Austria's tobogganing dominance: Löcher & Langenhan at WM without any chance!
Austria's tobogganing dominance: Löcher & Langenhan at WM without any chance!
In Oberhof, Germany's tobogganing men experienced a bitter lesson at the home World Cup. Despite the support of domestic fans, they could not keep up with the superior Austrians who made the first four places among themselves. Felix Loch, three-time Olympic champion, had to be satisfied with fifth place, while Max Langenhan, overall World Cup winner, landed seven points behind the Latvian driver Krister of Aparjod and thus became seventh. The dominance of the Austrian competition became clear, in particular due to the victory of the ex-world champion Jonas Müller, the hole exceeded by more than 0.6 seconds. So reports Radio Bielefeld . Despite the disappointment,national coach Patric Leitner was optimistic and emphasized the importance of staying calm and working on his own mistakes. Felix Loch also realized that the team is currently not exploiting their full performance potential, but added: "We continue to fight and see which screws we have to turn." After three races, Langenhan only occupies fourth place in the overall World Cup, while Loch fell in fifth place. The Situation is explosive, because both athletes had achieved even better results last season and are challenged to quickly find old strength, as well as
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