{"id":3029,"date":"2024-01-28T17:05:32","date_gmt":"2024-01-28T09:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=3029"},"modified":"2024-01-28T17:05:36","modified_gmt":"2024-01-28T09:05:36","slug":"max-langenhan-claims-home-world-championship-victory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/other-sports\/max-langenhan-claims-home-world-championship-victory\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Langenhan clinches first World Championship title in front of home audience"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">24hscore news<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Langenhan secured his inaugural world title in men&#8217;s luge in Altenberg, Germany, clinching gold with a commanding lead of 0.761 seconds over Austria&#8217;s Nico Gleirscher. Meanwhile, 14-time World Champion Felix Loch claimed the bronze. In the women&#8217;s doubles, Austria&#8217;s Selina Egle and Lara Kipp emerged victorious, and in the men&#8217;s doubles, their compatriots Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schoepf stood atop the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Max Langenhan, the local hero, secured his inaugural luge World Championship title in impressive fashion in Altenberg, Germany. The 24-year-old dominated the competition with a total time of 1:47.813 seconds, claiming gold in front of a supportive home crowd with a lead of three quarters of a second. After earning silver in the men&#8217;s sprint the day before, Langenhan elevated his performance, delivering a superb second run of 53.870 to secure the championship title. Expressing his joy, he stated, &#8220;It&#8217;s unbelievable. I was unsure before the second run because all the other guys had already lost ground, so I thought I had to have a perfect run. I&#8217;m super happy that I did.&#8221; Austria&#8217;s Nico Gleirscher earned silver, trailing by 0.761 seconds, while 14-time World Champion Felix Loch secured bronze, marking his first individual world medal in three years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">World Champions in the Women\u2019s Doubles: ? Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp ??! Congratulations ?<br><br>?Anda Upite \/ Zane Kaluma ??<br>?Chevonne Forgan \/ Sophia Kirkby ??<br><br>? @mareksgalinovskis<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LugeLove?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LugeLove<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FILuge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#FILuge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LugeWCh24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LugeWCh24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Worlds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Worlds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SachsenEnergie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SachsenEnergie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eiskanal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Eiskanal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Altenberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Altenberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rudschnguggn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#rudschnguggn<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/a8yIszqOiu\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/a8yIszqOiu<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FIL Luge (@FIL_Luge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIL_Luge\/status\/1751178868981911969?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Selina Egle and Lara Kipp secured the women&#8217;s doubles world championship title in Altenberg through their consistent performances. Following a disappointing showing in the sprint race the previous day, the Austrian pair rebounded with two solid runs, claiming the title over Latvia&#8217;s Anda Upite and Zane Kaluma, as well as the USA&#8217;s Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the Latvian pair set a track record of 42.334 seconds to open the competition, and the USA matched the mark on their second run, both record-breaking attempts fell short of surpassing Egle and Kipp. The Austrian duo clinched victory with a total time of 1:24.761 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reflecting on their achievement, Kipp stated, &#8220;It was a hard-fought title. Our advantage was the two consistently fast runs.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"de\" dir=\"ltr\">Juri Gatt and Riccardo Sch\u00f6pf ?? race towards the World Championship ? title in the Men\u2019s Doubles ?!<br><br>?Thomas Steu \/ Wolfgang Kindl ??<br>?Tobias Wendl \/ Tobias Arlt<br><br>? @mareksgalinovskis<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LugeLove?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LugeLove<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/FILuge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#FILuge<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LugeWCh24?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#LugeWCh24<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Worlds?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Worlds<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SachsenEnergie?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#SachsenEnergie<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Eiskanal?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Eiskanal<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Altenberg?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#Altenberg<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/rudschnguggn?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#rudschnguggn<\/a>\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9gfxn1ieit\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9gfxn1ieit<\/a><\/p>&mdash; FIL Luge (@FIL_Luge) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FIL_Luge\/status\/1751267853607518380?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 27, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Austria dominated the men&#8217;s doubles competition with a one-two finish, as Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schoepf secured the world championship title in a head-to-head battle against their fellow countrymen. Having won bronze in the sprint event the previous day, the duo narrowly edged out Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl to claim gold with a combined time of 1:22.924 seconds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Steu and Kindl posted the fastest time in the second run, their efforts fell short as they couldn&#8217;t catch up with their counterparts who had taken the lead after the first run. Germany&#8217;s Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt secured the third spot on the podium, earning the World bronze.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24hscore news Max Langenhan secured his inaugural world title in men&#8217;s luge in Altenberg, Germany, clinching gold with a commanding lead of 0.761 seconds over Austria&#8217;s Nico Gleirscher. Meanwhile, 14-time World Champion Felix Loch claimed the bronze. In the women&#8217;s doubles, Austria&#8217;s Selina Egle and Lara Kipp emerged victorious, and in the men&#8217;s doubles, their&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":3034,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","rank_math_description":"Max Langenhan secured his inaugural world title in men's luge in Altenberg, Germany,","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1441,1440,345,1438,1439],"class_list":["post-3029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-other-sports","tag-altenberg","tag-lara-kipp","tag-max-langenhan","tag-mens-luge","tag-selina-egle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3034"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}