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Associated Press
23-02-2025
- Sport
- Associated Press
Langenhan and Wendl-Arlt win World Cup luge titles. USA Luge finishes the season with a relay bronze
YANQING, China (AP) — Max Langenhan of Germany won the luge World Cup men's singles overall championship on Sunday for the third consecutive year, while the veteran German men's doubles pairing of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt clinched the season-long crown for the sixth time. Both finished off those titles with victories on the final day of the schedule — and USA Luge ended its season by winning a bronze medal in the team relay, giving it 10 medals from this World Cup year. Langenhan won the men's race, with Austrian sleds taking the next two spots — Jonas Mueller was second and David Gleirscher was third. Langenhan won the overall title by 103 points over another Austrian, Nico Gleirscher. In doubles, Wendl and Arlt won Sunday, with Martins Bots and Roberts Plume of Latvia second and Toni Eggert and Florian Mueller of Germany placing third. The Bots-Plume sled finished second in the season standings as well, 104 points back of Wendl-Arlt. Austria won the team relay, followed by Germany and the U.S. The Americans had Ashley Farquharson in women's singles, Tucker West in men's singles, Zach Di Gregorio and Sean Hollander in men's doubles and Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby in women's doubles for the relay. Up next Luge — Season complete. Next World Cup season expected to begin in Igls, Austria, on Dec. 5-7. Skeleton — Day 1 of men's and women's world championships at Lake Placid, New York, on March 6. Bobsled — Day 1 of women's monobob and two-man world championships at Lake Placid on March 8. ___
Yahoo
09-02-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Langenhan, Germany dominate on final day of luge's world championships
WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — History for Max Langenhan. History for Felix Loch. Once again, Germany proved its dominance at the luge world championships — finishing off in style Saturday with a two more gold medals, giving the perennial power five wins in seven events over the weekend. Langenhan became the fifth luge athlete to win back-to-back men's singles world championships — holding off German teammate Felix Loch for the gold medal. 'This is an absolute dream day,' Langenhan said. 'Standing at the top of the podium with Felix is awesome.' Loch won silver, his record-setting 11th career men's singles medal at worlds. He had been tied with Italy's Armin Zöggeler before Saturday's silver. Austria's Nico Gleirscher was third. The top U.S. finisher was Jonny Gustafson, who placed eighth. In the team relay, the German team of Langenhan, Julia Taubitz, Hannes Orlamuender and Paul Gubitz on one doubles sled, Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal on the other, won the last gold medal awarded on the weekend. Austria was second in the relay and Canada, on home ice, was third — one spot ahead of the U.S. Up next Luge's World Cup season resumes next weekend in Pyeongchang, South Korea. It's expected that some sliders will skip the season's two remaining World Cup stops, first Pyeongchang and then the finale in two weeks at Yanqing, China. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press
