SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Dajana Eitberger of Germany won the World Cup women’s luge race on Saturday and hosts Latvia took gold medals in the men’s and women’s doubles races.
Eitberger took her second victory of the season, in 1 minute, 22.999 seconds, one hundredth of a second better than Latvia’s Elina Ieva Vitola (1:23.093). Germany’s Julia Taubitz was third in 1:23.143 and maintained her lead in the World Cup season standings.
Ashley Farquharson was the top finisher from the USA, placing 10th. Summer Britcher tied for 12th, Brittney Arndt was 14th and Emily Sweeney, fourth after the first moto, struggled in the second race and finished 17th.
USA Luge earned their fifth World Cup luge medal of the season later Saturday, with the women’s doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby winning silver.
Anda Upite and Sanija Ozolina of Latvia won the doubles race in 1:24.916. Forgan and Kirkby were second in 1:25.138 and Germany’s Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal were third in 1:25.261. Only six sleds finished the race.
In the men’s doubles race, Latvia’s Martins Bots and Roberts Plume had the fastest time in both heats, finishing in 1:22.642.
Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt were second in 1:22.798, while Italians Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner were third in 1:23.024. Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander were the top USA men’s doubles bobsleds, placing eighth.
