (GER) 15.05
4. Pester, Marlene (GER) 15.13
5. Sisajova, Jana (SVK) 15.32
6. Gentsch, Jana (GER) 15.36

Juniors - Men
1. Fischer, Peter (GER) 14.40
2. Wehnert, Toni (GER) 14.52
3. Marschner, Robin (GER) 14.53
4. Fischnaller, Hans-Peter (ITA) 14.54
5. Mair, David (ITA) 14.55
6. Prinoth, Bernhard (ITA) 14.62

Juniors - Doubles
1. Wehnert, Toni / Marschner, Toni (GER) 14.59
2. Fischnaller, Hans-Peter / Mair, David (ITA) 14.91
3. Harnis, Jan / Regec, Branislav (SVK) 15.00
4. Pfister, Manuel / Kindl, Wolfgang (AUT) 15.21