World Cup final
Tobogganing world champion Taubitz still the World Cup winner
Julia Taubitz still did it at the World Cup final. Olympics next year can come.
With a magnificent catch-up, toboggan world champion Julia Taubitz got her fifth victory in the overall World Cup. At the World Cup final in China, the 28-year-old sports soldier was able to intercept the two Austrians Madeleine Egle and Lisa Schulte at the last of the nine World Cup stations with her third World Cup victory of the season on the Olympic Railway in Yanqing. “That means so much to me after the Olympics,” she said, and could not hold back the tears after the triumph. “I am happy to toboggan here again, even if I had the worst experience of my career in Yanqing with the fall in the second run at the Olympic Games,” said Taubitz in front of the race, looking back at the winter games so disappointing for them 2022. “I still have a chicken to pluck by train.” The Saxon succeeded impressively, although she had banged her head against the gang in training and could only complete two of the six test runs.
In Yanqing, where Natalie Geisenberger won single gold three years ago, Taubitz showed himself nervous this time and got both runs safely. In the end, with a total of 657 points in front of the Madeleine Egle (629) and sixth -placed Lisa Schulte (620), she was only ninth -placed Madeleine Egle in the race. Vice World Champion Merle Fräbel finished third and ended the season as a total fourth with 582 points. The Olympic second Anna Berreiter (426 points) was sixth.
Langenhan and Wendl/Arlt also before World Cup Victory
The record Olympic champion Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt and Max Langenhan are also before the World Cup overall victory. The triple world champion from Whistler leads with 616 points ahead of the Austrian Nico Gleirscher (558 points) and team-mate Felix Loch (505). In a win by Gleirscher, the 26-year-old Langenhan would have to be at least seventh on Sunday to defend his title from the previous year. Only if the six -time Olympic champions are disqualified will the competition still have a chance. The Bayern duo is 80 points ahead of the Austrians Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl.
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Source: Stern
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