Three-time Olympian Alex Ferlazzo has wrapped up a highly successful career best season, with a 15th place finish at the final FIL World Cup event of the season in Sigulda, Latvia.
Competing in Sigulda for the second straight week of World Cup competition, first up for Ferlazzo was the Nation's Cup event, where he qualified for the World Cup after finishing in seventh place.
In the World Cup event, Ferlazzo had the 15th fastest run in the opening round with a time of 48.330 seconds, and then went even faster in the final run, with the seventh fastest time of the round in 47.854 seconds.
His two-run time of 1:36.184 seconds gave him a final ranking of 15th, 1.015 seconds behind event winner Kristers Aparjods of Latvia competing on his home track.
Ferlazzo finished the season ranked a personal best 14th on the standings, the best end of year ranking by an Australian.
A number of other records were also broken over the season, including:
Competing in Sigulda for the second straight week of World Cup competition, first up for Ferlazzo was the Nation's Cup event, where he qualified for the World Cup after finishing in seventh place.
In the World Cup event, Ferlazzo had the 15th fastest run in the opening round with a time of 48.330 seconds, and then went even faster in the final run, with the seventh fastest time of the round in 47.854 seconds.
His two-run time of 1:36.184 seconds gave him a final ranking of 15th, 1.015 seconds behind event winner Kristers Aparjods of Latvia competing on his home track.
Ferlazzo finished the season ranked a personal best 14th on the standings, the best end of year ranking by an Australian.
A number of other records were also broken over the season, including:
- Australia's best ever finish at the FIL Luge World Championships, with an almost unbelievable fifth place in Altenberg.
- Australia's best ever finish at a World Cup event, finishing in eighth place in last week's World Cup in Sigulda.
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