Tobogganing: Hole also wins in Calgary

Olympic luge champion Felix Loch has won the World Cup in Calgary, Canada, underscoring his strong form off the track. After his victories in Winterberg and Altenberg, the Berchtesgadener also won on the 1988 Olympic track and relegated local hero Samuel Edney to second place with a lead of almost four tenths of a second.

Olympic luge champion Felix Loch has won the World Cup in Calgary, Canada, underscoring his strong form off the track. After his victories in Winterberg and Altenberg, the Berchtesgadener also won on the 1988 Olympic track and relegated local hero Samuel Edney to second place with a lead of almost four tenths of a second. The third place went to the Russian Roman Repilov.

“Strong performance, respect. We saw the old Felix Loch,”said national coach Norbert Loch. With regard to the Winter Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea (9th place) till 25. February) he said about his son:”You can count on him again this winter.”

Johannes Ludwig (Oberhof), Andi Langenhan (Zella-Mehlis) and Ralf Palik (Oberwiesenthal) missed the podium, but finished in fifth, sixth and seventh place, completing a good result for the German bobsleigh and sled federation (BSD). Christian Paffe (Hallenberg) took a strong eleventh place in his only second World Cup.

In the overall World Cup, Loch (455 points) increased his lead over the Austrian World Champion Wolfgang Kindl (279) to 176 points and is aiming for his sixth overall victory. Palik (271) improved as the second best German to third place.

In the doubles, world champions Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken clinched their fourth victory in the fifth race of the Olympic Winter. The duo from Ilsenburg and Suhl won ahead of the Austrians Peter Penz/Georg Fischler and the Olympic champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt (Berchtesgaden/Königssee). Robin Geueke and David Gamm from Winterberg finished fifth.