Nations Cup victories for Hannah Prock, Valentin Cretu and Gatt/Schöpf in Winterberg

Winterberg (FIL/10 Feb 2023) Hannah Prock (AUT), Valentin Cretu (ROU) and Juri Gatt / Riccardo Schöpf (AUT) were the fastest at the FIL Nations Cup on, Friday, February 10, 2023 in Winterberg, Sauerland.

At temperatures around zero degrees Celsius and sunshine in the VELTINS EisArena 23-year-old Austrian Hannah Prock won in 56.202 seconds ahead of her also 23 years old teammate Lisa Schulte (+0.021) and 29-year-old US-American Emily Sweeney (+0.084). The Tyrolean Olympic fifth-placed athlete started only twice in the Nations Cup this winter and managed to make the podium both times with third place in Altenberg and victory in Winterberg.

In the men's singles Valentin Cretu took the first Nations Cup victory of his career. The Romanian won in 52.412 seconds ahead of 21-year-old German Florian Müller (+0.034) and 25-year-old US-American Jonathan Gustafson (+0.101). "My first Nations Cup win makes me very happy. The run today was also really quite decent. Now of course I have a high and not so good starting number for the World Cup tomorrow, but the victory was worth it. It is just a good feeling to win", beamed the 33-year-old winner from Sinaia.

In the Nations Cup of the doubles, Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schöpf were the fastest in 43.420 seconds. The two 21-year-old Austrians won the opening race of the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup in Innsbruck and started in the Nations Cup for only the second time this winter. Normally the two Tyroleans are to be found in the seeded group. Second place went to the local heroes from Winterberg Robin Geueke and David Gamm (+0.036) ahead of their teammates Max Ewald and Jakob Jannusch (+0.133).

Athletes qualified for the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup on Saturday, February 11 and Sunday, February 12 in the VELTINS EisArena in Winterberg via the Nations Cup, which was run in one heat on Friday, February 10, 2023. The fastest twelve sleds of the last three World Cup races are seeded in each event and do not have to go to the Nations Cup for qualification. For them, there will be the training of the seeded group as the last run before the World Cup in Winterberg on Friday, February 10, starting at 14:30 local time.

Detailed results and further information about the 6th EBERSPÄCHER Luge World Cup and of course about the Nations Cup in Winterberg can be found under the following link: https://www.fil-luge.org/en/multimedia/eberspaecher-world-cup-24

All World Cup races can be followed in livestream on the FIL YouTube channel at: FIL Luge - YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@FILLuge_Channel (In Germany, Latvia and Austria the Livestream is partly geo-blocked because of live TV broadcasts). The TV times can be found on the FIL website at the following link: https://www.fil-luge.org/en/multimedia/eberspaecher-world-cup-24

Presentations, interviews and more from the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup are available live in the FIL studio: FIL Luge - YouTube