The 23rd FIL Luge World Championships 2021 from February 12th to 14th in Umhauen (AUT) were the highlight and the conclusion of the season 2020/2021. With the top shots we review the emotions of the title fights. Big thanks to the photographers Miriam Jennewein and Andreas Ebermann.

Let the games begin

Snowsculpture

Frozen nature

All in for Greta Pinggera (ITA)

Teamplayers: Tomas Hasek/David Rydl (CZE)

The only mixed double: Szymon Jan Majdak/Julia Plowy (POL)

Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev (RLF) 

The trophy

Michelle Diepold (AUT)

3rd place for Christoph Regensburger/Dominik Holzknecht (AUT)

Fabian Achenrainer/Simon Achenrainer (AUT) missed the bronze medal by just 0.02 seconds

World Champions for the fifth time: Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA)

Nikola Ignjatov (SRB) crashed at the last turn and stayed unharmed

3rd World Championships for Leonardo De Oliveira from Brazil

Bine Mekina (SLO) finished in the top-15 positions

World Champion 2021 Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) is celebrating

Thomas Kammerlander hugging his daughter Lena

Thomas Kammerlander jumping from the podium 

Nina Stanic (SRB) showing her tongue after the team competition

High five: Team Austria and Team RLF

Jerome Almer from Switzerland

Lisa Walch (GER) at the team competition

Team Ukraine finished on fourth position

FIL athlete of the year: Charlotte Marie Roche (FRA)

Still life

Team Germany

Nika Nemec from Slovenia

Aleksandra Suvorova (RLF)

World Champion Evelin Lanthaler (ITA) celebrating with her teammate Greta Pinggera (ITA)