Max Langenhan seals third consecutive Luge World Cup victory
BySportsbeat
Updated 12/02/2023 at 14:34 GMT
Max Langenhan powered to victory in the men's singles as Germany also took gold in the men's and women's doubles. "I'm in a really good shape and don't have as much pressure in the races as Felix, who is still competing for the overall World Cup," said Langenhan. "It's nice that we always manage to finish at the front and get podium positions. It's a great team result."
Max Langenhan reacts after competing in the final run of the men's singles luge event at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre during the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games in Yanqing on February 6, 2022
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Max Langenhan stormed to a third-successive victory at the Luge World Cup with a confident victory in Winterberg.
Langenhan finished 0.3 seconds ahead of Austria's Jonas Mueller, while compatriot Felix Loch took third to close the gap at the top to overall leader Dominik Fischnaller, who finished fourth.
The German was without a win in the first six events only to take top spot in the last three, and now sits under 300 points off first place but admitted the overall World Cup is out of his grasp.
Loch now leads the men's singles standings by just a single point ahead of Fischnaller, however the Italian continues to lead the overall standings thanks to his superior sprint record.
"I'm in a really good shape and don't have as much pressure in the races as Felix, who is still competing for the overall World Cup," said Langenhan.
"It's nice that we always manage to finish at the front and get podium positions. I'm very happy for Felix that he finished third after being sick all week.
"It's a great team result, we're all very happy about that."
It was also gold for Germany in the women's doubles as Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal took top spot ahead of Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp.
It means the German pair are just 29 points behind the second-placed Austrians overall, who both closed the gap on leaders Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer, who took third.
And Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt made it a hat-trick of German golds with as they earned a third win of the season in the men's doubles to leapfrog Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken at the top of the standings.
Wendl and Arlt finished nearly half a second ahead of their countrymen, who pipped Latvian pair Martins Bots and Roberts Plume to silver by 0.07 seconds.
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