ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt of Germany won their seventh Luge World Cup men’s doubles title of the season Saturday, while Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria won the women’s doubles crown for the second straight season.
Wendl and Arlt finished third in the men’s doubles race in St. Moritz, giving them the season title with one race remaining. Austrians Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl won the race, followed by Italians Ivan Nagler and Fabian Malleier.
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Egle and Kipp didn’t even finish in the medals; they finished fifth in the women’s race and still won their points title. Olympic champions Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer of Italy won the race, with Germany’s Elisa-Marie Storch and Pauline Patz second, followed by Anda Upite and Madara Pavlova of Latvia in third.
In the women’s singles race, German Olympic champion Julia Taubitz won on Saturday and moved closer to the overall points title.
Merle Fraebel of Germany was second and Verena Hofer of Italy was third. Taubitz now has a 19-point lead over Fraebel heading into next week’s final in Altenberg, Germany, meaning a first or second place finish will clinch the title no matter what anyone else in the race does.
Austrian Hannah Prock was just 30 points behind Taubitz at the start of the race – but was unable to slip on Saturday following an emergency appendectomy. Taubitz, Fraebel and Austrian Lisa Schulte are the only women who still have a mathematical chance of winning the title.
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American Summer Britcher finished seventh among the women and fourth in the world rankings. Britcher is the only American luge athlete competing in the World Cup this weekend.
To be continued
Men’s Luge World Cup on Sunday in St. Moritz.
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