The Latvian Cup confirmed that, in general, the trends before the next week’s World Cup stage in Sigulda are encouraging – Kristers Aparjods showed a result that is close to the track record, the two-seater crews, Robots and Kendija Aparjods also had good runs. True, there are changes in the men’s two-seater crew. In Sigulda, Eduards Ševics-Mikeļševics starts together with Gustavs Babri, because Lūkas Krastas has to recover from the injury suffered at the beginning of the season,” says the coach of the Latvian national team, Daniels Fogelis.
In the 4th stage of the Eberspächer World Cup, together with the national team, juniors will also compete: two-seater crew Raimonds Baltgalvis/Uldis Jakseboga, individual luge drivers Roberts Lazdāns and Margita Sirsniņa.
“The start of the World Cup stage on the home track is a great opportunity for the best juniors to show themselves in the adult competition, as well as to gain confidence in their abilities before the juniors at the end of January. As we saw today, the Sigulda track is not easy and not all athletes were up to it,” admits the juniors and youth head coach Mihails Arkhipov.
Kristaps Mauriņš, Secretary General of the Latvian Luge Sports Federation, thanks all the athletes, parents, fans, and also praises the good quality of the ice on the Sigulda track.
Latvian Cup in luge sports. Results
Individual trips men
In the individual races for men, the best result in the sum of two races was 1:36.078 minutes by Kristers Aparjods, second place was taken by Gints Bērziņš with a result of 1:36.590. Third place was won by Kaspars Rinks with a time of 1:37.339 minutes.
In the individual races for juniors, Roberts Lazdāns showed the best result in the sum of two races with 1:39.889 minutes, Edvards Marts Markitāns took second place with a result of 1:41.283, and Uldis Jakseboga took third place with a result of 1:53.351 minutes.
In the individual races for young people in group A, Roberts Sprukuls showed the best result in the sum of two races in 1:27.409 minutes, Gustavs Babris took second place with a result of 1:29.781, Everts Precinieks took third place with a result of 1:33.099.
In the individual races for young people in group B, the best result in the sum of two races was 1:25.612 minutes by Ādams Šic, second place was Adrians Šic with a result of 1:25.785 minutes, and third place was won by Ernests Niedrītis with a result of 1:26.149 minutes.
In the individual races for young people in group C, the best result in the sum of two races was 1:17.753 minutes by Ernests Ozoliņš, the second place was won by Edgars Kairis with a result of 1:19.644 minutes, and the third place was won by Gustavs Reitups with a result of 1:19.921 minutes.
Two-seater crew men
The two-seater crew Mārtiņš Bots/Roberts Plūme showed a result of 1:23.552 in the sum of two runs, while Eduards Ševics-Mikeļševics/Gustavs Babris ranked second with a result of 1:24.900.
In the junior group, the two-seater crew Jānis Gruzdulis-Borovojs/Leo Lusts showed a result of 1:21.669 minutes in the sum of two trips.
On the other hand, in the youth group A, the two-seater crew Martins Čižiks/Kristians Čižiks showed a result of 1:14.587 minutes in the sum of two trips.
Individual trips for women
In the women’s individual races, the best result in the sum of two races was 1:24.182 minutes by Kendija Aparjode, Elina Ieva Bota took second place with a result of 1:24.740.
Zane Kaluma won third place in the adult group and first place in the junior group with a result of 1:25.069 minutes. Anna Aizupe took second place in the individual races for juniors with a result of 1:27.684, while Luize Vucāne took third place with a result of 1:30.778.
On the other hand, in the youth group A, Madara Cauce showed a result of 1:32.010 in the sum of two trips.
Katija Rimicāne showed the best result of 1:25.536 minutes in the sum of two races for young women in group B, Katrīna Parfenkova took second place with a result of 1:25.809 minutes, and Ilze Ungure took third place with a result of 1:28.714 minutes.
Līna Kraslavska showed the best result of 1:16.004 minutes in the sum of two races for young women in group C, Līna Zilvere took second place with a result of 1:17.359 minutes, and Gerda Zilber took third place with a result of 1:19.688 minutes.
Double crew women
The two-seater crew Marta Robežniece/Kitija Bogdanova showed a result of 1:25.424 minutes in the sum of two trips, while the two-seater crew Anda Upīte/Zane Kaluma ranked second with a result of 1:25.900 minutes.
In the junior group, the best result of 1:24.317 minutes was achieved by the two-seater crew Amanda Ogorodnikova/Selīna Zvilna. On the other hand, the two-seater crew Elina Pamžina/Madara Pavlova won the second place in the junior group and the first place in the youth A group with a result of 1:26.024 minutes.
Immediately after the turn of the year, on January 4 and 5, 2025, the 4th stage of the Eberspächer World Cup will be held on the Sigulda track.