LUGE
Back among the world’s best, back with bronze around his neck. At the Milano Cortina Olympics, Dominik Fischnaller climbed onto the third step of the podium in the men’s singles luge, repeating the result he achieved four years ago on the Beijing track.
At the revamped Cortina Sliding Centre, named in memory of Olympic bobsleigh champion Eugenio Monti, the 32-year-old Italian (photo Simone Ferraro/CONI) secured third place in Saturday’s opening run and successfully defended it across the next three heats, though he was unable to challenge Germany’s Max Langenhan for gold or Austria’s Jonas Mueller for silver. After ending the third run 0.542 seconds off the lead, Fischnaller fended off final-run attacks from Latvia’s Kristers Aparjods (4th) and Austria’s Nico Gleirscher (5th) to finish 0.934 seconds behind the new Olympic champion.
Leon Felderer placed seventh (+1.926), improving on his 11th place from Beijing 2022. Alex Gufler also qualified for the final run, finishing 17th (+4.016).
