Cesana (pps) At the 42nd World Championships of the International Luge Federation in Cesana, Italy, Austria’s two-time Olympic doubles’ champions Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger are right on target for gold. After the first run – the second will be carried out on Sunday (January 30, 2011 / start at 09:00 hrs) – the 2003 World champions are in the lead, ahead of Italy’s Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber. Peter Penz-Georg Fischler of Austria are in third position.

Due to a crash the current Viessmann Luge World Cup leaders, Tobias Wendl-Tobias Arlt of Germany, have no chance to win a medal.