FIL Aqotec Natural Track Luge World Cup - Novouralsk - Day 4

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Sunday, December 20th, 2009

17th-20th December 2009
Novouralsk/Yekaterinburg (RUS)


First and second place for Russia


The cheers for the Russian win was heard everywhere along the track from the finish line up to the start. It looked like Russia would have to settle for the places two and three when the leading double with Patrick Pigneter/Florian Clara (ITA) crashed into the boards. "We have to see what the reason was, it looks like there was a problem with the runners", said Florian Clara, who as well as Pigneter did not suffer any injuries.
The lucky winners were Russia's Pavel Porshnev/Ivan Lazarev who will leave Novouralsk with a second place (first World Cup) and a win. "That's sport, everybody can crash, for us the result is very good, but the main focus is still the European Championship", said Lazarev and adds that they could have done better in today's race: "After the sixth turn we were braking too much, we could have gone faster there."
Runner up was the second Russian double, Aleksander Egorov/Petr Popov, who achieved their sixth career podium finish, but a second place for the first time. Very pleased were Andrzej Laszczak/Damian Waniczek (POL) who finished third: "We already thought that we would be fourth once again, a place we have had so many times. Now we are happy about the podium, of course it's bad luck for Patrick Pigneter."
The aqotec World Cup will be continued January 8-10, 2010 in Umhausen (AUT).


Final Results Doubles (10):

1. Pavel PORSHNEV/Ivan LAZAREV (RUS), 1:05,07(2), 1:04,78(1), 2.09,85
2. Aleksandr EGOROV/Petr POPOV (RUS), 1:05,59(3), 1:04,90(2), 2:10,49
3. Andrzej LASZCZAK/Damian WANICZEK (POL), 1:06,08(4), 1:05,23(3), 2:11,31
4. Christian SCHOPF/Andreas SCHOPF (AUT), 1:06,16(5), 1:05,87(5), 2:12,03
5. Christian SCHATZ/Gerhard MÜHLBACHER (AUT), 1:06,36(6), 1:05,86(4), 2:12,22
6. Thomas KAMMERLANDER/Christoph REGENSBURGER (AUT), 1:06,88(7), 1.07,00(6), 2:13,88


World Cup Standings (2/6):

1. Pavel PORSHNEV/Ivan LAZAREV (RUS) 185
2. Aleksandr EGEROV/Petr POPOV (RUS) 155
3. Christian SCHOPF/Andreas SCHOPF (AUT) 120
3. Andrzej LASZCZAK/Damian WANICZEK (POL) 120
5. Thomas KAMMERLANDER/Christoph REGENSBURGER (AUT) 105
6. Christian SCHATZ/Gerhard MÜHLBACHER (AUT) 101
7. Patrick PIGNETER/Florian CLARA (ITA) 100
8. Björn KIERSPEL/Christian WICHAN (GER) 81




Chris Karl