Novouralsk (ck) - The first title of the 32nd European Junior Championships went to Austria: Christoph Regensburger/Dominik Holzknecht performed according to expectations and raced to the first place with a 1.26 seconds winning margin ahead of Egor Dorofeev/Victor Zakharchenko (RUS). Even though the participating field was a mere four doubles, it was not an easy race for the Austrians: “We were surprisingly slow in the training runs”, said Christoph Regensburger, “but we did not change any of the equipment for the race, we focused on our sliding skills and tried to find a precise line.” Dominik Holzknecht added: “It was also difficult because we have never raced here together, it was our first time here.” Critical words came from the youngest participants and bronze medallists Andrei Shcheglov/Vadim Korolev (RUS): “It is disappointing that not more nations entered doubles. It would have been more motivation, a better atmosphere and certainly more interesting with more participants”, said the 17-year-old athletes. Indeed, only Russia and Austria took part in the doubles’ race and only Russia could fill the national quota with three sleds. Results: Final Results Doubles (4): 1. Christoph REGENSBURGER/Dominik HOLZKNECHT (AUT), 1:06,10(1), 1:05,71(1), 2:11,81 2. Egor DOROFEEV/Victor ZAKHARCHENKO (RUS), 1:07,03(2), 1:06,04(2), 2:13,07 3. Andrei SHCHEGLOV/Vadim KOROLEV (RUS), 1:07,33(3), 1:08,32(3), 2:15,65 4. Anatolii TALALOV/Evgeniy KALININ (RUS), 1:08,51(4), 1:09.74(4), 2:18,25 Intermediate Ranking after one Run - Women (17): 1. Sara BACHMANN (ITA), 1:03,71(1) 2. Darija MALEJEVA (RUS), 1:03,79(2) 3. Carmen PLANÖTSCHER (ITA), 1:04,16(3) 4. Lubov STARIKOVA (RUS), 1:04,38(4) 5. Greta PINGGERA (ITA), 1:04,39(5) 6. Petra DRAGICEVIC (SLO), 1:04,49(6) 7. Maria KAMAREVTSEVA (RUS), 1:05,32(7), 8. Margarita NIYAZOVA (RUS), 1:06,24(8), 9. Theresa MAURER (GER), 1:06,32(9), 10. Maria AUER (AUT), 1:06,99(10), Intermediate Ranking after one Run - Men (23): 1. Egor DOROFEEV (RUS), 1:01,44(1), 2. Florian GLATZL (AUT), 1:01,56(2), 3. Dominik HOLZKNECHT (AUT), 1:01,99(3), 4. Christoph REGENSBURGER (AUT), 1:02,10(4), 5. Thomas UNTERHOLZNER (ITA), 1:03,13(5), 6. Dominik KIRCHMAIR (AUT), 1:03,23(6), 7. Andrei SHCHEGLOV (RUS), 1:03,28(7), 8. Martin KERSCHBAUMER (ITA), 1:03,38(8) 9. Anatolii TALALOV (RUS), 1:03,42(9) 10. Ruslan SUSANU (RUS), 1:03,46(10) Schedule for Sunday, 10.02.2013: 10:30am: 2nd Competition Run Women and Men 45 Minutes Break afterwards : 3rd Competition Run Women and Men 3:30pm: Medal and Closing Ceremony