Latvia with track record to victory in team relay

Sigulda (FIL/08.01.2023) The 4th EBERSPÄCHER World Cup at Luge Track Sigulda ended with the second of six relay decisions this season. The Latvian quartet dominated the Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW and took the fourth victory for Latvia this weekend. Elina Ieva Vitola, Kristers Aparjods and the double Martins Bots/Roberts Plume took the overall fourth relay World Cup victory for Latvia in track record time of 2:12.111 minutes.

The German team with Dajana Eitberger, Felix Loch and Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (+0.228 sec.) followed in second place ahead of Team USA with Emily Sweeny, Tucker West and Zachary Di Gregoria/Sean Hollander (+0.837 sec.) The team relays from Italy, Poland and Ukraine finished fourth to sixth. With the fall of Lisa Schulte, Team Austria was also unable to score in the relay and will be glad to put this pitch-black weekend behind them.

“I was so nervous before the start. Everyone else on the team won their races this weekend and I was really scared that I wouldn't hit the touch pad and cost them another victory. The pressure was huge and I'm so happy that everything worked out," Elina Ieva Vitola explained happily.”

Martins Rubenis, long-time coach and Olympic medalist for Latvia, was pleased. “The success is based on teamwork. All athletes, mechanics and support staff contributed to the success and that makes me very proud. Next week everything starts all over again, but I hope we can repeat the successes. We will celebrate, but not too much, as we still have a lot of work to do.”

The results of the 2nd EBERSPÄCHER Team-Staffel-Weltcup presented by BMW are available at the following link: https://www.fil-luge.org/de/ergebnisse/eberspaecher-team-staffel-weltcup-presented-by-bmw-14