2018–19 Luge World Cup Explained

Competition:	2018–19 Luge World Cup
Competition1:	Men's singles
Competition1winner:	Semen Pavlichenko
Competition2:	Men's sprint
Competition2winner:	Roman Repilov
Competition3:	Doubles
Competition4:	Doubles sprint
Competition4winner:	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken
Competition5winner:	Natalie Geisenberger
Competition6:	Women's sprint
Competition6winner:	Natalie Geisenberger
Competition7:	Team relay
Venues:	9/9
Previous:	2017/18
Following:	2019/20

The 2018–19 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 24 November 2018 in Innsbruck, Austria, and finished 24 February 2019 in Sochi, Russia..

Calendar

Venue	Date	Details
Innsbruck	24–25 November	Sprint
Whistler (Vancouver)	30 November–1 December	Team Relay
Calgary	7–8 December	Team Relay
Lake Placid	15–16 December	Sprint/FIL America-Pacific Championships
Königssee	5–6 January	Team Relay. Men's race shortened to one run due to heavy snowfall.
Sigulda	12–13 January	Team Relay
Winterberg	25–27 January	World Championships (Doesn't count toward to the World Cup standings)
Altenberg	2–3 February	Team Relay/FIL Asian Championships. Due to heavy snowfall, women's race shortened to one run and team relay cancelled but rescheduled to Sochi.
Oberhof	9–10 February	Team Relay/FIL European Championships
Sochi	23–24 February	Sprint and Team Relay

Results

Men's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Johannes Ludwig	1:40.294 (50.193 / 50.101)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:40.392 (50.275 / 50.117)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:40.438 (50.421 / 50.017)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Wolfgang Kindl	32.560	Aleksandr Gorbatcevich	32.590	Felix Loch	32.661
Whistler (Vancouver)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:39.774 (49.837 / 49.937)	Felix Loch	1:39.873 (49.906 / 49.967)	Reinhard Egger	1:39.901 (49.886 / 50.015)
Calgary	Wolfgang Kindl	1:29.249 (44.644 / 44.605)	Roman Repilov	1:29.315 (44.670 / 44.645)	David Gleirscher	1:29.370 (44.699 / 44.671)
Lake Placid	Roman Repilov	1:43.048 (51.520 / 51.528)	Johannes Ludwig	1:43.219 (51.578 / 51.641)	Reinhard Egger	1:43.275 (51.605 / 51.670)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Roman Repilov	32.554	Semen Pavlichenko	32.588	Johannes Ludwig	32.667
Königssee	Reinhard Egger	50.084	Dominik Fischnaller	50.104	Sebastian Bley	50.192
Sigulda	Semen Pavlichenko	1:36.074 (48.122 / 47.952)	Aleksandr Gorbatcevich	1:36.262 (48.153 / 48.109)	David Gleirscher	1:36.338 (48.262 / 48.076)
Altenberg	Felix Loch	1:48.669 (54.329 / 54.340)	Reinhard Egger	1:48.673 (54.272 / 54.401)	Johannes Ludwig	1:48.780 (54.354 / 54.426)
Oberhof	Semen Pavlichenko	1:26.203 (43.231 / 42.972)	Roman Repilov	1:26.247 (43.188 / 43.059)	Kristers Aparjods	1:26.384 (43.290 / 43.094)
Sochi	Semen Pavlichenko	1:43.867 (52.023 / 51.844)	Roman Repilov	1:44.301 (52.198 / 52.103)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:44.327 (52.143 / 52.184)
Sochi (Sprint)	Semen Pavlichenko	35.566	Roman Repilov	35.584	Maksim Aravin	35.615

Women's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Natalie Geisenberger	1:19.619 (39.769 / 39.850)	Julia Taubitz	1:19.885 (39.745 / 39.910)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:19.885 (39.892 / 39.993)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Natalie Geisenberger	29.887	Julia Taubitz	29.909	Dajana Eitberger	29.944
Whistler (Vancouver)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:16.904 (38.510 / 38.394)	Julia Taubitz	1:17.195 (38.601 / 38.594)	Emily Sweeney	1:17.321 (38.616 / 38.705)
Calgary	Julia Taubitz	1:33.408 (46.675 / 46.733)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:33.512 (46.763 / 46.749)	Kimberley McRae	1:33.885 (46.829 / 47.056)
Lake Placid	Dajana Eitberger	1:27.674 (43.789 / 43.885)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:27.705 (43.801 / 43.904)	Julia Taubitz	1:27.929 (43.852 / 44.077)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Natalie Geisenberger	37.667	Summer Britcher	37.745	Julia Taubitz	37.753
Königssee	Julia Taubitz	1:44.971 (52.566 / 52.405)	Summer Britcher	1:45.391 (52.676 / 52.715)	Hannah Prock	1:45.586 (52.544 / 53.042)
Sigulda	Tatiana Ivanova	1:24.336 (42.272 / 42.064)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:24.464 (42.337 / 42.127)	Summer Britcher	1:24.686 (42.427 / 42.259)
Altenberg	Sandra Robatscher	53.932	Natalie Geisenberger	54.022	Victoria Demchenko	54.178
Oberhof	Natalie Geisenberger	1:22.810 (41.365 / 41.445)	Tatjana Hüfner	1:23.033 (41.462 / 41.571)	Dajana Eitberger	1:23.127 (41.455 / 41.672)
Sochi	Natalie Geisenberger	1:40.374 (50.163 / 50.211)	Victoria Demchenko	1:40.527 (50.232 / 50.295)	Dajana Eitberger	1:40.703 (50.316 / 50.387)
Sochi (Sprint)	Victoria Demchenko	31.505	Dajana Eitberger	31.609	Natalie Geisenberger	31.642

Doubles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	1:19.476 (39.793 / 39.683)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:19.656 (39.796 / 39.860)	Vladislav Yuzhakov Yuri Prokhorov	1:19.758 (39.826 / 39.932)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	29.916	Vladislav Yuzhakov Yuri Prokhorov	29.975	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	30.002
Whistler (Vancouver)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:16.691 (38.386 / 38.305)	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm	1:16.710 (38.403 / 38.307)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	1:16.720 (38.428 / 38.292)
Calgary	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	1:27.489 (43.769 / 43.720)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:27.580 (43.785 / 43.795)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	1:27.761 (43.828 / 43.933)
Lake Placid	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:27.492 (43.864 / 43.628)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	1:27.812 (43.950 / 43.862)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	1:28.032 (44.077 / 43.955)
Lake Placid (Sprint)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	37.471	Chris Mazdzer Jayson Terdiman	37.669	Tristan Walker Justin Snith	37.701
Königssee	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:41.851 (50.693 / 51.158)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	1:42.157 (51.006 / 51.151)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	1:42.683 (51.237 / 51.446)
Sigulda	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:24.119 (42.059 / 42.060)	Oskars Gudramovičs Pēteris Kalniņš	1:24.498 (42.220 / 42.278)	Andris Šics Juris Šics	1:24.588 (42.284 / 42.304)
Altenberg	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller	1:23.463 (41.508 / 41.955)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:23.506 (41.547 / 41.959)	Andris Šics Juris Šics	1:23.849 (41.722 / 42.127)
Oberhof	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt	1:21.951 (40.963 / 40.988)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:22.151 (41.154 / 40.997)	Andris Šics Juris Šics	1:22.274 (41.159 / 41.115)
Sochi	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov	1:39.814 (49.997 / 49.817)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	1:39.867 (49.890 / 49.977)	Vsevolod Kashkin Konstantin Korshunov	1:40.007 (49.879 / 50.128)
Sochi (Sprint)	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov	31.450	Andris Šics Juris Šics	31.461	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken	31.524

Team relay

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Whistler (Vancouver)	Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vsevolod Kashkin/Konstantin Korshunov	2:04.124 (40.158 / 1:21.952)	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:04.214 (40.046 / 1:22.015)	Kyla Marie Graham Reid Watts Tristan Walker/Justin Snith	2:04.413 (40.249 / 1:22.297)
Calgary	Julia Taubitz Felix Loch Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt	2:21.550 (46.046 / 1:33.785)	Summer Britcher Tucker West Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman	2:21.819 (46.131 / 1:33.764)	Birgit Platzer Wolfgang Kindl Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	2:21.920 (46.336 / 1:34.025)
Königssee	Julia Taubitz Sebastian Bley Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:47.982 (54.824 / 1:51.393)	Hannah Prock Reinhard Egger Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	2:48.182 (55.087 / 1:51.392)	Summer Britcher Tucker West Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman	2:48.487 (55.200 / 1:51.608)
Sigulda	Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Oskars Gudramovičs/Pēteris Kalniņš	2:13.213 (43.361 / 1:28.071)	Tatiana Ivanova Semen Pavlichenko Vladislav Yuzhakov/Yuri Prokhorov	2:13.369 (43.376 / 1:27.928)	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:13.606 (43.360 / 1:28.393)
Altenberg	cancelled due to continued snowfall but rescheduled to Sochi
Oberhof	Andrea Vötter Dominik Fischnaller Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier	2:22.827 (46.219 / 1:34.335)	Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt	2:22.943 (46.112 / 1:34.501)	Elīza Cauce Inārs Kivlenieks Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:23.256 (46.537 / 1:34.805)
Sochi	Victoria Demchenko Semen Pavlichenko Alexander Denisyev/Vladislav Antonov	2:45.272 (53.817 / 1:48.991)	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:45.344 (53.764 / 1:49.525)	Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:45.399 (53.895 / 1:49.514)

Standings

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.		788
2.		718
3.		685
4.		666
5.		623
6.		596
7.		579
8.		526
9.		432
10.		402

• Final standings after 12 events
• (*Champion 2018)

Men's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Agg. time
1.		1:40.877
2.		1:40.886
3.		1:41.126
4.		1:41.169
5.		1:41.225
6.		1:41.622
7.		1:41.657
8.		1:41.806

• Final standings after 3 events

Only 8 lugers competed on all events

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.		1052
2.		793
3.		637
4.		631
5.		592
6.		572
7.		546
8.		441
9.		420
10.		419

• Final standings after 12 events
• (*Champion 2018)

Women's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Agg. time
1.		1:39.196
2.		1:39.337
3.		1:39.755
4.		1:40.065
5.		1:40.096
6.		1:40.125
7.		1:40.311
8.		1:40.595

• Final standings after 3 events
• (*Champion 2018)

Only 8 lugers competed on all events

Doubles

Pos.	Team	Points
1.		1050
2.		817
3.		790
4.		731
5.		562
6.		517
7.		482
8.		459
9.		443
10.		412

• Final standings after 12 events
• (*Champion 2018)

Doubles Sprint

Pos.	Team	Agg. time
1.		1:39.033
2.		1:39.226
3.		1:39.245
4.		1:39.590
5.		1:39.932
6.		1:40.964
7.		1:40.703
8.		1:50.854

• Final standings after 3 events
• (*Champion 2018)

Only 8 double sleds competed on all events

Team Relay

Pos.	Team	Points
1.		525
2.		455
3.		410
4.		316
5.		315
6.		308
7.		216
8.		203
9.		165
10.		46

• Final standings after 6 events
• (*Champion 2018)

External links

• FIL streaming service