Overview
- They dominated the Oberhof European Championships with track records on both runs and a 0.181-second win over Austria’s Selina Egle and Lara Maria Kipp.
- Eitberger and Matschina finished 0.323 seconds back in third, yet they hold Germany’s lone Olympic women’s doubles berth from an earlier internal selection.
- The women’s doubles event debuts at the 2026 Games with only one sled per nation, making national qualification decisive.
- Degenhardt and Rosenthal say they can only be called up if another nation declines its quota spot, a scenario described as unlikely.
- Despite their EM victory, they were not used in the subsequent team relay as Eitberger and Matschina were selected, and they sit third in the World Cup overall with 295 points.