Luger Roman Repilov became the first athlete from Russia to win a world championship under a ban on the nation’s flag, name and anthem.
Repilov repeated as world men’s singles champion, overtaking two-time Olympic champion Felix Loch of Germany at Loch’s home track in Königssee on Saturday.
Repilov, who trailed by .002 of a second after the first run, posted the fastest second run to prevail by .062 over Loch, who won all eight World Cup singles events in a bounce-back season.
David Gleirscher, the surprise 2018 Olympic champion, took bronze for his first world championships singles medal.