Lillehammer (pps) The Viessmann Luge World Cup starts the second and decisive half of the season next weekend. After the four previous events at Park City (USA), Calgary (Canada), Oberhof and Altenberg (both in Germany) Germany’s Olympic champion Sylke Otto and doubles Olympic champion Patric Leitner-Alexander Resch and Austria’s Markus Kleinheinz will wear the yellow starting numbers of the overall leaders on the 1994 Olympic track at Lillehammer, Norway.
World and Olympic champion Sylke Otto dominates the women’s classification with three victories in four event and 385 points. Markus Kleinheinz consolidated his lead with his first ever World Cup win at Altenberg after three second positions and 355 points. Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch took over the lead in the doubles’ event with now 304 points from American Olympic silver medallists, Mark Grimmette and Brian Martin (275). The last two events of the Viessmann Luge World Cup after Lillehammer are scheduled at Innsbruck-Igls on January 25-26 and Winterberg on February 7-8.

ARD broadcasts from Lillehammer – Summaries on Eurosport

Lillehammer (pps) The public German TV station, ARD, will broadcast live from the Viessmann Luge World Cup at Lillehammer within their sports shows „Sportschau live“ on Saturday (10:03-16:45 hrs CET) and Sunday (9:20-17:00 hrs CET). Eurosport will show summaries of 45 minutes each on Saturday (16:45 - 17:15 hrs CET ) and Sunday (21:00 - 21:30 hrs CET).

The schedule at Lillehammer

Saturday, January 18, 2003:
9:15 - 10:15 hrs CET 1 st heat women
10:45 - 11:45 hrs 2 nd heat women
12:15 - 13:00 hrs 1 st heat doubles
13:20 - 14:00 hrs 2 nd heat doubles

Sunday, January 19, 2003:
10:30 - 12:00 hrs CET 1 st heat men
12:30 - 14:00 hrs 2 nd heat men