Cesana Pariol (pps) The Nations Cups at the season’s opener at the Viessmann Luge World cup at Cesana Pariol (Italy) was won by Germany’s Anke Wischnewski Bengt Walden from Sweden and the two Sics-Brothers from Latvia.
On the Olympic track fort he winter games 2006 in Turin Anke Wischnewski won in 48,218 seconds followed by Poland’s Ewelina Staszulonek (48,463) and Ashley Hayden (48,551) from the USA. Bengt Walden (53,407) won in front of Canada’s Jeff Christie (53,486) and Russia’s Kirill Serikov (53,522).
In doubles Andris Sics/Juris Sics (48,164), 7th at the Olympic Winter games eight months ago, won in front of Preston Griffal/Dan Joye (48,438) from the USA and Canada’s Mike Moffat/Chris Moffat (48,452).