2021 FIL World Luge Championships

The 2021 50th FIL World Luge Championships were held from 29 to 31 January 2021 in Königssee, Germany.[1] They were originally awarded to Calgary and Vancouver, Canada, but were moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.[2]

2021 FIL World Luge Championships
VenueKönigssee, Germany
Dates29–31 January
2020
2022
2021-01-30 Doubles at the FIL World Luge Championships Königssee 2021 by Sandro Halank–165

Russia doping ban

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On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021-2022 World Championships and 2022 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country.[3][4][5] Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision.[6] After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.[7]

Schedule

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Seven events were held.[8]

All times are local (UTC+1).

Date Time Events
29 January 09:00 Men's sprint qualification
Doubles' sprint qualification
Women's sprint qualification
12:45 Men's sprint final
13:40 Doubles' sprint final
14:30 Women's sprint final
30 January 09:30 Doubles 1st run
10:50 Doubles 2nd run
12:50 Men 1st run
15:00 Men 2nd run
31 January 10:00 Women 1st run
11:50 Women 2nd run
13:30 Team relay

Medal summary

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Medal table

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  *   Host nation (Germany)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1  Germany*45312
2  Austria2024
3Russian Luge Federation1102
4  Latvia0123
Totals (4 entries)77721

Medalists

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Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's singles[9]
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Roman Repilov
Russian Luge Federation
1:37.810 Felix Loch
  Germany
1:37.872 David Gleirscher
  Austria
1:38.027
Men's sprint[10]
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Nico Gleirscher
  Austria
38.375 Semen Pavlichenko
Russian Luge Federation
38.416 David Gleirscher
  Austria
38.417
Women's singles[11]
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Julia Taubitz
  Germany
1:41.132 Natalie Geisenberger
  Germany
1:41.447 Dajana Eitberger
  Germany
1:41.604
Women's sprint[12]
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Julia Taubitz
  Germany
39.101 Anna Berreiter
  Germany
39.112 Dajana Eitberger
  Germany
39.300
Doubles[13]
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  Germany
Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
1:39.931   Germany
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
1:40.086   Latvia
Andris Šics
Juris Šics
1:40.591
Doubles' sprint[14]
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  Germany
Tobias Wendl
Tobias Arlt
39.126   Latvia
Andris Šics
Juris Šics
39.140   Germany
Toni Eggert
Sascha Benecken
39.161
Team relay[15]
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  Austria
Madeleine Egle
David Gleirscher
Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller
2:43.139   Germany
Julia Taubitz
Felix Loch
Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken
2:43.177   Latvia
Kendija Aparjode
Artūrs Dārznieks
Andris Šics/Juris Šics
2:43.571

References

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  1. ^ 50th FIL World Luge Championships
  2. ^ "FIL Congress awards 50th World Championships to Whistler". Archived from the original on 2020-06-29.
  3. ^ MacInnes, Paul (9 December 2019). "Russia banned from Tokyo Olympics and football World Cup". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Archived from the original on 9 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Russia banned for four years to include 2020 Olympics and 2022 World Cup". BBC Sport. 9 December 2019. Archived from the original on 11 December 2019. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  5. ^ "WADA lawyer defends lack of blanket ban on Russia". The Japan Times. AP. 13 December 2019. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 17 December 2019.
  6. ^ "Russia Confirms It Will Appeal 4-Year Olympic Ban". Time. AP. 27 December 2019. Archived from the original on 27 December 2019.
  7. ^ Dunbar, Graham (December 17, 2020). "Russia can't use its name and flag at the next 2 Olympics". Associated Press. Retrieved December 17, 2020.
  8. ^ Schedule
  9. ^ Men's singles results
  10. ^ Men's sprint results
  11. ^ Women's singles results
  12. ^ Women's sprint results
  13. ^ Doubles results
  14. ^ Doubles' sprint results
  15. ^ Team relay results
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