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The 2014 FIL European Luge Championships took place under the auspices of the International Luge Federation at Sigulda, Latvia from 25 to 26 January 2014. This was the third time Sigulda hosted the event. [1]
Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Men's singles [2] | Armin Zöggeler Italy | 1:35.913 | Johannes Ludwig Germany | 1:36.019 | Dominik Fischnaller Italy | 1:36.226 |
Women's singles [3] | Natalia Khoreva Russia | 1:24.155 | Tatiana Ivanova Russia | 1:24.325 | Dajana Eitberger Germany | 1:24.444 |
Doubles [4] | Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber Italy | 1:23.388 | Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin Russia | 1:23.434 | Andreas Linger/Wolfgang Linger Austria | 1:23.467 |
Team relay [5] | Russia Natalia Khoreva Albert Demchenko Vladislav Yuzhakov/Vladimir Makhnutin | 2:13.485 | Latvia Elīza Tīruma Mārtiņš Rubenis Andris Šics/Juris Šics | 2:13.835 | Italy Sandra Gasparini Armin Zöggeler Christian Oberstolz/Patrick Gruber | 2:13.847 |
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
2 | Italy (ITA) | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
3 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Latvia (LAT) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (5 entries) | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 |
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