Koenigssee (pps) The 5th Viessmann Luge World Cup event in Koenigssee comes right on time for Russia’s Albert Demchenko. The Olympic silver medallist and European runner-up has already taken three falls this season, his best result is a fourth place at the World Cup event in Calgary, Canada. This is why the Russian hopes that things will take a turn for the better in Koenigssee. After all, he celebrated a victory last year on the oldest artificially-iced track in the world. Germany’s Silke Kraushaar-Pielach was last year’s winner in the women’s singles, her compatriots Patric Leitner-Alexander Resch achieved the victory in the double-seater.