Bota ran the second run without any obvious mistakes, but the sled was not fast enough to compete for the top spots. Bota was eighth in the second run, but maintained sixth place overall.
The winner was American Summer Britcher, who was third after the first run on Saturday. Second place was taken by Austrian luger Lisa Schulte, who was 0.037 seconds slower, while the top three was rounded out by German Julia Taubitz, who was 0.091 seconds behind the winner. Bott was 0.325 seconds behind the winner.
Three other Latvians, Zane Kaluma, Kendija Aparjode and Margita Sirsniņa, tied for 12th-14th place respectively. Aparjode lost five positions in the second run, paying dearly for a mistake at the bottom of the track.Â
In the first race on Saturday, Bota took 6th place, Aparjode came in 8th position, while Kaluma and Sirsniņa reached 10th and 13th place, respectively.
Later on Sunday, the men will also complete the second leg of their competition, and the team relay will conclude the events in Sigulda which are doubly important as luge racers are also competing for points towards the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games qualification.
Full results can be found on the website of the International Luge Federation here.
The points in the Olympic qualification stage will also be able to be added to at the next World Cup stage, which will conclude on January 11 on the Winterberg track in Germany. The Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic Games will begin on February 6th.