Armin Zöggeler increases his Overall World Cup lead
Nagano. The lugers from Italy dominated the men’s competition of the Viessmann luge World Cup in Nagano. After his victories in Königssee (1993) and Winterberg (1998), Wilfried Huber now won his third World Cup. With a total time of 1:40.206 minutes, the 1994 Olympic champion in doubles (together with Kurt Brugger) was first in front of the Italian Overall World Cup leader Armin Zöggeler (1.40.308) and the Austrian Markus Prock (1:40.698).
With this, Zöggeler could increase his lead in the Viessmann World Cup overall rating significantly. In order to defend his title, with 511 points and a bolster of 104 points, the two-time World Champion now only needs to finish at ranks six twice at this season’s last two races in Salt Lake City (February 10/11) and Lake Placid (February 17/18).
Three-time Olympic champion Georg Hackl from Berchtesgaden (411 points), who, with a total time of 1:40.833 minutes, in Nagano only took sixths place after Tony Benshoof (1:40.704) from the USA and the Russian Albert Demtschenko (1:40.805), is now placed second in the Overall World Cup results.
The German World Champion Jens Müller, who, with a total time of 1:41.290 only finished at rank 13, is now placed third in the Overall World Cup results together with Prock (both 380 points), in front of the German Karsten Albert (375) and the winner of the Nagano World Cup Huber (307).
