Overview
- The Altenberg race closed the World Cup season and served as an Olympic rehearsal on the demanding Erzgebirge track.
- Jacqueline Pfeifer clocked a 57.06-second track record in the final run to win by 0.33 seconds over Susanne Kreher for a German one-two.
- Kreher’s runner-up finish met Germany’s top-eight standard and confirmed her first Olympic start on her home track.
- Meylemans’ third place locked up her first overall World Cup crown.
- Germany’s depth showed with Hannah Neise in fifth and Corinna Leipold in eighth, while Pfeifer said the victory gives her confidence for Cortina.