Geisenberger Defends Olympic Title In Germany 1-2

Neil Simmons
Feb 19, 2018
2 min read

It was an Olympic field which included defending champion Natalie Geisenberger, 2014 silver medallist Tatjana Hufner and bronze medallist Erin Hamlin. The women’s luge was going to be a tough event.

Geisenberger set her stool out from the first run posting a 46.245, over a tenth quicker than Canadian Alex Gough. Hufner would finish third after the first run.

Summer Britcher would cause an upset as the American posted the fastest time in the second run with a 46.603. Geisenberger would post a third best time behind her fellow German Dajana Eitberger.

The third run would see the times pretty close with only the top nineteen moving through to the medal deciders. Geisenberger would post a 46.280, her slowest time so far but still the quickest in this set, nearly a tenth faster than Hufner who would finish just ahead of Alex Gough.

In the final runs the stage was set and Geisenberger looked in great form to defend her title and she did by finishing overall three tenths quicker than her fellow German Eitberger, although the latter would be quickest in the 4th set of runs. Alex Gough managed to post the third quickest time and take the bronze medal, just seven hundredths quicker than Hufner who missed out on the medal ceremony.

It was a German 1-2 in the medals and Natalie Geisenberger successfully defending her Olympic title.

OFFICIAL RESULT

GOLD – Natalie Geisenberger (GER) – 3;05.232

SILVER – Dajana Eitberger (GER) – 3:05.599

BRONZE – Alex Gough (CAN) – 3:05.644

4th – Tatjana Hufner (GER) – 3;05.713

5th – Kimberley McRae (CAN) – 3:05.878

6th – Erin Hamlin (USA) – 3:05.912

7th – Raluca Stramaturaru (ROM) – 3:06.288

8th – Aileen Frisch (KOR) – 3:06.400

9th – Madeleine Egle (AUT) – 3:06.609

10th – Andrea Votter (ITA) – 3:06.859