Austria's tobogganists celebrate World Cup gold in mixed-the cheering knows no end!

Austria's tobogganists celebrate World Cup gold in mixed-the cheering knows no end!

Whistler, Kanada - Austria's tobogganists at the Kunstbahn World Cup in Whistler gave a great start. On Thursday, the Duos Selina Egle/Lara Kipp and Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl won the gold medal in the mixed double-seat. The Madeleine Egle and David Gleirscher team later followed with an excellent performance that the bronze medal in the mixed insider secured them. They only had to give up the German athletes Max Langenhan and Julia Taubitz as well as the US duo Jonathan Gustafson and Emily Sweeney, such as laola1.at reported .

The Austrians were traveling in an impressive time of 1: 22.894 minutes and left the teams from Germany behind both (plus 0.018 seconds) and in the two area (plus 0.097 seconds). This is particularly noteworthy, since Steu/Kindl and Egle/Kipp had to let the German team first let go two weeks ago in the World Cup in Oberhof. Selina Egle was overjoyed: "Incredible. The week was a bit mixed, so we were Megahappy that we could deliver," said the athlete, who, together with Kipp in the Doppelsitz World Cup, shows an outstanding season. Now on Friday the double-seater competitions for men and women and the women-in-seater are pending, and the expectations are high.

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In the coming time, the medal balance for Austria could continue to shine. The two athletes Steu and Kindl have shown strong performances and are motivated to score in the single -seater. Thomas Kindl, a multiple medalist, confirmed: "This is how you can start." The mixed-insiterious team was also satisfied and would not have expected a medal. Madeleine Egle and David Gleirscher showed excellent chances with only 0.324 seconds behind the silver medal how the performance of this World Cup continues to break through. The second red-white-red duo, Nico Gleirscher and Lisa Schulte also ended up in a respectable fifth place, which underlines the overall strength of the Austrian team. The favorite role for the women's double team Egle and Kipp remains, and the eyes are aimed at the upcoming competitions, such as Vorarlberg.at announced .