Polish luge team grabs World Cup podium in Germany

A Polish luge team pulled off a surprise third-place finish in an international competition in Oberhof, Germany on Sunday, claiming only the second World Cup podium for the country in the history of the sport.

Polish luge competitors Wojciech Chmielewski and Jakub Kowalewski in action during a competition in Germany on Feb. 23, 2020.

Photo: PAP/EPA/FRIEDEMANN VOGEL

Germany won Sunday's Team Relay World Cup event, and Austria came in second.

Poland’s Klaudia Domaradzka, Mateusz Sochowicz, Wojciech Chmielewski and Jakub Kowalewski clocked a combined time of 2:24.766, finishing 0.036 behind the runners-up and 1.118 behind the winners.

Ten national teams competed.

In February, Poland’s Chmielewski and Kowalewski earned the first-ever Luge World Cup podium for Poland with a third-place finish in the men’s doubles during last season’s circuit.

The Luge World Cup has a tradition going back to the late 1970s.

Poland was an international luge powerhouse in the 1960s and early 1970s.

(gs/pk)

Source: IAR, PAP, onet.pl