FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2008

The FIL European Luge Natural Track Championships 2008 was held 15-17 February in Olang, Italy. The Italians won the most medals in this event with five despite not winning any of the three events.

Men's singles

February 17, 2008. This event was contested over three runs. Pigneter earned his second medal in this year's championships, following his silver medal in the doubles event the previous day.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Robert Batkowski (AUT) 3:28.16
Silver  Anton Blasbichler (ITA) 3:28.34
Bronze  Patrick Pigneter (ITA) 3:29.18

Women's singles

February 16-17, 2008. This event was contested over three runs.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Yekaterina Lavrentyeva (RUS) 3:31.01
Silver  Renate Kasslatter (ITA) 3:32.46
Bronze  Renate Gietl (ITA) 3:32.65

Men's doubles

February 16, 2008. This was contested over two runs. It was Porzhnev and Lazarev's third straight championships in this event.

Medal Athlete Time
Gold  Russia (Pavel Porzhnev, Ivan Lazarev) 2:25.39
Silver  Italy (Patrick Pigneter, Florian Clara) 2:25.81
Bronze  Russia (Aleksandr Yegorov, Pyotr Popov) 2:27.30

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Italy 0 3 2 5
2  Russia 2 0 1 3
3  Austria 1 0 0 1

References

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