Russian flair missing from Roman Repilov s luge world championship win
KONIGSSEE, Germany Russia s Roman Repilov won his second consecutive men s luge world championship Saturday, overtaking World Cup champion Felix Loch in the second heat to successfully defend the title.
But after hoisting his gold medal, Repilov removed his hat in preparation for the winner s flag to be displayed and anthem to blare. That was not the case.
Russian athletes can participate in the luge world championships, but only as neutral competitors who are not officially representing their country because of the sanctions levied against the nation for a doping scandal.
January 30, 2021 - 8:35 AM
KÃNIGSSEE, Germany - Russiaâs Roman Repilov won his second consecutive menâs luge world championship Saturday, overtaking World Cup champion Felix Loch in the second heat to successfully defend the title.
After claiming gold, Repilov removed his hat in preparation for the winnerâs flag to be displayed and anthem to blare.
That was not the case.
Russian athletes can participate in the luge world championships, but only as neutral competitors and not officially representing their country because of the sanctions levied against that country for a doping scandal.
The flag displayed in Repilovâs honour was the International Luge Federationâs, which is a blue outline of a luge athlete on a sled with a white background.
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Loch on the brink of clinching World Cup luge overall title
January 16, 2021 GMT
OBERHOF, Germany (AP) Felix Loch is about to reclaim his title as World Cup luge overall champion.
The two-time Olympic champion from Germany is now virtually assured of claiming the seasonlong men’s overall title for the seventh time after dominating yet another race Saturday. He was a quarter-second faster than Austria’s Jonas Mueller for the win, his eighth in nine races this season.
Austria’s David Gleirscher was third, one spot ahead of Germany’s Johannes Ludwig.
Loch now has 855 standings points with three World Cup races left, 290 points ahead of Ludwig with a maximum of 300 points remaining to be claimed this season. Loch basically needs to just finish one of the season’s final races to clinch the points title, no matter what Ludwig does.
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