Luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Team relay

The team relay luge at the 2014 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2014 at the Sliding Center Sanki in Rzhanaya Polyana, Russia.[1] This was the inaugural event of the team relay at the Olympics.[2] The competition was won by Germany. Russia and Latvia won silver and bronze, respectively.[3]

Team relay
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for luge
VenueSliding Center Sanki
Dates13 February 2014
Competitors48 from 12 nations
Winning time2:45.649
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt
 Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov
 Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Elīza Tīruma
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics/Juris Šics
 Latvia
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On December 22, 2017 Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova of Russia were banned for doping violations. Results of the Russian team were voided.[4] They successfully appealed against the lifetime ban as well as annulment of result at the court of arbitration for sport, and on 1 February 2018 the results were restored.[5]

Qualified teams

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Results

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The event started at 20:15.[6]

Rank Bib Athletes Country Women's
singles
Men's
singles
Men's
doubles
Total Behind
  10–1
10–2
10–3
Natalie Geisenberger
Felix Loch
Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt
  Germany 54.095 55.639 55.915 2:45.649
  7–1
7–2
7–3
Tatiana Ivanova
Albert Demchenko
Alexander Denisyev / Vladislav Antonov
  Russia 54.429 55.775 56.475 2:46.679 +1.030
  6–1
6–2
6–3
Elīza Tīruma
Mārtiņš Rubenis
Andris Šics / Juris Šics
  Latvia 54.745 56.048 56.502 2:47.295 +1.646
4 11–1
11–2
11–3
Alex Gough
Samuel Edney
Tristan Walker / Justin Snith
  Canada 54.643 56.197 56.555 2:47.395 +1.746
5 9–1
9–2
9–3
Sandra Gasparini
Armin Zöggeler
Christian Oberstolz / Patrick Gruber
  Italy 54.823 56.039 56.558 2:47.420 +1.771
6 8–1
8–2
8–3
Erin Hamlin
Chris Mazdzer
Christian Niccum / Jayson Terdiman
  United States 54.338 56.245 56.972 2:47.555 +1.906
7 12–1
12–2
12–3
Miriam Kastlunger
Wolfgang Kindl
Andreas Linger / Wolfgang Linger
  Austria 55.596 56.434 56.447 2:48.477 +2.828
8 3–1
3–2
3–3
Natalia Wojtuściszyn
Maciej Kurowski
Patryk Poręba / Karol Mikrut
  Poland 54.937 56.737 58.079 2:49.753 +4.104
9 4–1
4–2
4–3
Vendula Kotenová
Ondřej Hyman
Lukáš Brož / Antonín Brož
  Czech Republic 55.600 56.926 57.279 2:49.805 +4.156
10 5–1
5–2
5–3
Viera Gburová
Jozef Ninis
Marian Zemaník / Jozef Petrulák
  Slovakia 55.757 56.472 57.936 2:50.165 +4.516
11 2–1
2–2
2–3
Olena Shkhumova
Andriy Kis
Oleksandr Obolonchyk / Roman Zakharkiv
  Ukraine 55.671 56.882 58.502 2:51.055 +5.406
12 1–1
1–2
1–3
Sung Eun-ryung
Kim Dong-hyeon
Park Jin-yong / Cho Jung-myung
  South Korea 56.174 57.986 58.469 2:52.629 +6.980

References

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  1. ^ "Competition Schedule". SOCOG. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2013.
  2. ^ "Sochi 2014: Germany wins luge team relay to complete golden clean sweep". ABC News. 13 February 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  3. ^ "Team Relay Competition". Organizing Committee of the XXII Olympic Winter Games and XI Paralympic Winter Games of 2014 in Sochi. Archived from the original on 19 July 2014. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
  4. ^ "IOC sanctions 11 Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings". International Olympic Committee. 2017-12-22. Retrieved 2017-12-22.
  5. ^ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  6. ^ Final Results