Team gold for Julia Taubitz and Max Langenhan

At the start of the world racing toilet championships in Whistler’s Canadian, Julia Taubitz and Max Langenhan got the first gold medal for the German team. At the premiere of the mixed relay, the duo in the one-seater in front of the Americans Jonathan Eric Gustafson/Emily Sweeny (+0.095 seconds) and the Austrians David Gleirscher/Madeleine Egle (+0.324) prevailed. “A cool start to the World Cup. The first single mixed World Cup with gold is of course really nice, ”said Langenhan. “I was lucky that the Max was doing such a good run down, I left the time a bit,” said Julia Taubitz with her team -mate. -Cropic could not trigger the touchpad. The 23-year-old was just like Max Langenhan in the ice channel with a broken foot. In addition, the double-seat teams had run in the first two World Cup medals. Dajana Eitberger/Magdalena Matschina and Hannes Orlamünder/Paul Gubitz as well as the record Olympic champion Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt and Jessica Degenhardt/Cheyenne Rosenthal had to surrender to Austria. The two German teams were 0.018 seconds or 0.097 seconds behind Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl and Selina Egle/Lara Michaela Kipp. “We take a medal with us. We can be more than satisfied with that, ”said Gubitz. Orlamünder recalled that the Duo’s World Cup adventure started with a training fall. “I’m super happy. The narrow deficit is annoying, but we don’t look at it, ”said Dajana Eitberger.