Overview
- The pair announced on Friday in an Instagram video called “Project 2030” and a ZDF interview that they will continue competing together with the 2030 Winter Games in La Plagne as their long-term aim.
- They say summer training produced career-best start times and that their fitness and a cleaner training environment convinced them to keep racing.
- Their immediate sporting target is the 2027 world championship in Innsbruck/Igls and they will use that event to measure readiness for a 2030 Olympic bid.
- A previously planned farewell at their home track in Königssee is now uncertain because the local district office has indicated the track rebuild and scheduled events could be delayed until 2029.
- The decision keeps two of Germany’s most decorated winter athletes active at ages that would make them early-40s competitors in 2030 and the duo say they will mentor younger German lugers rather than block their progress.