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Steu / Koller prevailed on Sunday in a two-seater sprint against Latvians Andris and Juris Sics (+0.091 seconds) and Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (0.102) of South Tyrol. Austrians Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher, second on Saturday, had to settle for seventh place (0.228) this time.
“We are very happy with the weekend, the races were not perfect, but the speed is excellent,” said Steu. “The concentration already applies to Altenberg, because we also know that we can sled very quickly. We hope to find our way into training immediately and we will try to build on the momentum with us to the best of our ability. “
Egle is in mourning on the podium
For women, 22-year-old Egle, who ranked 13th overall at the World Cup in the previous two seasons, is still a bit upset despite the good result: after the first race, she was third, fell back a little in the second race and therefore missed the first. Jump to the podium.
Unfortunately, the error rate is still a bit high. I had some mistakes that shouldn’t be, so it wasn’t enough to go any further, ”said Egle. The race turned into a German triumphal procession: Julia Taubitz, winner of the World Cup from the previous season, won, her compatriots Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger rushed to second and third place after the baby breaks.
Second place in the team race
There were consistently good red-white-red results in the relay competition and in the individual sprints. Egle, Müller and the two-seater Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller, who won on Saturday, were 0.030 seconds behind Germany in the team race and 0.121 seconds ahead of the Russian third.
In the men’s sprint, behind German winner Felix Loch David Gleirscher (0.088 seconds) and Jonas Müller (0.091) landed on the podium. In the female category, Hannah Prock was the best Austrian in fifth, Egle was sixth, Schulte eleventh. As in the “standard race”, the German podium was Taubitz – Geisenberger – Eitberger.
Austria’s head coach René Friedl received a lot of praise for his athletes. “Of course we are very satisfied with the total of six podium places for men and doubles and the first four six results for women, the girls have sold very well,” said Friedl.
