ZWeier Olympic champion Laura Nolte won her home game in the monobob world cup thanks to an improvement and mistakes by the competition in the second run. In Winterberg, the 24-year-old won 0.18 seconds ahead of Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries (USA). Kim Kalicki (Wiesbaden) also benefited from the stumbling competitors and surprisingly finished third.
In an extended field of participants, which did not include nine but 15 starters as in the first two World Cup stations in North America, the three German starters once again ensured a strong result. Lisa Buckwitz (Oberhof) was fourth. She was second after the first run, but missed the podium due to several mistakes in the final round. The German trio benefited above all from a weak final run by the leader, Melanie Hasler (Switzerland).
After four races and thus halfway through the season, favorite Humphries is still leading the Monobob World Cup, with Nolte in second, closely behind. On Sunday, the women in Winterberg start in the two-man sled (10:00 a.m.), the next monobob competition is already on January 14 in Altenberg.
Meanwhile, thanks to Dajana Eitberger, the German lugers can celebrate their next victory. Three weeks after her success in Park City, the 2018 Olympic silver medalist also won in the single seater in Sigulda, Latvia, where the European Championships will be held next week. In the first run, Eitberger improved the course record.
Wendel/Arlt narrowly beaten
The 32-year-old from Ilmenau, who will switch to doubles for the coming season, won 94 thousandths of a second ahead of local hero Elina Vitola, followed by world champion Julia Taubitz (Oberwiesenthal/+0.144 seconds) and Anna Berreiter (Berchtesgaden/+0.154 seconds). ).
Jessica Degenhardt took third place in the doubles competition. At the sixth World Cup race of the season, Altenberger and partner Cheyenne Rosenthal (Winterberg) were 0.335 seconds behind the top time of the home duo Anda Upite/Sanija Ozolina (1:24.926 minutes). The Americans Chevonne Forgan/Sophia Kirkby came in second (+0.212). In the overall World Cup, the German duo is still in third place.
For the men, Tobias Wendl (Berchtesgaden) and Tobias Arlt (Königssee) just missed out on victory in Sigulda. After a furious drive in the second round, the German doubles duo was beaten by the home duo Martins Bots/Robert Plume by 0.156 seconds. The Latvians, who had 1:22.642 minutes on the clock after two runs, improved the track record recently set by Wendl/Arlt by 0.054 seconds in the second run.
The overall World Cup leaders Toni Eggert (Ilsenburg) and Sascha Benecken (Suhl) finished fourth (+0.501). The third German team with Hannes Orlamünder and Paul Gubitz (both RRC Zella-Mehlis) finished sixth (+0.817).
