Golden double for Italy in Luge on day two of Winter Youth Olympic Games Gangwon 2024

21 January 2024 - Italy dominated the second day of Luge competition at the Winter Youth Olympic Games (YOG) Gangwon 2024.

Leon Haselrieder won the men’s individual event and his compatriots Alexandra Oberstolz and Katharina Kofler took gold in the women’s doubles.

It was a Super Sunday for Team Italy, who also won gold in the Women’s Super G Alpine Skiing thanks to Camilla Vanni, making it five golds in the first two days of competition.

Haselrieder finished 0.185 secs ahead of Paul Socher from Austria who took silver while another Italian, the men’s doubles gold medallist Phillipp Brunner, claimed bronze.

In the women’s doubles Oberstolz made it to the top of the podium after collecting a silver in the individual event on day one. She and Kofler were the class of the field as they beat two sets of sisters from Austria into silver and bronze.

But ages and heights dictated that the Riedl and Lerch sisters would be on different sledges and would be competing against their siblings. It was the younger pair of Marie Riedl and Nina Lerch who took silver, edging out their older sisters Lina Riedl and Anna Lerch.

Gangwon 2024 runs until 1 February, with more than 1,800 athletes from 78 NOCs taking part. The Winter Youth Olympic Games is filmed for live television and digital streaming on the Olympic Channel via Olympics.com and the Olympics app, with full session replays and highlights also available.