Innsbruck-Igls (pps) Germany’s Carina Schwab, Manuel Pfister from Austria and Christina Niccum/Jayson Terdiman from U.S.A. are the first winners of the new Luge season. At the Nationscup at Innsbruck-Igls, the qualifying race for the season’s opener in Viessmann Luge World Cup 2010/2011, Junior’s World Champion Carina Schwab won in front of European Champion Tatiana Ivanova from Russia and Italy’s Sandra Gasparini. Local hero Manuel Pfister won the men’s race followed by Viktor Kneib from Russia and his team-Mate Reinhard Egger. Niccum and his new partner Terdiman celebrated the victory in the double’s race. Second place went to Peter Penz/Georg Fischler (AUT) followed by Germany’s Toni Eggert/Sascha Beneken.