Felix Loch wins season opening World Cup luge race in Austria

November 28, 2010

Reigning Olympic champion  has won season-opening race of the  in, Austria. Loch defeated fellow German for a 1–2 German finish. This is Loch's second World Cup race win, the first being last season in, Germany. Italian came in third.

Loch is still competing with a hip injury. “As a consequence of my injury I’m still wasting some vital fractions of a second at the start," he said. "One cannot force an overall World Cup victory but I’ve enough time to make a go at it. However, it would be nice to win some more World Cup events this season.”

The first ever team competition also took place this year. The German team of, , , and won the event. Canada came in second, while Italy came third.