US EditionLuge-Italians Hold Their Nerve to Take First Women's Doubles Gold
Italy secured gold in both men's and inaugural women's doubles luge at Milan Cortina 2026, ending Germany's dominance in the women's event, officials said.
- On Feb. 11, 2026 Italy swept the men's and women's doubles luge at Cortina d'Ampezzo, with Rieder and Kainzwaldner finishing in 1:45.086.
- Italy's familiarity with the Cortina ice helped Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer produce composed runs with a fastest first run of 53.102 seconds.
- A late mistake dropped Mueller and Haugsjaa from sixth to finish in 1:45.293, despite setting a track record of 52.482 seconds in run one, Mueller said, 'Crushed; we were in a medal position but a small skid away from curve 14 just ended up costing time.'
- Voetter and Oberhofer's win ended Germany's recent women's luge dominance and marked Italy's first female luge medal since Gerda Weissensteiner in 1994.
- Germany still retain the two singles luge titles but were favourites for Thursday's team relay, aiming for a fourth successive win after sweeping all four Beijing events.
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The Italian duos, both men and women, took gold in two-seated toboggan. In the nose and beard of the German favourites.
FIL - Internationaler Rodel Verband [Newsroom]Cortina (ots) - Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 Andrea Vötter and Marion Oberhofer have written Olympic history. The Italian women are the first Olympic winners in the women's double team competition. At the Cortina Sliding Centre ... Continue reading here...Original content of: FIL - Internationaler Rodel Verband, transmitted by news aktuell
Italian lugers Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner are the new Olympic champions in the men's doubles. Second place went to Austrians Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl, and third place went to Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt. The Italians thus ended the Olympic dominance of the third-placed Germans, who have won gold medals at the last three Olympic Games.
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