Latzfons (ck) – After the cancellation of the WÜRZ Energy World Cup Opening in December due to weather conditions, a new date has been confirmed by the International Luge Federation (FIL). With the new date of January 6th to 8th, the Latzfons race is still the opening race of the season. The natural track athletes will have to face a dense schedule in January: the race in Latzfons is immediately followed by the world cups in Olang (ITA), Zelezniki (SLO) and Deutschnofen (ITA). Not affected by the changed date is the fact that Latzfons will be a test event for a new race format. For the first time a Nations Cup will be held in which all those athletes participate, who did not qualify for the World Cup in their training run. Due to the new date for Latzfons, the European Cup race in Aosta (ITA) had to be rescheduled, too. Instead of Jan 6th-8th, this race will be held on Dec 27th/28th.