Austria's tobogganing: title defense in Whistler with great ambition!

Austria's tobogganing: title defense in Whistler with great ambition!

Whistler, Kanada - The tension increases! From Thursday, February 6, 2025, the best tobogganists in the world will compete in the 53rd Fil Rodel World Championships in the Whistler Sliding Center in Canada. Austria's team, which shone last year with four gold, three silver and two bronze medals in Altenberg, competes with a lot of self-confidence for defending the title. Above all, the impressive Lisa Schulte, who already secured the World Cup title in the single-seater and is definitely fighting for another medal, reports krone.at .

the athletes and the challenges

A total of 163 athletes from 21 countries will duel on the 2010 Olympic railway. In addition to the individual competitions, there will also be exciting mixed events that celebrate their World Cup premiere. Mixed couples compete against each other, which ensures additional tension, explained Matthias Böhmer, the sports director of the Fil, in a report by fil-luge.org .

The competitions begin on Thursday with the competitions of the mixed double -seater and mixed single -seater, followed by other hot -fighted decisions in the double -seaters and the single -seaters of the women and men. It is noteworthy that the team relay also represents an emotional highlight of the championships after the German-language nations have offered strong competition in recent years. Felix Loch from Germany applies special attention, which could be the sole record holder in the World Cup medals with a victory.