A strong weekend on home ice in Park City delivered a standout set of results for Team USA at the Eberspacher Luge World Cup. Summer Britcher headlined the effort with a women’s singles victory, taking home the 50th World Cup title won by the U.S., joined on the podium by teammate Ashley Farquharson, while Zachary Di Gregorio and Sean Hollander missed men’s doubles gold by just 0.051 seconds. Jonathan Eric Gustafson added a top five in men’s singles, and the U.S. women’s doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby finished 5th. Germany and Austria —nations with long Olympic and World Cup pedigrees— remained dominant forces across the board, with victories from Jonas Mueller in men’s singles, Toni Eggert and Florian Mueller in men’s doubles, and Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina in women’s doubles.

Britcher sealed the women’s singles victory in 1:26.961 seconds, climbing decisively through the latter half of both runs, overtaking Italy’s Verena Hofer by 0.105 seconds. The win adds to Britcher’s strong World Cup résumé, which already includes multiple World Cup victories and podiums in previous seasons.

Hofer’s silver came after two well-executed, balanced runs, while 2022 Olympian Farquharson earned bronze at +0.109. Farquharson’s second heat — one of the quickest from Intermediate 3 through the final sector — moved her from outside the medals after Run 1 into the top three.

Austria's Dorothea Schwarz and Hannah Prock 4th and 5th. Germany’s contingent included Merle Fraebel (6th), Julia Taubitz (8th), and Anna Berreiter (11th). Taubitz has multiple past World Cup overall titles, while Berreiter earned 2022 Olympic silver, underscoring the competitiveness of the field in Park City.

The most dramatic swing came from Emily Fischnaller, who led the top sector in Run 1 with the fastest-opening times at Intermediate 1 and 2. A significant slowdown in Run 2 dropped her to 13th overall. Emma Erickson finished 22nd.

Germany dominated women’s doubles behind 2018 Olympic silver medalist Eitberger and Matschina, who opened with a 43.514 track record. They led every intermediate sector of Run 1 and secured gold in 1:27.140.

Austria’s Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp, already World Cup podium regulars this quad, finished 0.276 seconds back for silver. Germany also earned bronze through Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal, consistent threats since their junior world titles.

Italy’s Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer placed 4th.

The top American finish came from Forgan and Kirkby, who were 5th in 1:27.921 seconds. Their second run especially was competitive through the top half of the track, remaining within tenth-of-a-second margins of the podium teams at Intermediate 2. Maya Chan and Sophia Gordon finished ninth.

Mueller of Austria won men’s singles in 1:29.640, supported by the fastest Run 1 of the competition and clean execution through every sector. Mueller is a past World Champion in the sprint discipline, and his victory in Park City strengthens a résumé that already includes multiple World Cup wins.

Germany’s Max Langenhan, the reigning overall World Cup champion and reigning world champion in singles, finished 0.257 seconds behind after staying within hundredths of Mueller through the upper half of both runs.

Bronze went to Leon Felderer, who continued Italy’s strong tradition in men’s singles with his 1:30.148 finish.

Gustafson delivered the top American result in 5th. Both of his runs fell in the mid-45-second range, and his second run remained within a tenth of a second of Mueller’s pace through the midpoint of the track before the leaders pulled time back in the closing segment. 

Germany’s Felix Loch — three-time Olympic champion (2010, 2014 singles; 2014 team relay) — finished 7th. 

Matthew Greiner and Hunter Harris rounded out the U.S. finishes in 18th and 24th.

Germany’s 2022 Olympic bronze medalist Toni Eggert and Florian Mueller took the men’s doubles victory in 1:26.222 seconds, but the race pivoted around their ultra-tight battle with Di Gregorio and Hollander. The Americans set the tone early with the fastest first run of the entire field (43.015) and held the lead through the upper half of Run 2 before Germany edged ahead in the final sector to win by 0.051 seconds — the narrowest margin of the entire weekend.

Italy’s Ivan Nagler and Fabian Malleier, consistent World Cup podium contenders in recent seasons, claimed bronze in 1:26.356.

Austria showed depth with Juri Thomas Gatt and Riccardo Martin Schoepf (4th) and the experienced team of Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl (5th). Latvia’s Martins Bots and Roberts Plume, 2022 Olympic silver medalists in the team relay, finished 6th.

Seventh place went to the most decorated doubles team in Olympic history: Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, six-time Olympic gold medalists across 2014, 2018, and 2022 (doubles and team relay). 

Two additional U.S. sleds placed inside the top 12: Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa in 10th and Dana William Kellogg and Frank Ike in 12th.