Sled. The start of the World Cup

In Austria, the world championship began on the highway in Igles. On the first day of the competitions, medals were played among the teams: the results of the male and female single races, as well as the arrival of male doubles, were summarized. The top three prize -winners made up:

1. Germany (Patrick Lyaytner, Alexander Ur, Silka Kraushaar-Pilah, David Muller)
2. Italy (Christian Obershtolz, Christophe Grobber, Sandra Gasparini, Armin Tsoggheler)
3. Austria (Peter Penz, Georg Fishler, Nina Wrightmeyer, Daniel Pfister)

The Russian team, which was composed of Mikhail Kuzmich, Yuri Veselov, Alexander Rodionov and Albert Demchenko, took fifth place, missing the US team forward.