Preview Ladies, season 2021/22: Taubitz, Geisenberger, Ivanova, Eitberger or Britcher?

Yanqing (FIL) Female lugers from six nations stood on the podium in the past World Cup winter. Whoever wants to become Olympic champion or overall winner in the 2021/22 EBERSPÄCHER World Cup first has to beat the German trio. Five-time Olympic Winter Games medalist Natalie Geisenberger (GER) is the record World Cup winner with 51 victories and secured the overall World Cup win for the eighth time in 2021. Her team-mates, 2018 Olympic silver medalist Dajana Eitberger and World champion Julia Taubitz also want to secure Olympic precious metal. For Taubitz, it would be her first Olympic participation. At the 50th FIL World Championships 2021, the Saxon was the most successful participant with two gold medals and one silver.

The strong female athletes from Russia, Latvia, Austria, Italy and the USA want to show in the Olympic winter that the German triple victories are coming to an end. The 30-year-old Russian Tatyana Ivanova has won 16 World Cup races in her career so far. That is three more than 25-year-old World Champion Julia Taubitz. The two German medalists Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger also want to make their comeback on the Olympic podium after their baby break, both athletes gave birth to a son in 2020.

Summer Britcher's (USA) bronze finish at January's EBERSPÄCHER World Cup in Innsbruck put the US team on the women's medal table. The US team, which was only able to compete in five of the nine World Cup weekends last winter due to the Covid 19 pandemic, is highly motivated and wants to be back in full contention for medals in the Olympic winter. Especially the Olympians Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney are giving everything to be able to reach for the medals.

Overall World Cup Winners: Natalie Geisenberger record winner

Mum Geisenberger's comeback in the pre-Olympic season was a success: Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger immediately became runner-up in the World Cup after her baby break and twice stood at the top of the podium in the 2020/21 EBERSPÄCHER World Cup. The Miesbach native is a record World Cup winner with 51 victories and secured her eighth overall World Cup win with nine second places.

The two-time Olympic champion from Sochi (2014) and PyeongChang (2018), in both the single and the team relay, Natalie Geisenberger has further extended her supremacy as a record winner in her comeback season 2020/21 with two World Cup victories at the EBERSPÄCHER World Cup in Oberhof and in Innsbruck. With 51 World Cup victories to her credit, the German athlete has far surpassed her former teammate Tatjana Hüfner, who has been working as a coach in Italy since last season, with her outstanding 38 victories.