Double victory of the Germans: Langenhan and Loch triumph in Altenberg!

The German racing tobogganists Max Langenhan and Felix Loch achieved a strong result at the home world cup in Altenberg. Langenhan, the toboggan world champion, was able to end the sovereign series of success of the Austrian athletes and won first place with his time of 54.166 seconds.

Felix Loch took second place with a gap of 0.230 seconds. The Italian Dominik Fischnaller rounded off the podium and came to third place with a gap of 0.399 seconds. Langenhan celebrated his 17th career success in the World Cup and his second victory this season. Despite the victory, Langenhan expressed dissatisfaction with his runs, especially with regard to errors in the upper section. Loch, on the other hand, was satisfied and emphasized the positive self -confidence that results from this result.

further placements and results

Before the Christmas break, the German tobogganists in Oberhof and Innsbruck-Igls had to give up against the Austrians. Langenhan and Loch had already performed strong performances at the start of the season in Norway. In the overall ranking, Langenhan is currently only 15 points behind the Austrian Nico Gleirscher, who has 386 points. Loch is the total third with 315 points. Gleirscher, who previously fought for victory, fell back to fifth place in Altenberg after a mistake in the second round.

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt took second place in the men's doubles, 0.123 seconds behind the Letten Martins Bots and Roberts Plume. Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Constantin Gubitz finished fifth, while Toni Eggert and Florian Müller reached the seventh place. Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal were able to reach second place in the women's doubles, 0.397 seconds behind the overall leading Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp, who celebrated their fourth World Cup victory in a row. Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina took sixth place after mistakes in the first run.