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The '''FIL World Luge Championships 2011''' took place 28–30 January 2011 in [[Cesana Torinese|Cesana]], [[Italy]] at the [[Cesana Pariol]] [[bobsleigh]], [[luge]], and [[Skeleton (sport)|skeleton]] track.<ref>{{FIL-Luge link|url1 = http://www.fil-luge.org/News-Detail.155.0.html?&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =11705&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =45&cHash=63562bcc68|title = Nine Viessmann Luge World Cup events in six countries.}} (19 May 2010 article accessed 19 May 2010.)
</ref> A total of 19 countries competed.

==Medalists==
{| {{MedalistTable|type=Event}}
|-
|Men's singles<ref>[https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/2010lgm-torwm.pdf Men's singles results]</ref>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Armin Zöggeler]]|ITA}} 
|{{flagmedalist|[[Felix Loch]]|GER}} 
|{{flagmedalist|[[Andi Langenhan]]|GER}} 
|-
|Women's singles<ref>[https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/2010lgw-torwm.pdf Women's singles results]</ref>
|{{flagmedalist|[[Tatjana Hüfner]]|GER}} 
|{{flagmedalist|[[Natalie Geisenberger]]|GER}} 
|{{flagmedalist|[[Alex Gough (luger)|Alex Gough]]|CAN}} 
|-
|Doubles<ref>[https://www.fil-luge.org/cdn/uploads/2010lgx2torwm.pdf Doubles results]</ref>
| {{AUT}}<br />[[Andreas Linger]] <br /> [[Wolfgang Linger]]
| {{ITA}}<br />[[Christian Oberstolz]] <br /> [[Patrick Gruber]]
| {{LAT}}<br />[[Andris Šics]]<br /> [[Juris Šics]]
|-
|Team relay
| colspan=3 align=center|''Cancelled''
|}

==Men's singles==
[[Germany]]'s [[Felix Loch]] is the defending [[Luge at the 2010 Winter Olympics|Olympic]] and [[FIL World Luge Championships 2009|world champion]] in this event. The event took place on 29 January at 15:00 [[Central European Time|CET]].<ref name=pot>[http://www.parcolimpicotorino.it/cesana2011/calendario.html Parcolimpicotorino.it schedule at Cesana for 2010-11, including the FIL World Luge Championships 2011.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101229114905/http://www.parcolimpicotorino.it/cesana2011/calendario.html |date=2010-12-29 }} Accessed 23 January 2011. {{in lang|it}}</ref> Zöggeler came from 0.057 seconds down after the first run to defeat defending world champion Loch by 0.021 seconds. It was the Italian's sixth world championship overall, but his first since the [[FIL World Luge Championships 2005|2005 championships]] in [[Park City, Utah]] in the [[United States]] where Zöggeler won his [[Luge at the 2002 Winter Olympics|2002 Olympic gold medal]].

37 athletes from 18 countries competed.<ref name="fil-luge.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.fil-luge.org/index.php?id=445|title = International Luge Federation - Int. Rennrodelverband}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor=efefef
!Rank!!Bib!!Athlete!! Country!!Run 1!!Run 2!!Total!!Behind
|-
|{{gold01}}
|6
|align=left| [[Armin Zöggeler]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|51.568
|51.970
|'''1:43.538'''
|{{sort|+0.000|}}
|-
|{{silver02}}
|1
|align=left| [[Felix Loch]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|51.511
|52.048
|'''1:43.559'''
| +0.021
|-
|{{bronze03}} 
|4
|align=left| [[Andi Langenhan]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|51.827
|52.186
|'''1:44.013'''
| +0.475
|-
|{{sort|04|4}}
|3
|align=left| [[David Möller]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|51.803
|52.318
|'''1:44.121'''
|  +0.583
|-
|{{sort|05|5}}
|2
|align=left| [[Reinhold Rainer]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|52.036
|52.135
|'''1:44.171'''
| +0.633
|-
|{{sort|06|6}}
|11
|align=left| [[Daniel Pfister]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|51.957
|52.219
|'''1:44.176'''
| +0.638
|-
|{{sort|07|7}}
|7
|align=left| [[Jan-Armin Eichhorn]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|51.940
|52.284
|'''1:44.224'''
| +0.686
|-
|{{sort|08|8}}
|9
|align=left| [[Wolfgang Kindl]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|52.026
|52.241
|'''1:44.267'''
| +0.729
|-
|{{sort|09|9}}
|12
|align=left| [[Viktor Kneyb]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|52.245
|52.200
|'''1:44.445'''
| +0.907
|-
|10
|16
|align=left| [[Mārtiņš Rubenis]]
|align=left| {{LAT}}
|52.160
|52.322
|'''1:44.482'''
| +0.944
|-
|11
|8
|align=left| [[Reinhard Egger (luger)|Reinhard Egger]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|52.227
|52.403
|'''1:44.630'''
| +1.092
|-
|12
|15
|align=left| [[David Mair (artificial track luger)|David Mair]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|52.278
|52.362
|'''1:44.640'''
| +1.102
|-
|12
|19
|align=left| [[Bengt Walden]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|52.335
|52.305
|'''1:44.640'''
| +1.102
|-
|14
|22
|align=left| [[Manuel Pfister]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|52.279
|52.417
|'''1:44.696'''
| +1.158
|-
|15
|14
|align=left| [[Gregory Carigiet]]
|align=left| {{SUI}}
|52.241
|52.486
|'''1:44.727'''
| +1.189
|-
|16
|13
|align=left| [[Samuel Edney]]
|align=left| {{CAN}}
|52.329
|52.414
|'''1:44.743'''
| +1.205
|-
|17
|20
|align=left| [[Jozef Ninis]]
|align=left| {{SVK}}
|52.324
|52.421
|'''1:44.745'''
| +1.207
|-
|18
|10
|align=left| [[Jeff Christie]]
|align=left| {{CAN}}
|52.341
|52.461
|'''1:44.802'''
| +1.264
|-
|19
|23
|align=left| [[Maciej Kurowski]]
|align=left| {{POL}}
|52.436
|52.383
|'''1:44.819'''
| +1.281
|-
|20
|18
|align=left| [[Evgeniy Voskresenskiy]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|52.323
|52.611
|'''1:44.934'''
| +1.396
|-
|21
|21
|align=left| [[Inars Kivlenieks]]
|align=left| {{LAT}}
|52.551
|52.398
|'''1:44.949'''
| +1.411
|-
|22
|26
|align=left| [[Brendan Hauptmann]]
|align=left| {{CAN}}
|52.562
|52.419
|'''1:44.981'''
| +1.443
|-
|23
|29
|align=left| [[Chris Mazdzer]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|52.515
|52.563
|'''1:45.078'''
| +1.540
|-
|24
|17
|align=left| [[Thor Haug Norbech]]
|align=left| {{NOR}}
|52.330
|53.233
|'''1:45.563'''
| +2.025
|-
|25
|27
|align=left| [[Semen Pavlichenko]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|52.460
|53.162
|'''1:45.622'''
| +2.084
|-
|26
|24
|align=left| [[Jo Alexander Koppang]]
|align=left| {{NOR}}
|52.631
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|27
|30
|align=left| [[Andriy Mandziy]]
|align=left| {{UKR}}
|52.905
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|28
|25
|align=left| [[Tonnes Stang Rolfsen]]
|align=left| {{NOR}}
|52.907
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|29
|28
|align=left| [[Ondrej Hymann]]
|align=left| {{CZE}}
|53.128
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|30
|37
|align=left| [[Valentin Creţu (luger)|Valentin Cretu]]
|align=left| {{ROM}}
|53.187
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|31
|31
|align=left| [[Andriy Kis]]
|align=left| {{UKR}}
|53.202
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|32
|5
|align=left| [[Albert Demchenko]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|53.325
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|33
|32
|align=left| [[Bogdan Macovei (luger)|Bogdan Macovei]]
|align=left| {{MDA}}
|53.425
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|34
|34
|align=left| [[Karol Stuchlak]]
|align=left| {{SVK}}
|54.142
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|35
|33
|align=left| [[Hindenari Kanayama]]
|align=left| {{JPN}}
|54.154
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|36
|35
|align=left| [[Fuahea Semi|Bruno Banani]]
|align=left| {{TGA}}
|55.698
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
|37
|36
|align=left| [[Danej Navrboc]]
|align=left| {{SLO}}
|56.740
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|}

==Women's singles==
[[Erin Hamlin]] of the [[United States]] in the defending world champion while Germany's [[Tatjana Hüfner]] in the defending Olympic champion. The event took place on 29 January at 08:20 CET.<ref name=pot />

26 athletes from 13 countries competed.<ref name="fil-luge.org"/>

Hüfner rebounded from her disappointing finish at the 2009 championships with her third gold medal in this event. Defending champion Hamlin finished 14th. Geisenberger won her third straight silver in this event. Gough becomes the first Canadian woman to medal at the World Championships and the second Canadian overall after [[Miroslav Zajonc]]'s gold in the men's singles event at the [[FIL World Luge Championships 1983|1983 championships]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Calgary's Gough races to historic luge bronze|url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/calgary-s-gough-races-to-historic-luge-bronze-1.989558|publisher=CBC|access-date=29 January 2011|date=January 29, 2011}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor=efefef
!Rank!!Bib!!Athlete!! Country!!Run 1!!Run 2!!Total!!Behind
|-
| {{gold01}}
| 1
|align=left| [[Tatjana Hüfner]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|46.976
|46.993
|'''1:33.969'''
|{{sort|+0.000|}}
|-
| {{silver02}}
| 8
|align=left| [[Natalie Geisenberger]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|47.027
|47.216 
|'''1:34.243'''
| +0.274
|-
| {{bronze03}}
| 10
|align=left| [[Alex Gough (luger)|Alex Gough]]
|align=left| {{CAN}}
|47.051
|47.362
|'''1:34.413'''
| +0.444
|-
| {{sort|04|4}}
| 4
|align=left| [[Nina Reithmayer]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|47.174
|47.296
|'''1:34.470'''
| +0.501
|-
| {{sort|05|5}}
| 2
|align=left| [[Anke Wischnewski]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|47.328
|47.263 
|'''1:34.591'''
| +0.622
|-
| {{sort|06|6}}
| 7
|align=left| [[Carina Schwab]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|47.227
|47.431
|'''1:34.658'''
| +0.689
|-
| {{sort|07|7}}
| 3
|align=left| [[Veronika Halder]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|47.374
|47.573 
|'''1:34.947'''
| +0.978
|-
| {{sort|08|8}}
| 9
|align=left| [[Martina Kocher]]
|align=left| {{SUI}}
|47.475
|47.539 
|'''1:35.014'''
| +1.045
|-
| {{sort|09|9}}
| 13
|align=left| [[Alexandra Rodionova]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|47.472
|47.569 
|'''1:35.041'''
| +1.072
|-
| 10
| 6
|align=left| [[Sandra Gasparini]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|47.461
|47.670
|'''1:35.131'''
| +1.162
|-
| 11
| 5
|align=left| [[Tatiana Ivanova]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|47.532
|47.714 
|'''1:35.246'''
| +1.277
|-
| 12
| 17
|align=left| [[Julia Clukey]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|47.667
|47.730 
|'''1:35.397'''
| +1.428
|-
| 13
| 12
|align=left| [[Arianne Jones]]
|align=left| {{CAN}}
|47.773
|47.775 
|'''1:35.548'''
| +1.579
|-
| 14
| 11
|align=left| [[Erin Hamlin]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|48.234
|47.326 
|'''1:35.560'''
| +1.591
|-
| 15
| 16
|align=left| [[Veronika Sabolova]]
|align=left| {{SVK}}
|47.900
|47.934 
|'''1:35.834'''
| +1.865
|-
| 16
| 15
|align=left| [[Ksenia Tsyplakova]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|47.760
|48.134 
|'''1:35.894'''
| +1.925
|-
| 17
| 19
|align=left| [[Ashley Walden]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|48.162
|48.003 
|'''1:36.165'''
| +2.196
|-
| 18
| 20
|align=left| [[Raluca Stramaturaru]]
|align=left| {{ROM}}
|48.540
|48.325
|'''1:36.865'''
| +2.896
|-
| 19
| 14
|align=left| [[Maija Tiruma]]
|align=left| {{LAT}}
|47.764
|49.415 
|'''1:37.179'''
| +3.210
|-
| 20
| 24
|align=left| [[Violeta Stramaturaru]]
|align=left| {{ROU}}
|48.954
|48.857 
|'''1:37.811'''
| +3.842
|-
| 21
| 26
|align=left| [[Morgane Villien]]
|align=left| {{FRA}}
|49.303
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|+9.999|}} 
|-
| 22
| 21
|align=left| [[Maryna Halaydzhyan]]
|align=left| {{UKR}}
|49.316
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|+9.999|}} 
|-
| 23
| 23
|align=left| [[Natalia Khoreva]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|50.572
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|+9.999|}} 
|-
| 24
| 25
|align=left| [[Mihaela Chiras]]
|align=left| {{ROU}}
|51.153
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|+9.999|}} 
|-
| {{sort|99|}}
| 22
|align=left| [[Morgane Bonnefoy]]
|align=left| {{FRA}}
|{{sort|99.999|DNF}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|+9.999|}} 
|-
| {{sort|99|}}
| 18
|align=left| [[Ewelina Staszulonek]]
|align=left| {{POL}}
|{{sort|99.999|DSQ}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|+9.999|}} 
|}

==Men's doubles==
Italy's [[Gerhard Plankensteiner]] and [[Oswald Haselrieder]] are the defending world champions. [[Austria]]'s [[Andreas Linger|Andreas]] and [[Wolfgang Linger]] are the [[Luge at the 2006 Winter Olympics|two-time]] defending Olympic champions. Plankensteiner and Haselrieder retired between the 2010 Winter Olympics and the start of the 2010-11 Luge World Cup. The first run of the event will take place on 29 January at 19:00 CET while the second run will take place at 09:00 CET the next day.<ref name=pot />

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
|- bgcolor=efefef
!Rank!!Bib!!Athlete!! Country!!Run 1!!Run 2!!Total!!Behind
|-
| {{gold01}} 
| 6
|align=left| [[Andreas Linger]]<br />[[Wolfgang Linger]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|46.668
|46.612
|'''1:33.280'''
|{{sort|+0.000|}}
|-
| {{silver02}}
| 10
|align=left| [[Christian Oberstolz]]<br />[[Patrick Gruber]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|46.752
|46.760 
|'''1:33.512'''
| +0.232
|-
| {{bronze03}}
| 7
|align=left| [[Andris Šics]]<br />[[Juris Šics]]
|align=left| {{LAT}}
|46.909  
|46.819 
|'''1:33.728'''
| +0.448
|-
| {{sort|04|4}}
| 3
|align=left| [[Vladislav Yuzhakov]]<br />[[Vladimir Makhnutin]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|46.919  
|46.820 
|'''1:33.739'''
| +0.459
|-
| {{sort|05|5}}
| 11
|align=left| [[Ludwig Rieder]]<br />[[Patrick Rastner]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|47.041  
|47.017 
|'''1:34.058'''
| +0.778
|-
| {{sort|06|6}}
| 2
|align=left| [[Hans Peter Fischnaller]]<br />[[Patrick Schwienbacher]]
|align=left| {{ITA}}
|47.017  
|47.054 
|'''1:34.071'''
| +0.791
|-
| {{sort|07|7}}
| 16
|align=left| [[Matthew Mortensen]]<br />[[Preston Griffall]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|47.055  
|47.072 
|'''1:34.127'''
| +0.847
|-
| {{sort|08|8}}
| 14
|align=left| [[Tristan Walker]]<br />[[Justin Snith]]
|align=left| {{CAN}}
|47.163  
|46.983
|'''1:34.146'''
| +0.866
|-
| {{sort|09|9}}
| 12
|align=left| [[Ronny Pietrasik]]<br />[[Christian Weise (luger)|Christian Weise]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|47.145  
|47.006 
|'''1:34.151'''
| +0.871
|-
| 10
| 4
|align=left| [[Toni Eggert]]<br />[[Sascha Benecken]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|47.199  
|46.994 
|'''1:34.193'''
| +0.913
|-
| 11
| 1
|align=left| [[Christian Niccum]]<br />[[Jayson Terdiman]]
|align=left| {{USA}}
|46.955  
|47.253 
|'''1:34.208'''
| +0.928
|-
| 12
| 5
|align=left| [[Mikhail Kuzmich]]<br />[[Stanislav Mikheev]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|47.167 
|47.149 
|'''1:34.316'''
| +1.036
|-
| 13
| 13
|align=left| [[Ivan Nevmerzhitski]]<br />[[Vladimir Prokhorov]]
|align=left| {{RUS}}
|47.081  
|47.307 
|'''1:34.388'''
| +1.108
|-
| 14
| 8
|align=left| [[Peter Penz]]<br />[[Georg Fischler]]
|align=left| {{AUT}}
|46.757
|47.917
|'''1:34.674'''
| +1.394
|-
| 15
| 18
|align=left| [[Ján Harniš]]<br />[[Branislav Regec]]
|align=left| {{SVK}}
|47.504  
|47.299 
|'''1:34.803'''
| +1.523
|-
| 16
| 15
|align=left| [[Antonín Brož]]<br />[[Lukáš Brož]]
|align=left| {{CZE}}
|47.470  
|47.343
|'''1:34.813'''
| +1.533
|-
| 17
| 17
|align=left| [[Paul Ifrim]]<br />[[Andrei Anghel]]
|align=left| {{ROU}}
|47.603
|48.426 
|'''1:36.029'''
| +2.749
|-
| 18
| 20
|align=left| [[Arthur Petyniak]]<br />[[Adam Wanielista]]
|align=left| {{POL}}
|48.237  
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
| 19
| 19
|align=left| [[Cosmin Chetroiu]]<br />[[Ionuţ Ţăran]]
|align=left| {{ROU}}
|48.250 
|{{sort|99.999|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|-
| {{sort|99|}} 
| 9
|align=left| [[Tobias Wendl]]<br />[[Tobias Arlt]]
|align=left| {{GER}}
|47.866  
|{{sort|DNS|}} 
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|{{sort|99.999|}}
|}

==Mixed team relay==
The German team of Loch, [[Natalie Geisenberger]], [[André Florschütz]], and [[Torsten Wustlich]] were the defending world champions. The event was to have taken place on 30 January at 10:20 CET, but was cancelled due to technical problems.<ref name=pot /><ref>{{FIL-Luge link|url1 = http://www.fil-luge.org/index.php?id=424&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = tt_news|url2 = =12355&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = backPid|url3 = =461&cHash=20c5d94b2ed9e74ef06b9ed36d90ea74|title = World Championship Team Relay Event cancelled due to technical problems.}} (30 January 2011 article accessed 30 January 2011.)</ref>

==Medal table==
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | flag_template  = 
 | event          = 
 | team           = 
 | gold_GER = 1 | silver_GER = 2 | bronze_GER = 1
 | gold_ITA = 1 | silver_ITA = 1 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_AUT = 1 | silver_AUT = 0 | bronze_AUT = 0
 | gold_CAN = 0 | silver_CAN = 0 | bronze_CAN = 1
 | gold_LAT = 0 | silver_LAT = 0 | bronze_LAT = 1
}}

==References==
{{reflist}}
*{{FIL-Luge link|url1 = http://www.fil-luge.org/News-Detail.155.0.html?&tx_ttnews|bracket1 = pS|url2 = =1180648800&tx_ttnews|bracket2 = pL|url3 = =2591999&tx_ttnews|bracket3 = arc|url4 = =1&tx_ttnews|bracket4 = tt_news|url5 = =2110&tx_ttnews|bracket5 = backPid|url6 = =157&cHash=47822f0b23|title = Jubilee Congress awards 2011 World Championships to Cesana Pariol.}} (30 June 2007 article updated 23 December 2009.)

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20110127074355/http://www.parcolimpicotorino.it/cesana2011/ Official website.] {{in lang|it}}

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