Berchtesgaden (FIL) The current World Champions Tatjana Hüfner, Felix Loch and André Florschütz/Torsten Wustlich will lead the elite squad of the German Bobsleigh and Sled Sport Federation for Germany (BSD) for the upcoming winter. Altogether, 13 luge athletes were admitted to the highest support level.

Besides Tatjana Hüfner, the winner of the 2007/2008 Overall World Cup, the women’s squad includes European Champion Natalie Geisenberger as well as Anke Wischnewski. The men’s squad comprises Felix Loch, Jan Eichhorn, World Championship silver medalist David Möller as well as Andi Langenhan, who captured the bronze medal at the 2008 World Championships. In doubles, besides Florschütz/Wustlich, the runner-up World Champions Tobias Arlt/Tobias Wendl and the winners of the Overall Viessmann World Cup, Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch were called to the elite squad.