Olympic Luge thread

[Nicky91]

5 February 19:10 Men's singles - Heats 1 and 2
6 February 19:30 Men's singles - Heats 3 and 4
7 February 19:50 Women's singles - Heats 1 and 2
8 February 19:50 Women's singles - Heats 3 and 4
9 February 20:20 Doubles
10 February 21:30 Team relay
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men's singles Luge champion Johannes Ludwig for Germany

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women's singles standings after first run (top 12)

1. Julia Taubitz (Germany)
2. Natalie Geisenberger (Germany)
3. Lisa Schulte (Austria)
4. Anna Berreiter (Germany)
5. Tatyana Ivanova (ROC-Russia)
6. Hannah Prock (Austria)
7. Viktorija Demcenko (ROC-Russia)
8. Eliza Tiruma (Latvia)
9. Verena Hofer (Italy)
10. Emily Sweeney (USA)
11. Natalie Maag (Switzerland)
12. Elina Ieva Vitola (Latvia)


second run a little later on today, third run tomorrow

[Nicky91]

good second run for Ivanova, better than her fellow russians whom struggled in the very tricky last corner before the finish line

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omg Julia Taubitz, poor girl, very hard crash in her second run :(


was such a good run :sad: 6th time now

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Vitola from 12th to 5th (so far)


also struggled quite a bit but kept it enough under control in corner 13 (so far 7 crashes from that corner in this second run)

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Berreiter so far fastest time in second run, 0.3 faster than ivanova

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Madeleine Egle from 17th in first run to 6th so far in the second run

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Geisenberger fastest, 0.2 ahead of Berreiter

very solid through corner 13 too

halfway done now

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standings women's singles after second run

1. Natalie Giesenberger (Germany)
2. Anna Berreiter (Germany)
3. Tatyana Ivanova (ROC-Russia)
4. Hannah Prock (Austria)
5. Lisa Schulte (Austria)
6. Eliza Tiruma (Latvia)
7. Madeleine Egle (Austria)
8. Verena Hofer (Italy)
9. Kendija Aperjode (Latvia)
10. Natalie Maag (Switzerland)

first run leader Taubitz crashed and dropped from 1st to 13th place

tomorrow third and fourth run