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Schönau am Königssee (dpa) - Felix Loch accepted it with a smile.
The outstanding tobogganer of the winter was unable to continue his impressive winning streak and missed the culmination of his strong season.
At the home World Cup at Königssee, of all places, the 31-year-old had to admit defeat for the first time on Saturday and won the silver medal 0.062 seconds behind defending champion Roman Repilow from the Russian Luge Association.
«Roman just did better today.
I had two or three big things in the second run.
I'm super happy with second place and staying at home with a medal, ”said the overall World Cup winner this winter.
With a win, hole record world champion Armin Zöggeler could have overtaken.
Max Langenhan (Friedrichroda) in fourth and Oberhofer Johannes Ludwig in fifth narrowly missed the medal ranks.
«I'm a bit disappointed at the moment.
I would have liked to have won a medal, "said Ludwig.
The two best German doubles, who were not so successful in the World Cup season and missed out on victory in the overall standings, showed themselves in great shape at the World Cup and shared the victories.
Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken won the world championships for the fourth time in a row and caught up with the record world champions Patric Leitner / Alexander Resch.
The sprint world champions Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt who had been crowned the day before could live well with silver on Saturday.
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«We showed great races and gave everything.
More was not possible.
We are totally satisfied, ”said Wendl, who became a father for the first time this week.
"If you make first and second place at the World Cup this winter after this up and down in the doubles, you can be satisfied," said national coach Norbert Loch.
In the sprint competitions on Friday, the German tobogganers had already won five medals.
The women celebrated a complete triumph, finishing first to fourth with Julia Taubitz, Anna Berreiter, Dajana Eitberger and Natalie Geisenberger.
© dpa-infocom, dpa: 210130-99-235025 / 3
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