Königssee (pps) Patric Leitner/Alexander Resch celebrated on their hometrack at Königssee/Germany the 26th success in Viessmann Luge World Cup. The Olympic Champions from 2002 rare just one victory behind record winners Hansjörg Raffl/Norbert Huber from Italy, who realized 27 victories.

Leitner/Resch won in a total time of one minute 35,157 seconds followed by Italy’ Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber (1:35,605) and their team-mates Sebastian Schmidt/Andre Forker (1:35,894). In the overall standings Leitner/Resch are in the lead with 470 points. On second place are Oberstolz/Gruber (455) followed by Austria’s Olympic Champions Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger (280).

Quotes:

Patric Leitner (Olympic Champion 2002)
„The victory on our home track was very important for us. Next goal are the Worlds, where we want to win a medal.“

Christian Oberstolz (Bronze Medallist at the Europeans 2006)
„We expected Leitner/Resch on their home track very strong. We are not suprised by their performance. But we are satisfied with our race. We are in good shape.“

Schmidt (Silver Medallists at the Europeans 2006)
„We had a lot of pressure because it was our single chance to show our talent.“