2021–22 Luge World Cup

2021–22 Luge World Cup
Winners
Men's singles Overall	Johannes Ludwig (1)
Men's singles	Johannes Ludwig (1)
Men's sprint	Wolfgang Kindl (2)
Doubles Overall	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (6)
Doubles	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (1)
Doubles sprint	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (3)
Women's singles Overall	Julia Taubitz (2)
Women's singles	Madeleine Egle (1)
Women's sprint	Julia Taubitz (3)
Team relay	Germany (16)
Competitions
Venues	9/9 events

The 2021–22 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for Luge, organised by the FIL. The season started on 20 November 2021 in Yanqing, China, and concluded on 23 January 2022 in St. Moritz, Switzerland.

Calendar

Venue	Date	Details
Yanqing	20–21 November	Team Relay
Sochi	27–28 November (Replaced Whistler)	Team Relay
Sochi	4–5 December (Replaced Lake Placid)	Sprint
Altenberg	11–12 December	Team Relay
Innsbruck	18–19 December	Sprint
Winterberg	1–2 January	Team Relay
Sigulda	8–9 January	Sprint
Oberhof	15–16 January	Team Relay
St. Moritz	22–23 January	Team Relay/FIL European Championships

Results

Men's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Yanqing	Johannes Ludwig	1:54.597 (57.299 / 57.298)	Felix Loch	1:55.451 (57.869 / 57.582)	Max Langenhan	1:55.455 (57.734 / 57.721)
Sochi 1	Johannes Ludwig	1:44.626 (52.761 / 51.865)	Felix Loch	1:44.784 (52.675 / 52.109)	Roman Repilov	1:44.834 (52.813 / 52.021)
Sochi 2	Kristers Aparjods	1:42.881 (51.490 / 51.391)	Johannes Ludwig	1:42.905 (51.526 / 51.379)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:42.920 (51.461 / 51.459)
Sochi (Sprint)	Dominik Fischnaller	34.833	Roman Repilov	34.872	Wolfgang Kindl	34.883
Altenberg	Wolfgang Kindl	1:47.997 (53.900 / 54.097)	none awarded		Johannes Ludwig	1:48.030 (53.905 / 54.125)
Altenberg	Max Langenhan	1:47.997 (54.034 / 53.963)	none awarded		Johannes Ludwig	1:48.030 (53.905 / 54.125)
Innsbruck	Johannes Ludwig	1:39.605 (49.790 / 49.815)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:39.654 (49.822 / 49.832)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:39.880 (49.959 / 49.921)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Wolfgang Kindl	32.390	Jonas Müller	32.430	Johannes Ludwig	32.537
Winterberg	Johannes Ludwig	1:44.679 (52.349 / 52.330)	Nico Gleirscher	1:44.747 (52.121 / 52.626)	Wolfgang Kindl	1:44.860 (52.645 / 52.215)
Sigulda	Kristers Aparjods	1:36.483 (48.223 / 48.260)	Felix Loch	1:36.669 (48.271 / 48.398)	Dominik Fischnaller	1:36.684 (48.271 / 48.413)
Sigulda (Sprint)	Felix Loch	27.819	Kristers Aparjods	27.833	Dominik Fischnaller	27.890
Oberhof	Johannes Ludwig	1:25.069 (42.554 / 42.515)	Max Langenhan	1:25.373 (42.714 / 42.659)	Felix Loch	1:25.385 (42.721 / 42.664)
St. Moritz	Wolfgang Kindl	2:10.246 (1:05.162 / 1:05.084)	Kristers Aparjods	2:10.267 (1:05.182 / 1:05.085)	Nico Gleirscher	2:10.546 (1:05.365 / 1:05.181)

Women's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Yanqing	Madeleine Egle	1:58.822 (59.390 / 59.432)	Julia Taubitz	1:58.928 (59.397 / 59.531)	Lisa Schulte	1:59.350 (59.793 / 59.557)
Sochi 1	Anna Berreiter	1:40.649 (50.173 / 50.476)	Kendija Aparjode	1:40.756 (50.334 / 50.422)	Victoria Demchenko	1:40.917 (50.330 / 50.587)
Sochi 2	Julia Taubitz	1:39.434 (49.677 / 49.757)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:39.802 (49.819 / 49.983)	Kendija Aparjode	1:39.856 (49.946 / 49.910)
Sochi (Sprint)	Julia Taubitz	31.743	Summer Britcher	31.764	Dajana Eitberger	31.775
Altenberg	Madeleine Egle	1:45.208 (52.693 / 52.515)	Julia Taubitz	1:45.501 (52.836 / 52.665)	Anna Berreiter	1:45.793 (52.889 / 52.904)
Innsbruck	Julia Taubitz	1:19.546 (39.845 / 39.701)	Madeleine Egle	1:19.558 (39.809 / 39.749)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:19.894 (39.950 / 39.944)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Madeleine Egle	29.992	Julia Taubitz	30.042	Anna Berreiter	30.115
Winterberg	Julia Taubitz	1:53.167 (57.019 / 56.148)	Natalie Geisenberger	1:53.408 (56.936 / 56.472)	Madeleine Egle	1:53.423 (57.318 / 56.105)
Sigulda	Madeleine Egle	1:24.192 (42.087 / 42.105)	Julia Taubitz	1:24.372 (42.128 / 42.244)	Tatiana Ivanova	1:24.410 (42.168 / 42.242)
Sigulda (Sprint)	Tatiana Ivanova	31.241	Natalie Geisenberger	31.255	Madeleine Egle	31.272
Oberhof	Madeleine Egle	1:24.074 (41.994 / 42.080)	Julia Taubitz	1:24.094 (42.110 / 41.984)	Anna Berreiter	1:24.339 (42.208 / 42.131)
St. Moritz	Natalie Geisenberger	1:48.190 (54.131 / 54.059)	Madeleine Egle	1:48.345 (54.376 / 53.969)	Elīna leva Vītola	1:48.456 (54.300 / 54.156)

Doubles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Yanqing	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:57.610 (58.793 / 58.817)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:57.819 (58.879 / 58.940)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:58.039 (58.991 / 59.048)
Sochi 1	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:39.783 (49.726 / 50.057)	Andrey Bogdanov Yuri Prokhorov Russia	1:39.903 (49.660 / 50.243)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:40.012 (49.854 / 50.158)
Sochi 2	Andrey Bogdanov Yuri Prokhorov Russia	1:39.351 (49.642 / 49.709)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:39.485 (49.769 / 49.716)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:39.530 (49.782 / 49.748)
Sochi (Sprint)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	31.385	Alexander Denisyev Vladislav Antonov Russia	31.423	Robin Johannes Geueke David Gamm Germany	31.453
Altenberg	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:23.767 (41.911 / 41.856)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:23.770 (41.883 / 41.887)	Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme Latvia	1:23.980 (41.924 / 42.056)
Innsbruck	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:19.281 (39.649 / 39.632)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:19.303 (39.648 / 39.655)	Emanuel Rieder Simon Kainzwaldner Italy	1:19.452 (39.697 / 39.755)
Innsbruck (Sprint)	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	29.905	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	29.960	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	29.970
Winterberg	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.184 (43.667 / 43.517)	Thomas Steu Lorenz Koller Austria	1:27.225 (43.708 / 43.517)	Yannick Müller Armin Frauscher Austria	1:27.338 (43.769 / 43.569)
Sigulda	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:23.856 (41.916 / 41.940)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	1:23.893 (41.924 / 41.969)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:24.049 (42.055 / 41.994)
Sigulda (Sprint)	Andris Šics Juris Šics Latvia	31.157	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	31.178	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	31.226
Oberhof	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:22.651 (41.331 / 41.320)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:22.967 (41.491 / 41.476)	Emanuel Rieder Simon Kainzwaldner Italy	1:23.102 (41.554 / 41.548)
St. Moritz	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:47.209 (53.585 / 53.624)	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:47.322 (53.652 / 53.670)	Mārtiņš Bots Roberts Plūme Latvia	1:47.458 (53.806 / 53.652)

Team relay

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Yanqing	Austria Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	3:06.953 (1:01.303 / 2:04.295)	United States Ashley Farquharson Tucker West Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman	3:07.328 (1:00.907 / 2:03.771)	Italy Verena Hofer Dominik Fischnaller Emanuel Rieder/Simon Kainzwaldner	3:07.331 (1:01.547 / 2:04.124)
Sochi	Russia Victoria Demchenko Semen Pavlichenko Andrey Bogdanov/Yuri Prokhorov	2:45.808 (53.964 / 1:49.836)	Germany Anna Berreiter Johannes Ludwig Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt	2:47.100 (54.182 / 1:50.156)	Latvia Kendija Aparjode Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:47.480 (54.522 / 1:50.958)
Altenberg	Germany Julia Taubitz Max Langenhan Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:23.954 (47.000 / 1:35.372)	Italy Andrea Vötter Dominik Fischnaller Ludwig Rieder/Patrick Rastner	2:24.279 (47.271 / 1:35.650)	Russia Ekaterina Katnikova Aleksandr Gorbatcevich Alexander Denisyev/Vladislav Antonov	2:24.447 (47.058 / 1:35.585)
Winterberg	Latvia Elīza Tīruma Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots/Roberts Plūme	2:24.294 (47.179 / 1:35.354)	Austria Madeleine Egle Nico Gleirscher Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	2:24.652 (47.317 / 1:35.824)	United States Summer Britcher Tucker West Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman	2:24.802 (47.312 / 1:35.954)
Oberhof	Germany Julia Taubitz Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:21.536 (46.288 / 1:33.697)	Latvia Elīna leva Vītola Kristers Aparjods Andris Šics/Juris Šics	2:22.071 (46.685 / 1:34.037)	Austria Madeleine Egle Nico Gleirscher Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller	2:22.077 (46.399 / 1:33.925)
St. Moritz	Latvia Elīna leva Vītola Kristers Aparjods Mārtiņš Bots/Roberts Plūme	2:47.101 (55.228 / 1:50.793)	Germany Natalie Geisenberger Johannes Ludwig Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken	2:47.228 (55.311 / 1:51.027)	Russia Tatiana Ivanova Roman Repilov Andrey Bogdanov/Yuri Prokhorov	2:47.776 (55.478 / 1:51.336)

Standings

Men's singles Overall

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	871
2.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	791
3.	Kristers Aparjods (LAT)	691
3.	Felix Loch (GER)*	691
5.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	641
6.	Roman Repilov (RUS)	607
7.	Max Langenhan (GER)	599
8.	Nico Gleirscher (AUT)	559
9.	Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)	467
10.	Gints Bērziņš (LAT)	450

Final standings after 12 events
(*Champion 2021)

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	719
2.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	575
3.	Felix Loch (GER)*	545
4.	Kristers Aparjods (LAT)	536
5.	Max Langenhan (GER)	497
6.	Roman Repilov (RUS)	440
7.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	439
8.	Nico Gleirscher (AUT)	435
9.	Semen Pavlichenko (RUS)	352
10.	David Gleirscher (AUT)	325

Final standings after 9 events
(*Champion 2021)

Men's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	216
2.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	202
3.	Roman Repilov (RUS)	167
4.	Kristers Aparjods (LAT)	155
5.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	152
6.	Felix Loch (GER)*	146
7.	Gints Bērziņš (LAT)	141
8.	Aleksandr Gorbatcevich (RUS)	128
9.	Kevin Fischnaller (ITA)*	124
	Nico Gleirscher (AUT)	124
	Jonas Müller (AUT)	124

Final standings after 3 events
(*Champions 2021)

Women's singles Overall

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Julia Taubitz (GER)	979
2.	Madeleine Egle (AUT)	947
3.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)*	772
4.	Anna Berreiter (GER)	723
5.	Elīza Tīruma (LAT)	569
6.	Victoria Demchenko (RUS)	444
7.	Andrea Vötter (ITA)	422
8.	Hannah Prock (AUT)	414
9.	Lisa Schulte (AUT)	408
10.	Ekaterina Katnikova (RUS)	369

Final standings after 12 events
(*Champion 2021)

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Madeleine Egle (AUT)	741
2.	Julia Taubitz (GER)	739
3.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)*	577
4.	Anna Berreiter (GER)	562
5.	Elīza Tīruma (LAT)	435
6.	Victoria Demchenko (RUS)	350
7.	Andrea Vötter (ITA)	322
8.	Lisa Schulte (AUT)	312
9.	Hannah Prock (AUT)	294
10.	Ekaterina Katnikova (RUS)	288

Final standings after 9 events
(*Champion 2021)

Women's singles Sprint

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Julia Taubitz (GER)*	240
2.	Madeleine Egle (AUT)	206
3.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	195
4.	Anna Berreiter (GER)	161
5.	Elīza Tīruma (LAT)	134
6.	Hannah Prock (AUT)	120
7.	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	100
8.	Andrea Vötter (ITA)	100
9.	Lisa Schulte (AUT)	96
10.	Victoria Demchenko (RUS)	94

Final standings after 3 events
(*Champion 2021)

Doubles Overall

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)	907
2.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	883
3.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	796
4.	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner (ITA)	604
5.	Andrey Bogdanov / Yuri Prokhorov (RUS)	603
6.	Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller (AUT)*	550
7.	Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov (RUS)	528
8.	Mārtiņš Bots / Roberts Plūme (LAT)	519
9.	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA)	497
10.	Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher (AUT)	462

Final standings after 12 events
(*Champion 2021)

Doubles

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)	676
2.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	624
3.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	598
4.	Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller (AUT)*	480
5.	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner (ITA)	463
6.	Andrey Bogdanov / Yuri Prokhorov (RUS)	453
7.	Mārtiņš Bots / Roberts Plūme (LAT)	418
8.	Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov (RUS)	377
9.	Yannick Müller / Armin Frauscher (AUT)	372
10.	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA)	364

Final standings after 9 events
(*Champion 2021)

Doubles Sprint

Pos.	Team	Points
1.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	285
2.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)	231
3.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	172
4.	Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov (RUS)	151
5.	Andrey Bogdanov / Yuri Prokhorov (RUS)	150
6.	Emanuel Rieder / Simon Kainzwaldner (ITA)	141
7.	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA)	133
8.	Mārtiņš Bots / Roberts Plūme (LAT)	101
9.	Robin Johannes Geueke / David Gamm (GER)	98
10.	Ivan Nagler / Fabian Malleier (ITA)	96

Final standings after 3 events

Team Relay

Pos.	Luger	Points
1.	Germany*	476
2.	Latvia	415
3.	Austria	360
4.	Russia	345
5.	Italy	330
6.	United States	257
7.	Canada	248
8.	Poland	216
9.	Slovakia	210
10.	Czech Republic	190

Final standings after 6 events
(*Champion 2021)

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Germany	21	20	13	54
2	Austria	11	8	9	28
3	Latvia	7	7	7	21
4	Russia	3	3	5	11
5	Italy	1	1	7	9
6	United States	0	2	1	3
Totals (6 entries)		43	41	42	126

Points

Place	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20

Individual	100	85	70	60	55	50	46	42	39	36	34	32	30	28	26	25	24	23	22	21

Winners
Men's singles Overall	Johannes Ludwig (1)
Men's singles	Johannes Ludwig (1)
Men's sprint	Wolfgang Kindl (2)
Doubles Overall	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (6)
Doubles	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (1)
Doubles sprint	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (3)
Women's singles Overall	Julia Taubitz (2)
Women's singles	Madeleine Egle (1)
Women's sprint	Julia Taubitz (3)
Team relay	Germany (16)
Competitions
Venues	9/9 events