Oberhof (pps) The starting places in the women’s (10) and men’s (15) singles as well as in the doubles’ will be determined by a “sprint event” at the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Oberhof – instead of the usual draw. During the sprint event the starting gate opens at random within a given frame of time. In the women’s singles the winner of the „sprint event“ will be given the 15th starting place. The other competitors then start according to their results. In the doubles’ the winner will have the 11th starting place. And in the men’s singles the seeded athletes 8 to 15 will have the starting places 18 to 25 according to their results, the seeded athletes 1 to 7 the starting places 26 to 32, again according to their results. At the 7th Viessmann Luge World Cup in Altenberg (January 22-23, 2011) the starting places will again be determined by three “sprint events”.