The FIL World Luge Natural Track Championships 2009 took place 12–15 February 2009 in Moos, Italy. This was the second time the city hosted the event having done so in 1980.
Event preparations Preparations for the track were inspected by World Cup champion Patrick Pigneter and local hero Evelyn Lanthaler. Infrastructure improvements at the finish area were improved, including enlargement of the parking lot. Both athletes were impressed with the venue itself even without it being iced. (22 September 2008 article accessed 3 October 2008.).
Men's singles 14 February 2009 at 13:00 hours Central European Time (CET), then 15 February at 09:30 CET & 11:00 CET. (12 February 2009 article accessed 12 February 2009.)
Medal Athlete Time Gold 2:45.95 Silver 2:45.99 Bronze 2:46.59
Pigneter won his third gold at these championships. (15 February 2009 article accessed 15 February 2009.)
Women's singles February 14, 2009 at 10:30 CET & 12:00 CET, then February 15 at 12:00 CET.
Medal Athlete Time Gold 2:50.09 Silver 2:50.12 Bronze 2:50.51
Gietl had the fastest times in the first two runs to upset two-time defending world champion Lavrentyeva.
Men's doubles February 14, 2009 at 09:30 CET & 11:30 CET.
Medal Athlete Time Gold (Patrick Pigneter & Florian Clara) 1:57.26 Silver (Christian Schopf & Andreas Schopf) 1:58.05 Bronze (Andrzej Laszczak & Damian Waniczek) 1:59.34
Pigneter and Clara won their second gold of the championships while Schopf and Schopf won their second silver. Patrick's father Raimund won world championship gold on the same track in 1980. (14 February 2009 article accessed 14 February 2009.)
Mixed team February 13, 2009 at 10:00 CET.
Medal Athlete Time Gold (Renate Gietl, Anton Blasbichler, Patrick Pigneter, Florian Clara) Silver (Melanie Batkowski, Thomas Schopf, Christian Schopf, Andreas Schopf) Bronze (Yekaterina Lavrentyeva, Pavel Porzhnev, Ivan Lazarev)
Lazarev competed both in the singles and doubles in the event for Russia. (13 February 2009 article accessed 13 February 2009.)
Medal table
Notes and references
(21 May 2008 article accessed 21 May 2008.) Men's doubles natural track World Champions Men's singles natural track World Champions Mixed teams natural track World Champions Women's singles natural track World Champions