Doubles kick of World Cup on Saturday

Kühtai (PMA) - The Luge World Cup on Natural Track 2015-16 will get underway in Kühtai this weekend with the season’s first Doubles race.

Last season, the opener had to be moved from Hochfügen to Kühtai due to the warm weather period in December. This year the lack of snow is no problem and Kühtai is the official host of the season’s first race. Tyrolean Luge Federation took the chance to put together a new parallel course, which ends at the centre of Kühtai.

Can Pigneter/Clara defend their last year's win

2014/15 parallel race was won by Patrick Pigneter and Florian Clara. The Italian duo won also the Overall World Cup after six races. Second place at the parallel event went to Aleksandr Egorov and Petr Popov from Russia. Christoph Regensburger and Dominik Holzknecht won the small final.

With a total of six stops, the new season should be an interesting one, especially after the return of Andreas Schopf and Christian Schopf. After a sabbatical year the Austrians are ready for the first World Cup. 192 podium finishes in general all the active athletes have scored over the last decade. A thrilling season is expected and it is kicking off on Saturday.

Finals will be streamed live on http://www.fil-luge.org from 14 – 15 o’clock.