Two Victories for Russia and one success for Toni Gräfe

Oberhof (RWH) The Nationscup in Oberhof, Germany, ended with two victories for Russia and the success of Toni Gräfe (GER). The local hero won the men’s competition, the qualifying race for the Viessmann World Cup this weekend on the artificial track of Oberhof. Russia’s Ekaterina Baturina captured the victory in the women’s competition. The race in doubles was won by her team-mates Vladislav Yuzhakov - Jury Prokhorov. The awards ceremony was made by the president of the International Luge Federation (FIL; Josef Fendt from Germany.

Second and third place in Men’s race went to Chris Eißler from Germany and Austria’s Reinhard Egger. In Women’s competition Julia Taubitz realized second place in front of Birgit Platzer (AUT). Second and third place in Doubles went to Lukas Broz-Antonin Broz (CZE) and Thomas Steu -Lorenz Koller from Austria.