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Luge World Cup 2024
The 52nd Luge World Championships will take place in Altenberg between January 26th and 28th.
The Saxon city is hosting a World Cup for the third time after 1996 and 2012.
In the title fights last year, eight out of nine titles went to Germany.
This year too, German athletes have the best chances of winning a medal.
The Schedule
Friday, January 26th
9:00 a.m.: Sprint qualifying race
1:00 p.m.: Men's doubles sprint
1:55 p.m.: Women's sprint
2:45 p.m.: Men's sprint
3:40 p.m.: Women's doubles sprint
Saturday, January 27th
8:50 a.m.: Women's doubles, 1st heat
9:55 a.m.: Women's doubles, 2nd heat
11:00 a.m.: Men's single-seater, 1st run
12:45 p.m.: Men's single-seater, 2nd run
2:00 p.m.: Men's doubles, 1st heat
3:15 p.m.: Men's doubles, 2nd heat
Sunday, January 28th
10:45 a.m.: Women's singles, 1 run
12:20 p.m.: Women's singles, 2nd run
2:00 p.m.: Team relay
Luge World Cup on TV
The World Championships in Altenberg will be shown live on ZDF.
The station reports from Saxony on all three days.
German fans who are used to success can also follow the competitions in the live stream.
The favorites
The times when German tobogganers were considered almost unbeatable are over.
Nevertheless, they have the best chance of winning medals.
Max Langenhan
recently celebrated ten victories in a row in the World Cup, but at the World Cup dress rehearsal in Innsbruck, of all places, he had to admit defeat to Jonas Müller from Austria.
Felix Loch
, currently the most successful World Cup luger with six gold and three silver medals, could make history in Altenberg: He is still missing a gold medal to overtake toboggan legend Armin Zöggeler (Italy).
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt
have secured medals at world championships in the past.
But in the doubles the field is more open than it has been for a long time.
In the World Cup there were five different winners in five races.
Competition comes primarily from Austria.
Among women,
Julia Taubitz
is considered the favorite in the single-seater.
The 27-year-old, who grew up in Altenberg, knows all the pitfalls of the train.
Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal
are the clear favorites in the women's doubles; the duo recently won three times in a row in the World Cup.
Eternal medal table
1. Germany (with FRG & GDR): 126x gold, 103x silver, 73x bronze
2. Austria: 26x gold, 35x silver, 43x bronze
3. Italy: 16x gold, 18x silver, 33x bronze
4. Russia (with Soviet Union): 11x gold, 14x silver, 10x bronze
5. Poland: 5x gold, 6x silver, 5x bronze
6. USA: 3x gold, 6x silver, 9x bronze
7. Switzerland: 2x gold, 3x silver
8. Canada: 1x gold, 1x silver , 6x bronze
9. Norway: 1x gold
10. Latvia: 5x silver, 9x bronze
11. Czechoslovakia: 2x bronze
12. Ukraine: 1x bronze
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