Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt, the luge Olympic champion Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt, sent a message of battle to the national competition in the triple victory of the German two-seater at the Königssee. The duo from Bavaria won the World Cup on their home track ahead of Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken from Thuringia and celebrated the first “real” World Cup victory in the Olympic Winter. The Winterberger Robin Geueke/David Gamm finished third.
“All in all, we are very happy that we were able to deliver here at the Königssee,” said Wendl on ARD after the success on home ice:”We can still win, so that we are going into the coming weeks with more optimism.
So far Wendl/Arlt, the dominators of the past years, had only won the sprint in Winterberg. Toni and Sascha are really strong,”said Arlt:” But this time we were way ahead of the competition.
National coach Norbert Loch was relieved. The team of coaches went to court with Wendl/Arlt “because we were not satisfied with the performances. Now we’re in the second half of the season, we’re heading for Olympia, they’ve gotten on top of each other and shown their mental strength. It’s good to have them back on track, too.”
Eggert and Benecken continue to lead the overall World Cup five weeks before the Winter Games, ahead of Bavaria (770:567) and have long since become favourites for the gold medal in Pyeongchang (9th place). till 25. February). Next weekend, the team from Ilsenburg and Suhl will also be able to fight back again and then enjoy the home advantage at the World Cup in Oberhof.