2013–14 Luge World Cup

2013–14 Luge World Cup
Winners
Men's singles	Felix Loch
Doubles	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt
Women's singles	Natalie Geisenberger
Team relay	Germany
Competitions
Venues	9

The 2013–14 Luge World Cup was a multi race tournament over a season for luge organised by the FIL. The season started on 16 November 2013 in Lillehammer, Norway and ended on 26 January 2014 in Sigulda, Latvia. After the World Cup, the athletes moved for two weeks to Sochi for the Luge event in the XXII Olympic Winter Games.

The defending individual World Champions were Felix Loch and Natalie Geisenberger, both from Germany. Athletes from Germany dominated the 2012–13 World Cup season, as they were also the defending World Champions in Men's Double (Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt) and Team relay.

Calendar

Below is the schedule for the 2013/14 season.[1]

Venue	Date	Details
Lillehammer	16–17 November 2013	no Team relay
Innsbruck	23–24 November 2013
Winterberg	30 November–1 December 2013
Whistler	6–7 December 2013
Park City	13–14 December 2013
Königssee	4–5 January 2014
Oberhof	11–12 January 2014	no Team relay
Altenberg	18–19 January 2014
Sigulda	25–26 January 2014	no Team relay

Results

Men's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lillehammer[2]	Dominik Fischnaller Italy	1:38.346 49.172 / 49.174	David Möller Germany	1:38.492 49.243 / 49.249	Felix Loch Germany	1:38.497 49.260 / 49.237
Innsbruck[3]	Felix Loch Germany	1:40.878 50.495 / 50.383	David Möller Germany	1:41.052 50.569 / 50.483	Dominik Fischnaller Italy	1:41.102 50.630 / 50.472
Winterberg^ [4]	Chris Eibler Germany	52.938	Armin Zöggeler Italy	52.982	David Möller Germany	52.994
Whistler[5]	Felix Loch Germany	1:36.686 48.258 / 48.428	Chris Mazdzer United States	1:36.978 48.457 / 48.521	Dominik Fischnaller Italy	1:36.981 48.475 / 48.506
Park City[6]	Armin Zöggeler Italy	1:30.599 45.292 / 45.307	Chris Mazdzer United States	1:30.839 45.530 / 45.309	Wolfgang Kindl Austria	1:30.923 45.590 / 45.333
Königssee[7]	Felix Loch Germany	1:38.266 48.982 / 49.284	Armin Zöggeler Italy	1:39.129 49.403 / 49.726	Gregory Carigiet Switzerland	1:39.203 49.453 / 49.750
Oberhof[8]	Felix Loch Germany	1:26.957 43.510 / 43.447	Andi Langenhan Germany	1:27.152 43.620 / 43.532	Julian von Schleinitz Germany	1:27.523 43.771 / 43.752
Altenberg[9]	Felix Loch Germany	1:48.921 54.626 / 54.295	Albert Demtschenko Russia	1:49.223 54.435 / 54.788	Andi Langenhan Germany	1:49.479 54.693 / 54.786
Sigulda[10]	Armin Zöggeler Italy	1:35.913 47.969 / 47.944	Johannes Ludwig Germany	1:36.019 47.988 / 48.031	Dominik Fischnaller Italy	1:36.226 48.073 / 48.153

^ Race shortened to one run due to snowfall.

Doubles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lillehammer[11]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:35.490 47.655 / 47.835	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:35.509 47.787 / 47.722	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria	1:35.612 47.769 / 47.843
Innsbruck[12]	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:21.016 40.422 / 40.594	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:21.099 40.515 / 40.584	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:21.299 40.650 / 40.649
Winterberg[13]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.491 43.708 / 43.783	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy	1:28.040 44.071 / 43.969	Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner Italy	1:28.097 44.099 / 43.998
Winterberg[13]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.491 43.708 / 43.783	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy	1:28.040 44.071 / 43.969	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:28.097 44.105 / 43.992
Whistler[14]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:13.087 36.522 / 36.565	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:13.171 36.608 / 36.563	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:13.351 36.675 / 36.676
Park City[15]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:27.326 43.517 / 43.809	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria	1:27.488 43.780 / 43.708	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:27.547 43.746 / 43.801
Königssee[16]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:39.956 49.995 / 50.001	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:40.253 50.083 / 50.170	Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	1:40.709 50.359 / 50.350
Oberhof[17]	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:23.212 41.509 / 41.703	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:23.591 41.781 / 41.810	Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin Russia	1:23.609 41.686 / 41.923
Altenberg[18]	Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	1:23.789 41.853 / 41.936	Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	1:24.006 42.104 / 41.904	Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	1:24.121 42.116 / 42.005
Sigulda[19]	Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy	1:23.388 41.696 / 41.692	Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin Russia	1:23.434 41.697 / 41.737	Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria	1:23.467 41.775 / 41.692

Women's singles

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Lillehammer[20]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1.35.847 47.964 / 47.883	Tatiana Ivanova Russia	1.36.031 47.968 / 48.063	Alex Gough Canada	1.36.233 48.121 / 48.112
Innsbruck[21]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:20.135 40.128 / 40.007	Tatjana Hüfner Germany	1:20.167 40.144 / 40.023	Anke Wischnewski Germany	1:20.311 40.187 / 40.124
Winterberg[22]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:53.457 56.998 / 56.459	Tatjana Hüfner Germany	1:53.897 57.265 / 56.632	Anke Wischnewski Germany	1:54.101 57.407 / 56.694
Whistler[23]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:13.412 36.720 / 36.692	Alex Gough Canada	1:13.545 36.765 / 36.780	Anke Wischnewski Germany	1:13.622 36.832 / 36.790
Park City[24]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:27.628 43.826 / 43.802	Anke Wischnewski Germany	1:27.821 43.974 / 43.847	Alex Gough Canada	1:27.88 43.980 / 43.909
Königssee[25]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:40.591 50.389 / 50.202	Tatjana Hüfner Germany	1:40.696 50.281 / 50.415	Alex Gough Canada	1:40.922 50.463 / 50.459
Oberhof[26]	Tatjana Hüfner Germany	1:23.925 41.995 / 41.930	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:23.941 41.998 / 41.943	Dajana Eitberger Germany	1:24.316 42.038 / 42.278
Altenberg[27]	Natalie Geisenberger Germany	1:46.332 52.895 / 53.437	Alex Gough Canada	1:47.006 53.559 / 53.447	Kimberley McRae Canada	1:47.030 53.441 / 53.589
Sigulda[28]	Kate Hansen United States	1:23.976 42.089 / 41.887	Alex Gough Canada	1:24.052 42.014 / 42.038	Natalia Khoreva Russia	1:24.155 42.176 / 41.979

Team relay

Event:	Gold:	Time	Silver:	Time	Bronze:	Time
Innsbruck[29]	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken Germany	2:11.798 42.378/44.622/44.798	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	2:12.172 42.703/44.602/44.867	Sandra Gasparini Dominik Fischnaller Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy	2:12.266 42.775/44.643/44.848
Winterberg[30]	Sandra Gasparini Dominik Fischnaller Christian Oberstolz Patrick Gruber Italy	2:25.874 47.699/49.027/49.148	Kate Hansen Tucker West Christian Niccum Jayson Terdiman United States	2:26.380 47.914/49.113/49.353	Nina Reithmayer Daniel Pfister Peter Penz Georg Fischler Austria	2:27.041 47.810/49.095/50.136
Whistler[31]	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	2:03.791 39.918/41.932/41.941	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	2:04.202 39.971/42.084/42.147	Nina Reithmayer Reinhard Egger Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria	2:04.686 40.318/42.150/42.218
Park City[32]	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	2:18.546	Kate Hansen Chris Mazdzer Matthew Mortensen Preston Griffall United States	2:19.128	Nina Reithmayer Wolfgang Kindl Andreas Linger Wolfgang Linger Austria	2:19.183
Königssee[33]	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	2:42.781	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	2:44.499	Sandra Gasparini Dominik Fischnaller Ludwig Rieder Patrick Rastner Italy	2:44.681
Altenberg[34]	Tatiana Ivanova Albert Demtschenko Vladislav Yuzhakov Vladimir Makhnutin Russia	2:25.570	Alex Gough Samuel Edney Tristan Walker Justin Snith Canada	2:26.191	Natalie Geisenberger Felix Loch Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt Germany	2:26.303

Standings

Men's singles

Pos.	Luger	LIL	IGL	WIN	WHI	PKC	KON	OBE	ALT	SIG	Points
Luge Men FIL Ranking 2013/14[35]
1.	Felix Loch (GER)	3	1	4	1	5	1	1	1	—	685
2.	Armin Zöggeler (ITA)	4	5	2	10	1	2	22	5	1	595
3.	Dominik Fischnaller (ITA)	1	3	5	3	4	4	9	28	3	534
4.	David Möller (GER)	2	2	3	4	6	6	5	4	—	515
5.	Chris Mazdzer (USA)	14	4	15	2	2	21	18	9	7	412
6.	Andi Langenhan (GER)	13	9	11	5	15	8	2	3	—	381
7.	Samuel Edney (CAN)	20	6	6	6	8	5	20	6	10	375
8.	Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)	5	11	21	14	3	19	7	13	11	339
9.	Reinhard Egger (AUT)	29	8	18	8	10	7	6	11	13	315
10.	Gregory Carigiet (SUI)	11	16	10	7	18	3	17	7	22	304
11.	Daniel Pfister (AUT)	6	7	29	12	9	9	dnf	12	15	284
12.	Johannes Ludwig (GER)	24	12	17	13	10	26	—	8	2	281
13.	Mārtiņš Rubenis (LAT)	8	17	19	25	13	—	8	17	4	268
14.	Albert Demchenko (RUS)	7	10	30	—	—	dnf	4	2	dns	253
15.	Thor Haug Norbech (NOR)	25	25	13	9	7	—	24	10	9	239
16.	Alexandr Peretjagin (RUS)	10	21	7	—	—	12	23	16	6	227
17.	Inars Kivlenieks (LAT)	18	20	24	22	23	11	12	25	16	205
18.	Emanuel Rieder (ITA)	19	13	8	—	—	13	—	22	28	192
19.	Kristaps Mauriņš (LAT)	12	31	9	20	—	dnf	11	19	20	189
20.	Chris Eibler (GER)	—	—	1	15	24	17	—	—	23	185

Men's Doubles

Pos.	Luger	LIL	IGL	WIN	WHI	PKC	KON	OBE	ALT	SIG	Points
Luge Doubles FIL Ranking 2013/14[36]
1.	Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt (GER)	1	2	1	1	1	1	2	1	—	770
2.	Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken (GER)	2	1	dnf	2	3	2	1	2	—	630
3.	Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber (ITA)	4	4	2	8	5	6	4	10	1	548
4.	Peter Penz / Georg Fischler (AUT)	9	3	3	3	6	4	5	3	4	544
5.	Ludwig Rieder / Patrick Rastner (ITA)	11	6	3	7	4	7	6	6	7	452
6.	Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger (AUT)	3	5	—	5	2	dnf	14	5	3	438
7.	Tristan Walker / Justin Snith (CAN)	19	12	5	4	8	3	8	8	8	407
8.	Vladislav Yuzhakov / Vladimir Makhnutin (RUS)	5	9	7	—	—	10	3	4	2	391
9.	Andris Šics / Juris Šics (LAT)	12	7	6	10	10	5	12	9	5	326
10.	Matthew Mortensen / Preston Griffall (USA)	13	15	17	9	9	dnf	11	16	13	267
11.	Alexandr Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov (RUS)	7	16	8	—	—	12	20	7	6	262
12.	Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož (CZE)	14	17	26	14	14	14	10	14	10	251
13.	Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman (USA)	22	14	16	12	11	—	9	11	14	239
14.	Oskars Gudramovičs / Pēteris Kalniņš (LAT)	20	26	11	15	13	dnf	—	18	9	226
15.	Andrey Bogdanov / Andrey Medvedev (RUS)	15	8	21	—	—	8	13	13	15	216
16.	Marek Solcansky / Karol Stuchlak (SVK)	18	20	13	23	18	17	—	17	17	206
16.	Marian Zemanik / Jozef Petrulak (SVK)	16	19	14	16	16	16	17	—	12	206
18.	Hans Peter Fischnaller / Patrick Schwienbacher (ITA)	10	11	9	—	—	11	18	12	—	198
19.	Patryk Poreba / Karol Mikrut (POL)	21	—	—	—	—	15	16	—	22	184
20.	Matěj Kvíčala / Jaromir Kudera (CZE)	—	—	dnf	17	19	13	15	19	16	183

Women's singles

Pos.	Luger	LIL	IGL	WIN	WHI	PKC	KON	OBE	ALT	SIG	Points
Luge Women FIL Ranking 2013/14[37]
1.	Natalie Geisenberger (GER)	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	—	785
2.	Alex Gough (CAN)	3	7	4	2	3	3	5	2	2	626
3.	Tatjana Hüfner (GER)	13	2	2	4	7	2	1	4	—	551
4.	Anke Wischnewski (GER)	7	3	3	3	2	7	4	7	—	493
5.	Dajana Eitberger (GER)	47	4	9	6	5	4	3	5	7	432
6.	Erin Hamlin (USA)	8	6	6	5	8	13	10	6	4	415
7.	Kate Hansen (USA)	12	23	7	7	4	15	12	21	1	384
8.	Tatiana Ivanova (RUS)	2	11	5	—	—	11	6	8	5	355
9.	Kimberley McRae (CAN)	18	24	10	11	10	5	14	3	6	349
10.	Sandra Gasparini (ITA)	6	9	18	12	12	8	13	11	13	312
11.	Natalia Khoreva (RUS)	10	13	22	13	17	14	9	15	3	302
12.	Martina Kocher (SUI)	16	14	14	19	20	6	7	9	14	287
13.	Alexandra Rodionova (RUS)	20	17	11	8	15	dnf	8	13	9	274
14.	Summer Britcher (USA)	dnf	8	36	15	9	10	16	14	12	249
15.	Elīza Tīruma (LAT)	4	18	8	18	23	dsq	—	25	11	230
16.	Ekaterina Baturina (RUS)	11	20	17	—	—	9	15	10	8	227
17.	Arianne Jones (CAN)	21	19	16	14	dsq	12	17	11	16	226
18.	Nina Reithmayer (AUT)	5	5	15	9	11	dnf	—	—	—	225
19.	Miriam Kastlunger (AUT)	15	15	20	dnf	13	17	11	27	15	217
20.	Birgit Platzer (AUT)	42	10	12	28	14	dnf	18	16	18	197

Team relay

Pos.	Team	IGL	WIN	WHI	PKC	KON	ALT	Points
Luge Team relay FIL Ranking 2013/14[38]
1.	Germany	1	9	1	1	1	3	509
2.	Canada	2	dsq	2	4	2	2	400
3.	United States	4	2	4	2	5	6	395
4.	Italy	3	1	5	5	3	dsq	350
5.	Latvia	6	4	6	7	6	4	316
6.	Austria	5	3	3	3	dsq	9	304
7.	Russia	dsq	dnf	7	6	4	1	256
8.	Slovakia	7	dnf	8	8	7	5	231
9.	Czech Republic	9	7	dnf	9	8	7	212
10.	Poland	8	5	10	10	9	dns	208
11.	Romania	10	6	9	11	10	dnf	195
12.	South Korea	13	8	11	13	—	8	178
13.	Ukraine	11	dnf	dsq	12	—	—	66
14.	Kazakhstan	12	dnf	—	dsq	—	—	32

References

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[schedule-1] "Schedule 2013/14 Artificial Track". FIL. Retrieved July 8, 2013.

[2] "World Cup Luge Men Lillehammer".

[3] "World Cup Luge Men Igls".

[4] "World Cup Luge Men Winterberg".

[5] "World Cup Luge Men Whistler".

[6] "World Cup Luge Men Park City".

[7] "World Cup Luge Men Königssee".

[8] "World Cup Luge Men Oberhof".

[9] "World Cup Luge Men Altenberg".

[10] "World Cup Luge Men Sigulda".

[11] "World Cup Luge Doubles Lillehammer".

[12] "World Cup Luge Doubles Igls".

[13] "World Cup Luge Doubles Winterberg".

[14] "World Cup Luge Doubles Whistler".

[15] "World Cup Luge Doubles Park City".

[16] "World Cup Luge Doubles Königssee".

[17] "World Cup Luge Doubles Oberhof".

[18] "World Cup Luge Doubles Altenberg".

[19] "World Cup Luge Doubles Sigulda".

[20] "World Cup Luge Women Lillehammer".

[21] "World Cup Luge Women Igls".

[22] "World Cup Luge Women Winterberg".

[23] "World Cup Luge Women Whistler".

[24] "World Cup Luge Women Park City".

[25] "World Cup Luge Women Königssee".

[26] "World Cup Luge Women Oberhof".

[27] "World Cup Luge Women Altenberg".

[28] "World Cup Luge Women Sigulda".

[29] "World Cup Luge Team relay Igls".

[30] "World Cup Luge Team relay Winterberg".

[31] "World Cup Luge Team relay Whistler".

[32] "World Cup Luge Team relay Park City".

[33] "World Cup Luge Team relay Königssee".

[34] "World Cup Luge Team relay Altenberg".

[35] "Luge Men FIL Ranking 2013/14 winter season".

[36] "Luge Doubles FIL Ranking 2013/14 winter season".

[37] "Luge Women FIL Ranking 2013/14 winter season".

[38] "Luge Team relay FIL Ranking 2013/14 winter season".