Overview
- Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt announced on their joint Instagram channel and in a ZDF interview that they will postpone retirement and aim to compete at the 2030 Winter Olympics in La Plagne.
- Both athletes say they are 39, fit and training strongly after streamlining their environment, and they have set the 2027 World Championship in Innsbruck as a concrete near-term sporting target.
- They framed the extension as conditional on health and motivation and said they want to support younger German luge riders rather than block their progression.
- Plans for a farewell race at their home track in Königssee are now uncertain because the county office has warned the rebuild could be delayed into 2029, which factors into the duo’s timing.
- Wendl and Arlt are among Germany’s most decorated sliding-sport athletes with multiple Olympic golds, world titles and World Cup victories, and their decision affects national team succession and medal prospects through 2030.