Three time Olympian Alex Ferlazzo has finished in 11th place at the 2025 FIL World Championships in Whistler, Canada, his best performance of this season.
The result is also the second best World Championship finish of his career, after Ferlazzo placed an incredible fifth last year in Germany.
Ferlazzo started well on the 2010 Olympic track, placing second in the preliminary event to determine seeding for the main competition.
In the main event, Ferlazzo opened with the 11th fastest run in a time of 50.406 seconds.
Ferlazzo again had the 11th fastest final run, improving his time to finish in 50.260, giving him a combined time of 1:40.666 and final ranking of 11th.
Finishing 0.744 seconds ahead of Ferlazzo in first place was German Max Langenham, Felix Loch also of Germany was second and Austrian Nico Gleirscher was third.
Ferlazzo reflected on his performance after the race.
“Finishing 11th in Whistler isn’t too bad. I can’t be unhappy putting down two decent runs and landing where I did. It was special having my family and friends there to cheer me on.
“All training sessions on the ice was far harder, making it more of a home track advantage but it warmed up on race day making it much more drivable for the Europeans.
“There’s s more Worlds Cups left this season taking us to Korea and China. It’s been a while since anyone has slid either of these tracks so it should be a very interesting end of the season!”
The luge season is set to wrap up with two World Cup events in Asia on the 2018 and 2022 Olympic tracks. The first event will take place on February 15 in Pyeongchang, Korea, then the season will then culminate on February 23 in Yanqing, China.
The result is also the second best World Championship finish of his career, after Ferlazzo placed an incredible fifth last year in Germany.
Ferlazzo started well on the 2010 Olympic track, placing second in the preliminary event to determine seeding for the main competition.
In the main event, Ferlazzo opened with the 11th fastest run in a time of 50.406 seconds.
Ferlazzo again had the 11th fastest final run, improving his time to finish in 50.260, giving him a combined time of 1:40.666 and final ranking of 11th.
Finishing 0.744 seconds ahead of Ferlazzo in first place was German Max Langenham, Felix Loch also of Germany was second and Austrian Nico Gleirscher was third.
Ferlazzo reflected on his performance after the race.
“Finishing 11th in Whistler isn’t too bad. I can’t be unhappy putting down two decent runs and landing where I did. It was special having my family and friends there to cheer me on.
“All training sessions on the ice was far harder, making it more of a home track advantage but it warmed up on race day making it much more drivable for the Europeans.
“There’s s more Worlds Cups left this season taking us to Korea and China. It’s been a while since anyone has slid either of these tracks so it should be a very interesting end of the season!”
The luge season is set to wrap up with two World Cup events in Asia on the 2018 and 2022 Olympic tracks. The first event will take place on February 15 in Pyeongchang, Korea, then the season will then culminate on February 23 in Yanqing, China.
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