WINTEROLYMPIADE 2022 | 2022 WINTER OLYMPICS
Bei den Olympischen Winterspielen 2022 in Peking zählt David Gleirscher (re.) zu den Medaillenanwertern. So wie auch sein Bruder Nico (li.), der bei den Rennrodel-Weltmeisterschaften 2021 in Königssee Gold im Sprint-Bewerb geholt hat. David Gleirscher (right) is one of the medal contenders at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Just like his brother Nico (left) who won gold in the sprint event at the 2021 Luge World Championships in Königsee.
OLYMPIA AGAIN For the two world-class lugers David and Nico Gleirscher, the winter already started in April. Their preparations for the racing season are in full swing. Their goal is the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing and, of course, a medal.
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t is late summer, David Gleirscher is sitting relaxed at the living room table. He has just returned from the training camp with the Austrian national luge team and is now enjoying the magnificent view of Neustift again.
IN TRAINING SINCE APRIL
He is asked again and again if he has already started training for the Olympics. “It always makes me laugh. We have been training for the new racing season since April”, confirms the 2018 Olympic champion in luge. Back then in Pyeongchang/South Korea it was a big surprise that the young Stubai ended up on top of the podium. Four years
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later, he is among the medal contenders at the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing. Just like his brother Nico who won gold in the sprint event at the 2021 Luge World Championships in Königsee. However, the two do not have the Olympic ticket in the bag yet. Because before they can think about the trip to China, they first have to go through the internal elimination in the Austrian National Luge Team. “We have three starting places at the Olympics, but we have five lugers who can all finish in the medal ranks. So there’s everything still to play for”, David explains the initial situation. That means total dedication for the two Stubai lugers in the nine World Cup races. They count as qualification for an Olympic starting place.
