Egle siblings won World Cup home victories in Igls

Madeleine Egle won clearly with a lead of 0.24 seconds over the German Julia Taubitz. Individual world champion Lisa Schulte came third. Selina Egle/Lara Kipp had already triumphed in the doubles. Including third place for Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl, there were four podium places for the ÖRV.

Austria’s team offered a strong performance on the 200 m longer track in Igls, as they had in the previous two years. For Madeleine Egle, who has been in limbo due to a possible ban for over a year after missing three doping tests, it is also a great psychological success. “After all the preparation, I really didn’t think it would work again in Innsbruck. It’s really cool that the speed is back,” said Egle in the ORF interview.

13th World Cup victory for Madeleine Egle

It was her 13th World Cup victory, the fifth in Igls. She saw “a super material vote” as the reason for the victory. “It was also very good from the start, the runs were also quite okay.” She said about the sisters’ double victory in Igls: “Now we can both be happy together and neither has to comfort the other.” Schulte was “megahappy” after her second third place this season: “The (second) run was really good again. I think I’ve now reached an age where I’ve already done a lot of runs on most tracks. That helps me already.”

The luge world champions Egle/Kipp had previously relegated the Germans Jessica Degenhardt/Cheyenne Rosenthal to second place by 0.351 seconds in 1:33.499 minutes. For Egle/Kipp it was the eighth World Cup victory, the third in Igls. In 2023 they only finished ninth in Igls after leading at halftime with a capital error. “This year we held our nerve, everything came together,” explained Selina Egle. Kipp, who had her back treated between runs, was able to laugh again: “I got a little shot in my back during strength training on Tuesday.”

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