# 2021 FIL World Luge Championships

The 2021 50th FIL World Luge Championships were held from 29 to 31 January 2021 in Königssee, Germany. They were originally awarded to Canada, but were moved because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Russia doping ban

On 9 December 2019, the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) banned Russia from all international sport for a period of four years, after the Russian government was found to have tampered with laboratory data that it provided to WADA in January 2019 as a condition of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency being reinstated. As a result of the ban, WADA plans to allow individually cleared Russian athletes to take part in the 2021-2022 World Championships and 2022 Summer Olympics under a neutral banner, as instigated at the 2018 Winter Olympics, but they will not be permitted to compete in team sports. The title of the neutral banner has yet to be determined; WADA Compliance Review Committee head Jonathan Taylor stated that the IOC would not be able to use "Olympic Athletes from Russia" (OAR) as it did in 2018, emphasizing that neutral athletes cannot be portrayed as representing a specific country. Russia later filed an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the WADA decision. After reviewing the case on appeal, CAS ruled on 17 December 2020 to reduce the penalty that WADA had placed on Russia. Instead of banning Russia from sporting events, the ruling allowed Russia to participate at the Olympics and other international events, but for a period of two years, the team cannot use the Russian name, flag, or anthem and must present themselves as "Neutral Athlete" or "Neutral Team". The ruling does allow for team uniforms to display "Russia" on the uniform as well as the use of the Russian flag colors within the uniform's design, although the name should be up to equal predominance as the "Neutral Athlete/Team" designation.

## Schedule

Seven events were held.
All times are local (UTC+1).
| Date | Time | Events |
| 29 January | 09:00 | Men's sprint qualification |
| 29 January | 09:00 | Doubles' sprint qualification |
| 29 January | 09:00 | Women's sprint qualification |
| 29 January | 12:45 | Men's sprint final |
| 29 January | 13:40 | Doubles' sprint final |
| 29 January | 14:30 | Women's sprint final |
| 30 January | 09:30 | Doubles 1st run |
| 30 January | 10:50 | Doubles 2nd run |
| 30 January | 12:50 | Men 1st run |
| 30 January | 15:00 | Men 2nd run |
| 31 January | 10:00 | Women 1st run |
| 31 January | 11:50 | Women 2nd run |
| 31 January | 13:30 | Team relay |

## Medal summary
### Medal table

* Host nation (Germany)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Germany* | 4 | 5 | 3 | 12 |
| 2 | Austria | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Russian Luge Federation | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | Latvia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Totals (4 entries) | Totals (4 entries) | 7 | 7 | 7 | 21 |

### Medalists

| Event | Gold | Gold | Silver | Silver | Bronze | Bronze |
| Men's singles details | Roman Repilov Russian Luge Federation | 1:37.810 | Felix Loch Germany | 1:37.872 | David Gleirscher Austria | 1:38.027 |
| Men's sprint details | Nico Gleirscher Austria | 38.375 | Semen Pavlichenko Russian Luge Federation | 38.416 | David Gleirscher Austria | 38.417 |
| Women's singles details | Julia Taubitz Germany | 1:41.132 | Natalie Geisenberger Germany | 1:41.447 | Dajana Eitberger Germany | 1:41.604 |
| Women's sprint details | Julia Taubitz Germany | 39.101 | Anna Berreiter Germany | 39.112 | Dajana Eitberger Germany | 39.300 |
| Doubles details | Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | 1:39.931 | Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | 1:40.086 | Latvia Andris Šics Juris Šics | 1:40.591 |
| Doubles' sprint details | Germany Tobias Wendl Tobias Arlt | 39.126 | Latvia Andris Šics Juris Šics | 39.140 | Germany Toni Eggert Sascha Benecken | 39.161 |
| Team relay details | Austria Madeleine Egle David Gleirscher Thomas Steu/Lorenz Koller | 2:43.139 | Germany Julia Taubitz Felix Loch Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken | 2:43.177 | Latvia Kendija Aparjode Artūrs Dārznieks Andris Šics/Juris Šics | 2:43.571 |