Luge women's singles at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track | ||||||||||||
Date | 7, 8 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 35 from 20 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics | |||
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Qualification | |||
Singles | men | women | |
Doubles | open | ||
Relay | mixed | ||
The women's singles competition in luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 7 February (heats 1 and 2) and 8 February (heats 3 and 4), at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District. [1] The defending champion Natalie Geisenberger of Germany won the event and became thereby the first ever triple Olympic champion in women's luge. This is her fifth Olympic gold medal. Her compatriot Anna Berreiter won the silver medal, and Tatiana Ivanova, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, the bronze. This was the first Olympic medal for Berreiter and first individual medal for Ivanova, who already has the silver for the 2014 team relay.
In the 2021–22 Luge World Cup, Geisenberger was third, though she won the last race of the season before the Olympics. Julia Taubitz won the World Cup, with Madeleine Egle finishing second. The silver medalist at the 2018 Olympics, Dajana Eitberger, missed a season due to childbirth; she then returned to competitions, but finished outside of the top-10 in the World Cup and did not qualify for the Olympics. The 2018 bronze medalist, Alex Gough, retired from competitions. [2]
Taubitz won the first run, setting the track record, but crashed in the second run, dropping out of the medal contention. Egle made a mistake in the first run, and after two runs was only seventh. This left Geisenberger in lead after two runs, with Anna Berreiter second and Tatiana Ivanova third. [3] In the third run, Geisenberger set the new track record. Whereas Egle managed to fight back to the fourth position, the last run did not change the medal distribution.
The qualification is based on the cumulative points of the Olympic Season from 1 July 2021 to January 10, 2022. A total of 35 quota spots are available to athletes to compete at the games. Each NOC can enter a maximum of three athletes.
In the women's singles, all nations with an athlete in the top 40 qualified one slot. If there were remaining spots left, the second best athlete of each nation in the top 32 was awarded an additional quota, with the third best being awarded a quota if there were any remaining spots.
On December 17, 2021, the International Luge Federation announced that the qualification system was changed. The qualification system was changed due to training runs being cancelled at the first World Cup, and equipment not being delivered to the following World Cups. The new system will see athletes qualify based on their top four results during the World Cup season, (as opposed to the previous all seven results counting). [4]
On January 19, 2022 the International Luge Federation announced the list of qualified athletes. [5]
Number of sleds | Athletes total | Nation |
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3 | 21 | Germany Austria United States ROC Latvia Italy Canada |
2 | 2 | Ukraine |
1 | 12 | Switzerland Romania South Korea Slovakia Sweden China Argentina Poland [lower-alpha 1] Czech Republic [lower-alpha 1] Chinese Taipei [lower-alpha 2] Moldova [lower-alpha 2] Ireland [lower-alpha 2] |
35 | 35 |
Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Run 1 | Rank | Run 2 | Rank | Run 3 | Rank | Run 4 | Rank | Total [6] | Behind |
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1 | Natalie Geisenberger | Germany | 58.402 | 2 | 58.423 | 1 | 58.226 TR | 1 | 58.403 | 2 | 3:53.454 | 0.000 | |
3 | Anna Berreiter | Germany | 58.525 | 4 | 58.508 | 3 | 58.348 | 2 | 58.566 | 4 | 3:53.947 | +0.493 | |
6 | Tatiana Ivanova | ROC | 58.733 | 5 | 58.683 | 4 | 58.461 | 3 | 58.630 | 5 | 3:54.507 | +1.053 | |
4 | 2 | Madeleine Egle | Austria | 59.342 | 17 | 58.493 | 2 | 58.542 | 5 | 58.432 | 3 | 3:54.809 | +1.355 |
5 | 12 | Hannah Prock | Austria | 58.762 | 6 | 58.732 | 5 | 58.532 | 4 | 58.798 | 9 | 3:54.824 | +1.370 |
6 | 10 | Lisa Schulte | Austria | 58.523 | 3 | 59.074 | 12 | 58.646 | 6 | 58.642 | 6 | 3:54.885 | +1.431 |
7 | 5 | Julia Taubitz | Germany | 58.345 TR | 1 | 1:00.075 | 26 | 58.655 | 7 | 58.358 | 1 | 3:55.433 | +1.979 |
8 | 9 | Elīza Tīruma | Latvia | 58.956 | 8 | 58.849 | 6 | 58.865 | 11 | 58.771 | 8 | 3:55.441 | +1.987 |
9 | 18 | Natalie Maag | Switzerland | 59.018 | 11 | 59.117 | 13 | 58.913 | 14 | 58.892 | 10 | 3:55.940 | +2.486 |
10 | 8 | Andrea Vötter | Italy | 59.145 | 14 | 59.045 | 10 | 58.852 | 10 | 58.935 | 11 | 3:55.977 | +2.523 |
11 | 28 | Kendija Aparjode | Latvia | 59.107 | 13 | 59.020 | 7 | 58.928 | 15 | 59.084 | 12 | 3:56.139 | +2.685 |
12 | 24 | Ashley Farquharson | United States | 59.972 | 26 | 59.024 | 8 | 58.768 | 8 | 58.643 | 7 | 3:56.407 | +2.953 |
13 | 19 | Verena Hofer | Italy | 58.960 | 9 | 59.037 | 9 | 58.961 | 16 | 59.584 | 16 | 3:56.542 | +3.088 |
14 | 15 | Trinity Ellis | Canada | 59.219 | 16 | 59.053 | 11 | 58.888 | 13 | 59.704 | 17 | 3:56.864 | +3.410 |
15 | 13 | Nina Zöggeler | Italy | 59.464 | 18 | 59.160 | 16 | 59.085 | 19 | 59.275 | 14 | 3:56.984 | +3.530 |
16 | 29 | Natalie Corless | Canada | 59.193 | 15 | 59.316 | 17 | 59.176 | 21 | 59.570 | 15 | 3:57.255 | +3.801 |
17 | 17 | Makena Hodgson | Canada | 59.505 | 19 | 59.477 | 18 | 59.286 | 22 | 59.268 | 13 | 3:57.536 | +4.082 |
18 | 4 | Elīna Ieva Vītola | Latvia | 59.025 | 12 | 59.140 | 14 | 59.029 | 17 | 1:00.957 | 18 | 3:58.151 | +4.697 |
19 | 26 | Aileen Frisch | South Korea | 59.776 | 23 | 59.642 | 20 | 59.055 | 18 | 1:01.811 | 19 | 4:00.284 | +6.830 |
20 | 30 | Tove Kohala | Sweden | 59.533 | 20 | 59.776 | 21 | 59.333 | 23 | 1:02.431 | 20 | 4:01.073 | +7.619 |
21 | 25 | Yulianna Tunytska | Ukraine | 59.690 | 22 | 59.844 | 23 | 59.571 | 24 | Did not advance | 2:59.105 | N/A | |
22 | 20 | Olena Stetskiv | Ukraine | 59.663 | 21 | 59.586 | 19 | 59.963 | 27 | 2:59.212 | |||
23 | 23 | Summer Britcher | United States | 1:00.986 | 29 | 59.156 | 15 | 59.152 | 20 | 2:59.294 | |||
24 | 34 | Verónica María Ravenna | Argentina | 59.811 | 24 | 59.780 | 22 | 59.719 | 25 | 2:59.310 | |||
25 | 21 | Katarína Šimoňáková | Slovakia | 1:00.124 | 27 | 59.851 | 24 | 59.761 | 26 | 2:59.736 | |||
26 | 14 | Emily Sweeney | United States | 58.971 | 10 | 1:02.439 | 32 | 58.882 | 12 | 3:00.292 | |||
27 | 22 | Klaudia Domaradzka | Poland | 59.871 | 25 | 59.892 | 25 | 1:01.313 | 31 | 3:01.076 | |||
28 | 11 | Victoria Demchenko | ROC | 58.869 | 7 | 1:03.466 | 33 | 58.838 | 9 | 3:01.173 | |||
29 | 32 | Wang Peixuan | China | 1:00.986 | 29 | 1:00.391 | 28 | 1:00.025 | 28 | 3:01.402 | |||
30 | 31 | Anna Čežíková | Czech Republic | 1:00.392 | 28 | 1:01.169 | 30 | 1:00.101 | 29 | 3:01.662 | |||
31 | 33 | Lin Sin-rong | Chinese Taipei | 1:01.550 | 32 | 1:01.057 | 29 | 1:01.004 | 30 | 3:03.611 | |||
32 | 35 | Doina Descalui | Moldova | 1:01.928 | 34 | 1:02.192 | 31 | 1:02.174 | 32 | 3:06.294 | |||
33 | 27 | Elsa Desmond | Ireland | 1:01.608 | 33 | 1:03.857 | 34 | 1:02.254 | 33 | 3:07.719 | |||
16 | Raluca Strămăturaru | Romania | 1:01:357 | 31 | 1:00.305 | 27 | Did not finish | ||||||
7 | Ekaterina Katnikova | ROC | Did not finish |
Canada competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics. The 2022 Winter Olympics were held in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022. Canada has competed at all 24 editions of the Winter Olympics.
The Czech Republic competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Switzerland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track which is one of the Yanqing cluster venues between 5 and 10 February 2022.
The following is about the qualification rules and the quota allocation for the luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics.
Australia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Bulgaria competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Ireland competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
South Korea competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Latvia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
Georgia competed at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, China, from 4 to 20 February 2022.
The two-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 14 February and 15 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. The event was won by Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis who repeated their 2018 success. Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer won the silver medal, and Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer the bronze medal, for each of them the first Olympic medal. This was the only podium sweep at the 2022 Olympics.
The two-woman competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 18 February and 19 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Germany won the event, the first Olympic medal for them. Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt, also of Germany, won the silver medal, and Elana Meyers Taylor and Sylvia Hoffman, of the United States, bronze.
The four-man competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 19 February and 20 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. Francesco Friedrich, Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, and Alexander Schüller of Germany won the gold medal, and Friedrich thereby successfully defended his 2018 Olympic title. Germany-2 driven by Johannes Lochner won the silver medal, and Canada-1, driven by Justin Kripps, won the bronze.
The women's monobob competition in bobsleigh at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February and 14 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. This was the inaugural monobob competition at the Olympics. Kaillie Humphries of the United States won the event. She was the 2018 two-woman bobsleigh champion, but at that time she represented Canada. Elana Meyers Taylor, also of the United States, won the silver medal, and Christine de Bruin of Canada bronze, her first Olympic medal.
The men's singles competition in luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 5 February and 6 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District. Johannes Ludwig of Germany won the event. For him this was the first individual Olympic gold medal. Wolfgang Kindl of Austria won the silver, and Dominik Fischnaller of Italy bronze. For Kindl and Fischnaller, these were their first Olympic medals.
The team relay competition in luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District. The event was won by Natalie Geisenberger, Johannes Ludwig, Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt. All these athletes previously won gold in their corresponding events. In particular, for Geisenberger this was the sixth gold Olympic medal, more than any other luger ever won. Austria, with Madeleine Egle, Wolfgang Kindl, and Thomas Steu / Lorenz Koller, won silver, and Latvia, with Elīza Tīruma, Kristers Aparjods, and Mārtiņš Bots / Roberts Plūme, bronze.
The doubles competition in luge at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 9 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District. Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany, the 2014 and 2018 champions, won the event again. The 2018 bronze medalists, Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, won the silver medal. Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller of Austria won the bronze, their first medal.
The men's competition in skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February and 11 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. Christopher Grotheer of Germany won the event, with Axel Jungk, also of Germany, being the silver medalist, and Yan Wengang of China the bronze medalist. For each of them, these were their first Olympic medals.
The women's competition in skeleton at the 2022 Winter Olympics will be held on 11 February and 12 February, at the Xiaohaituo Bobsleigh and Luge Track in Yanqing District of Beijing. Hannah Neise of Germany became the Olympic champion. Jaclyn Narracott of Australia won silver, and Kimberley Bos of the Netherlands bronze. For all of them these were their first Olympic medals, moreover, Narracott's and Bos's medals were the first Olympic medals in skeleton for Australia and the Netherlands. Bos's bronze was the first medal for Netherlands in an ice sport that doesn't involve any type of skating.