FIL European Luge Championships 2010

The FIL European Luge Championships 2010 took place 19 – 24 January 2010 in Sigulda, Latvia for the second time, hosting the event previously in 1996.[1][2]

Festivities

The opening ceremonies took place on 22 January 2010 at 19:00 EET.[3] Award ceremonies for all events were held at the end of each day of competition.[3]

Men's singles

24 January 2010 at 09:40 EET (Run 1) and 11:30 EET.[3][4] Demtschenko set the track record in the first run and had the fastest time in the second run to win his third straight medal. Germany's Johannes Ludwig had the fastest start times in both runs, but could only manage fifth. Kindl and Pfister earned their first individual medals while defending champion Armin Zöggeler of Italy did not participate in preparation for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.[5]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Albert Demtschenko (RUS) 1:36.748
Silver  Wolfgang Kindl (AUT) 1:36.974
Bronze  Daniel Pfister (AUT) 1:37.062

Women's singles

23 January 2010 at 09:30 EET (Run 1) and 11:15 EET (Run 2).[3][4] The German women's team withdrew prior to the championships in an effort to focus on training for the 2010 Winter Olympics though they participated in the final luge World Cup event of the season at Cesana Pariol the following weekend.[6] Ivanova becomes the first Russian to medal in this event at the championships, the first Soviet-Russian since Vera Zozula in 1976, and the first non-German to win since Italy's Gerda Weissensteiner in 1994.[7]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Tatiana Ivanova (RUS) 1:25.517
Silver  Corinna Martini (GER) 1:25.842
Bronze  Nina Reithmayer (AUT) 1:26.007

Men's doubles

23 January 2010 at 12:30 EET (Run 1) and 13:45 EET (Run 2).[3][4] The defending Olympic champions won gold to give them a complete set of medals after winning silver in 2008 and bronze in 2004. It was also Austria's first gold medal at the championships since 2002 and the first in this event at the championships since 1982.[8]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Austria (Andreas Linger, Wolfgang Linger) 1:24.415
Silver  Germany (Tobias Wendl, Tobias Arlt) 1:24.977
Bronze  Austria (Tobias Schiegl, Markus Schiegl) 1:25.023

Mixed team relay

24 January 2010 at 13:45 EET.[3][4] Latvia repeated as champions. Only seven teams competed in the event though Slovakia was disqualified during the women's singles part of the run.[9]

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Latvia
Anna Orlova
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics / Juris Šics 		2:16.992
44.443
46.127
46.422
Silver  Austria
Veronika Halder
Wolfgang Kindl
Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger 		2:17.022
44.612
46.216
46.194
Bronze  Germany
Corinna Martini
Johannes Ludwig
Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt 		2:17.076
44.518
46.199
46.359

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Latvia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Russia2002
2 Austria1236
3 Latvia*1001
4 Germany0213
Totals (4 entries)44412

Notes and references

  1. ^ 11 February 2008 article on 2007–08 World Cup season finale at Sigulda, Latvia mentioning the 2010 European Championships. (in Latvian) – accessed 13 February 2008.
  2. ^ 54th FIL Congress in Berchtesgaden. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (30 June 2006 article accessed 13 February 2008.)
  3. ^ a b c d e f FIL European Luge Championships 2010 program.[dead link‍] – accessed 18 January 2010.
  4. ^ a b c d Schedule 42nd FIL Luge European Championships in Sigulda/Latvia. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (19 January 2010 article accessed 19 January 2010.)
  5. ^ Men singles results
  6. ^ Germany's women's lugers regret to having cancel Europeans. at the Fédération Internationale de Luge de Course (21 January 2010 article accessed 21 January 2010.)
  7. ^ Women singles results
  8. ^ Doubles results
  9. ^ Team relay results