Austria's toboggan duo Steu and Kindl celebrate a brilliant World Cup victory!

Austria's toboggan duo Steu and Kindl celebrate a brilliant World Cup victory!

In a remarkable return, Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl celebrated their first win of the season at the Luge World Cup in Pyeongchang. After a dry spell that lasted until the penultimate race, the Austrian duo triumphed by the narrowest of margins. They relegated their German competitors Eggert/Müller to second place by just 0.002 seconds, while Wendl/Arlt followed in third place. This reported laola1.at. Steu/Kindl are now in second place in the double-seater World Cup, where they are with 560 points, just behind the leaders Wendl/Arlt (645 points).

Another highlight for the Austrian tobogganers

On the same weekend, the Austrian women's doubles Selina Egle and Lara Kipp were only 0.023 seconds behind the German winners Degenhardt and Rosenthal. However, in the overall ranking of the double-seater World Cup, Egle/Kipp have a comfortable lead of 75 points before the final stop in Yanqing. This outstanding performance shows the potential of Austrian tobogganing riederinformation.at notes.

Wolfgang Kindl, who is competing in both the singles and doubles this season, not only won a medal in the singles, but also the overall World Cup in the doubles, thus winning the prestigious title in addition to the Crystal Globe. With 606 points and an eighth place in the overall single-seater classification, he once again proves his extraordinary skills as a toboggan athlete. Managing director Ingo Lurger praises Kindl's achievements and speaks of him as the nation's “absolute super sledder”.