Germans Defend Olympic Title

Neil Simmons
Feb 20, 2018
2 min read

The luge doubles finished with the German pairing of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt defending their Olympic title from Sochi 2014.

It was a dominant performance as the Germans were first in both runs and topped the final standings 0.088 seconds faster than the Austrian duo of Peter Penz and Georg Fischler.

The Austrians, who finished in the silver medal position, along with the other German pair of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, both held their 2nd and 3rd positions respectively through both runs.

This would be the first Olympic medals for Penz, Fischler, Eggert and Benecken.

Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller would finish half a second back in 4th and a further tenth back were the Canadians, Tristan Walker and Justin Snith.

It was a completely dominant performance by the three medal winners in Pyeongchang.

OFFICIAL RESULT

GOLD – Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt (GER) – 1:31.697

SILVER – Peter Penz/Georg Fischler (AUT) – 1:31.785

BRONZE – Toni Eggert/Sascha Benecken (GER) – 1:31.987

4th – Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller (AUT) – 1:32.284

5th – Tristan Walker/Justin Snith (CAN) – 1:32.369

6th – Andris Sics/Juris Sics (LAT) – 1:32.442

7th – Ivan Nagler/Fabian Malleier (ITA) – 1:32.563

8th – Justin Krewson/Andrew Sherk (USA) – 1:32.652