WORLD CUP LUGE - SEASON REVIEW EM 1112502 A,B & C PART 1: MEN 00.00 Intro Clip The men's World cup season starts at Innsbrück (AUT). The main target is gonna be Armin Zöggeler, one of the most successful men in the sport. Who will be able to stop the Italian luger: Felix Loch, Olympic champion or maybe Albert Demchenko? Let's come back on the season 2010-2011. INNSBRÜCK-IGLS 00.32 Track details + slowmos top 3 1st run + start list (one page) Zöggeler/Möller/Loch 01.05 SLOWMOS 2nd RUN Zöggeler "Il Cannibale" is on an amazing 5 consecutive titles in a row but he "only" finishes at the 3rd place here in Innsbrück-Igls. 01.30 HLTS 2nd RUN Möller + 2nd run Loch Right after Zöggeler, it's David Möller on the track, the silver medalist in Vancouver. 02.09 HLTS 2nd RUN LOCH Despite a very good 2nd run (50.185 New track record), it's finally, Felix Loch who wins the opener with the exact same time for the 1st and 2nd run: 50.199 (total: 1:40.398). 02.37 RESULTS + OVERALL RANKINGS + WIDE SHOT WINTERBERG 02.58 WIDE SHOT 03.04 RESULTS 1st RUN + HLTS Top 3 (slowmos) Von Schleinitz/Möller/Zöggeler After a disappointing 1st event in Austria, Armin Zöggeler tries and successes to reach the 1st spot again. 03.36 HLTS 2nd RUN ZÖGGELER Armin Zöggeler celebrates his 50th individual victory in the World Cup series. On the artificially-iced track in Winterberg, he defeats 2 times World champion David Möller (0.219 seconds behind) who took 2nd place. Germany’s young luger talent Julian von Schleinitz made an impressive debut at his first competition in the World Cup. The two-time junior World champion finished on the third place, just 0.279 seconds behind Zöggeler and thus made it onto the podium at his very first go. 04.29 FINAL RESULTS 04.38 PODIUM + OVERALL STANDINGS Armin Zöggeler and David Möller are jointly leading the overall rankings after 2 of the altogether 8 events. Both have 170 points to their credit. Germany’s Olympic champion Felix Loch, fourth in Winterberg, collected 160 points so far and thus holds third position on the overall rankings. CALGARY 05.01 WIDE SHOT 05.05 END OF VIKTOR KNEYB'S 2nd RUN On the track of the 1988 Olympic Games, Armin Zöggeler defeats Russia’s Viktor Kneyb (0.261 seconds behind) who finished in second place. This is the best career result for the 30-year old luger from Russia who achieved a third position in Innsbruck-Igls in the Olympic season. Germany’s Olympic champion Felix Loch (0.311 seconds behind) took third place. 05.11 HLTS 2nd RUN ZÖGGELER + SLOWMOS Nine years ago, Armin Zöggeler won the third of his altogether five World Championship titles in Calgary. Now the 36-year old luger from Italy celebrated his second season’s victory at the Canada Olympic Park – the third consecutive win in Calgary and the now 51st success of his career in the World Cup. 06.20 FINAL RESULTS + PODIUM PARAMONOVO 06.35 CLIP 06.52 WIDE SHOT OF THE TRACK + FANS This is a World debut in Paramonovo, Latvia. Similar to Sigulda, the start is located in a tower. The track comprises 19 curves and a maximum downhill grade of 15 percent. The competition lengths are 1,261m (women singles and doubles) and 1,410m (men singles). 07.01 SLOWMOS ZÖGGELER This is the 2nd time in the season where the Italian is not on the podium. If he would, he already has been crowned in Paramonovo. He will have to wait for the last event in Sigulda. 07.33 SLOWMOS FELIX LOCH Felix Loch, Olympic champion and the only man who could beat the italian luger. He finishes 2nd and could get the trophy after the last event. 08.01 HLTS 2nd RUN DEMCHENKO Cheered by numerous spectators, Albert Demchenko celebrated his first victory this season. The 39-year old Olympic silver medallist of the 2006 Winter Games in Torino defeated the two German lugers Felix Loch and Andi Langenhan to second and third place respectively. 08.42 WIDE SHOT SIGULDA 08.49 HLTS 2nd RUN ARMIN ZÖGGELER The Italian luger has added another success to his already long list of victories. At the final of the World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia, the record World champion (six titles) from Italy celebrated his 54th individual victory and secured his tenth overall World Cup. He is now tied with record-winner Markus Prock of Austria. 09.31 OVERALL RANKINGS Zoeggeler’s only serious contender at the season’s final, Olympic champion Felix Loch of Germany, had to make do with a 14th place in Sigulda. In the overall rankings Loch now holds second position behind Zoeggeler (765 points) with 658 points to his credit. 09.40 PODIUM WITH THE CUP FOR ARMIN Russia’s Albert Demchenko, who celebrated his first season’s victory on his home track in Paranomovo last weekend, finished in second position in Sigulda and thus improved to third place on the overall rankings (514 points). 09.55 END PART 1 PART 2: WOMEN 00.00 INTRO CLIP 00.32 CLOSING SHOT ON TATJANA HÜFNER The woman to beat: Tatjana Hüfner! INNSBRÜCK-IGLS 00.43 SLOWMOS HAMLIN & GEISENBERGER Who could beat the German this season? The World champion Hamlin or her fellow countrywoman Geisenberg? 00.56 HLTS RUN 1 & 2 OF TATJANA HÜFNER Germany’s Tatjana Huefner takes off into the new luge season just as she ended the last. Nine and a half months after her Olympic gold medal at the 2010 Winter Games in Vancouver, Canada, the 27-year old celebrated the 22nd individual victory of her career. CALGARY 02.32 Track details + standings after Hamlin's 2nd run Hamlin/ Rodionova/Halder 02.43 HLTS 2nd RUN OF WISCHNEWSKI Another German luger on the track and the podium! Anke Wischnewski takes the 2nd spot with a total of 1:33.801. 03.27 HLTS 2nd RUN OF HÜFNER With the fastest times in both runs and a lead of 0.143 seconds Tatjana Hüfner took the victory ahead of team-mate Anke Wischnewski. World champion Erin Hamlin (0.297 seconds behind) from the US finished in third position. 03.41 PODIUM + OVERALL RANKINGS Hüfner is now leading the overall with 300 points, Natalie Geisenberger is 2nd with 230 and Anke Wischnewski (205). KÖNIGSSEE 03.53 WIDE SHOT + SLOWMOS NEW TRACK RECORD HÜFNER The Olympic bronze medalist Natalie Geisenberger of Germany has put an end to the winning series of Tatjana Hufner who had won all four preceding events. 04.08 SLOWMOS 2nd RUN GEISENBERGER Thus Geisenberger celebrated her 7th individual victory. With a winning margin of two hundredths of a second she relegated her team-mate and two-time World champion to second place. For the third time in the post-Olympic season Canada’s Alex Gough earned a third place. 04.48 SHOT HÜFNER UNHAPPY + SLOWMOW AND JOY GEISENBERGER Tatjana Huefner is still leading the overall Viessmann Luge World Cup rankings with a total of 485 points to her credit. Geisenberger holds second place (390 points) on the overall rankings, ahead of Anke Wischnewski (345), both of Germany. PARAMONOVO 05.02 WIDE SHOT TRACK 05.07 SLOWMOS 2nd RUN ALEX GOUGH Canada’s Alex Gough had the honour to put an end to the winning series of Germany’s women after 105 successive victories since December 6, 1997. The World bronze medallist celebrated the first World Cup success of her career in Paramonovo, Russia. 05.41 HLTS 2nd RUN HÜFNER After the first run in the lead, Tatjana Huefner botched her second run and had to make do with a fourth place behind team-mates Carina Schwab, who celebrated the best result of her career so far finishing in second position, and Natalie Geisenberger. Nevertheless Hüfner claimed the overall World Cup victory for the fourth time in a row. 06.08 JOY GOUGH + OVERALL RANKINGS + PODIUM Hüfner, with a total of 745 points to her credit, accomplished the so far unique feat in the history of the International Luge Federation, FIL, to celebrate four successive overall World Cup victories (2007-2008; 2008- 2009; 2009-2010 and 2010-2011). SIGULDA 06.26 WIDE SHOT The President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, Jacques Rogge, followed the final in the women’s singles. 06.30 TRACK DETAILS + HLTS TOP 3 AFTER THE 1st RUN Gough (3rd)/hüfner (2nd)/Ivanova (1st) 07.09 2nd RUN OF TATJANA HÜFNER Germany’s Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner has tied her own record. At the final of the Viessmann Luge World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia, the three-time World champion celebrated her seventh victory this season and thus tied her own record of the 2007-2008 season, when she achieved seven wins, too. 08.21 OVERALL RANKINGS + PODIUM Hüfner won the overall rankings with a total of 845 points to her credit, ahead of team-mates Natalie Geisenberger (680) and Anke Wischnewski (605). 08.35 END PART 2 PART 3 : DOUBLES TEAM AND RELAYS 00.00 INTRO CLIP DOUBLES TEAM WINTERBERG 00.32 WIDE SHOT 00.35 FAILED START + SLOWMO LINGER/LINGER 2nd RUN 4th after the 1st run, the pair Linger/Linger (current leader of the World Cup) made quite a bad mistake right after the start, almost felt but finished finally at the 20th rank. 01.53 SLOWMOS 2nd RUN WENDL/ARLT The German doubles’ Tobias Wendl-Tobias Arlt celebrated their fourth individual victory in the Viessmann Luge World Cup series. The 2008 World runners-up defeated Christian Oberstolz-Patric Gruber of Italy (0.010 seconds behind). Oberstolz-Gruber (ITA/170 points) are currently heading the overall World Cup rankings ahead of Wendl-Arlt (GER/160) and Niccum-Terdiman (USA/125). 03.01 FINAL RESULTS PARK CITY 03.11 HLTS RUN 2 OF WENDL/ARLT Finishing in third position, Germany’s Tobias Wendl-Tobias Arlt maintained their lead in the overall Viessmann Luge World Cup with now 330 points to their credit. 03.46 SPLIT SCREEN 2nd RUN Penz/Fischler and Linger/Linger + joy It is an absolute rarity in this competition: two doubles’ teams posted exactly the same time and thus shared the top spot of the podium in Park City. Austria’s Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger and compatriots Peter Penz-Georg Fischler achieved this feat. For Penz-Fischler it was the first World Cup victory of their career, for two-time Olympic champions Linger-Linger it was already the eighth success. 05.16 FINAL RESULTS + PODIUM SIGULDA 05.43 WIDESHOT 05.48 SLOWMOS 2nd RUN LINGER/LINGER Olympic and World champions Andreas Linger-Wolfgang Linger ended the post-Olympic winter setting an Austrian record. At the final of the World Cup in Sigulda, Latvia, the doubles’ celebrated their fifth victory this season. 06.04 SLOWMOS OBERSTOLZ/GRUBER + WENDL/ARLT However, the Austrian two-time Olympic champions stumbled at the World Cup events in Winterberg (20th position) and Oberhof (7th position). This is why the doubles’ failed to achieve their first overall Luge World Cup. 06.22 WORLD CUP RANKINGS + PODIUM Italy’s Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber achieved third place in the overall World Cup rankings with a total of 671 points to their credit, behind winners Wendl-Arlt (746) and Linger-Linger (692). RELAYS INNSBRÜCK-IGLS 06.39 WIDE SHOT + HLTS GERMAN RELAY Germany’s relay team has written a chapter of luge history: The quartet with Tatjana Huefner, Andi Langenhan and the doubles’ Tobias Arlt-Tobias Wendl won the first Team Relay event. In Innsbruck- Igls, team Canada once again lived up to its reputation as relay specialists – Alex Gough, Sam Edney and Tristan Walker-Justin Snith thus finished on second position ahead of the quartet from Italy . SIGULDA 07.42 SHOTS OF JACQUES ROGGE + SLOWMOS RUSSIA AND GERMANY Under the eyes of Jacques Rogge, President of the International Olympic Committee, IOC, the final in the Team Relay World Cup. The team of Russia took the top spot on the podium, defeating Italy’s team with Sandra Gasparini, Armin Zoeggeler and Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber as well as team Germany with Tatjana Huefner, Jan Eichhorn and Toni Eggert-Sascha Benecken to second and third place respectively. 08.44 SHOT OF THE CUP + OVERALL RANKINGS + PODIUM In the overall rankings, Germany took first place (570 points) ahead of Italy (440) and Russia (426). Stay tuned on Eurosport this Weekend with the start of the season 2011- 2012 live on Eurosport! Saturday Women's 2nd run at Igls from 10.15 on E. International 09.05 END
