As a preventive measure, an extra of wall was added after the end of Turn 16, and the ice profile was changed. Also, the men's singles luge event start was moved from its start house to the one for both the women's singles and men's doubles event. Women's singles and men's doubles start was moved to the Junior start house of the track, located after turn 5. Germany's Natalie Geisenberger complained that it was not a women's start but more of a "Kinder" ("children" in ) start. Her teammate Hüfner, who had the fastest speed on the two practice runs at , stated that the new start position "does not help good starters like myself." American Erin Hamlin, the 2009 women's singles world champion, stated the track was still demanding even after the distance was lessened from and one was still hitting .