YANQING, China, Feb 6 (Reuters) – Johannes Ludwig sped to gold within the luge males’s singles, restoring Germany’s Olympic primacy within the sport, after a blistering collection of runs that twice broke the observe file on the Yanqing Nationwide Sliding Centre.
After setting the tempo within the first two rounds on Saturday, Ludwig’s third run on Sunday set a file of 57.043 seconds, giving him a time of three:48.735 general.
Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl was 0.160 seconds behind, claiming silver, whereas Italy’s Dominik Fischnaller took bronze, 0.951 seconds behind, on the serpentine observe within the hills north of Beijing.
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World Cup champion Ludwig, 35, took bronze on the Pyeongchang Olympics 4 years in the past in an occasion the place Germany have dominated.
Austria’s David Gleirscher, who took the Olympic gold from the Germans in Pyeongchang, completed solely fifteenth on Sunday, whereas American Chris Mazdzer, the silver medallist final time, was eighth.
Ludwig’s compatriot Felix Loch, who took gold in Vancouver and Sochi, had been looking for a return to kind after a disastrous fourth-round mistake derailed his medal hopes in Pyeongchang. However the 32-year-old fell simply wanting the medal positions in fourth place.
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Reporting by David Kirton; enhancing by Clare Fallon
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