Overview
- Anže Lanišek won the Zakopane individual World Cup as Pius Paschke led Germany in ninth, Andreas Wellinger finished 22nd, and Karl Geiger missed the second round in 31st.
- Germany’s Super-Team duo of Geiger and Paschke placed sixth on Saturday in a weakened Zakopane field, and Italy’s Francesco Cecon was disqualified for a suit irregularity under strict FIS checks.
- Germany’s men finished fifth in a dramatic Oberhof relay, just 5.4 seconds off the podium, with Philipp Horn sidelined due to illness and Lucas Fratzscher stepping in.
- Franziska Preuß placed fifth in the Oberhof pursuit as Elvira Öberg won; Vanessa Voigt climbed from 27th to eighth with clean shooting before the circuit moves to Ruhpolding.
- In Winterberg, Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal claimed another women’s doubles luge win, though Germany’s Olympic berths remain limited with Eitberger/Matschina currently holding the secure spot.