Winter Olympics 2022 - Tomas Vavercak and Matej Zmij rescue luge run after chaotic crash but miss out on medals

Published 09/02/2022 at 15:39 GMT

The Slovakian mixed doubles luge duo of Tomas Vavercak and Matej Zmij somehow managed to avoid last place despite crashing out of the first run in the final. The two toppled over one another in a dramatic spin before recovering well, and their second run was only marginally better without the crash as they finished 13th overall

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Slovakian duo Tomas Vavercak and Matej Zmij rescued their luge run after a chaotic crash but missed out on the medals.

The pair lost control and toppled over one another before recovering to register a first run of one minute and 138 hundredths of a second.

Unharmed, the two geared up for the second run of the day just one hour later.

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And their second run was only marginally better at 59.937 without the crash, with the team overcoming the odds to finish 13th overall.

The gold was eventually won by German pair Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, who finished 99 thousandths of a second in front of the compatriots Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken.

Austrian pair Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller grabbed bronze.

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