Sigulda (pps) The Latvia.travel-Sprint Cup, carried out within the final of the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Sigulda, was dominated by Erin Hamlin (USA), Johannes Ludwig from Germany and Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber (ITA) in Doubles.

In the women’s singles, the former World Champion Hamlin defeated local hero Eliza Tiruma and Ekatarina Baturina from Russia. In the men’s singles Ludwig won the event ahead of Sam Edney (Canada) and Latvia’s Martins Rubenis, bronze Medalist at the Olympic Winter Games 2006. In the doubles event, the team of Oberstolz-Gruber claimed the podium’s top spot ahead of Ludwig Rieder-Patrick Rastner and Austria’s Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger.