The German tobias Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt is only theoretical to the German tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt before the season finale in Yanqing. Curiously, the duo is already enough to participate in training for winning the crystal ball.
Six Olympic wins, ten World Cup titles and more than 50 World Cup victories – Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt have already cleared everything in their long career. And the next triumph is almost bagged. At the World Cup final in Yanqing this weekend, the “Bayern Express” is likely to secure the overall World Cup for the sixth time.
Steu/Kindl already far back
Before the final race on Sunday (11:35 a.m. on TV and Livestream), the duo leads the overall ranking with 645 points. The worst pursuers, Thomas Steu/Wolfgang Kindl from Austria (560), already have 85 points behind, even a victory and big mistake of the Germans would no longer change.
If this scenario occurs, the German double-seaters would already be enough to take part in Friday training, which is a prerequisite for a start in the competition. Even more: Wendl/Arlt would not even have to finish or even start in the competition.
Also “DNS” and “DNF” no hurdles
The background is the number of double-seater pairs in the overall World Cup. Only 24 slides are represented there this season. The points of points in a race are logically descending. While the winners collect 100 points, the 24th or last place gets 17 points. If the abbreviations “DNS” (did not start/not started) or “DNF” (did not finish/not to finish) appear in the results list, the athletes concerned would still get 16 points.
If this case occurs at Wendl/Arlt, you would land in the overall ranking in the final accounts at 661 points. Steu/Kindl, assumed that a win, then had a bit of a look at 660 points and no chance of defending their victory in the overall World Cup. Only a disqualification in the competition (0 points) from Wendl/Arlt could still turn the paper.
Wendl/Arlt shine with durability
So far, so strange. The two “tobogganing tobis” should hardly deal with any scenarios. So far, they have finished the finish line at every World Cup race this season, sixth place in Innsbruck was the worst result so far. In addition, Wendl/Arlt were able to celebrate three victories this winter, at the World Cup in Whistler they also won bronze – before Steu/Kindl. Hardly anything stands in the way of the sixth overall World Cup victory.