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Max Langenhan of Germany hits the bull’s-eye during the Luge World Cup team relay race in Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
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Max Langenhan of Germany hits the bull’s-eye during the Luge World Cup team relay race in Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday, Jan. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) — Elina Ieva Vitola of Latvia and Anna Berreiter of Germany each won a pair of medals Sunday in World Cup luge races.
Vitola helped hosts Latvia win the team relay, and Berreiter won gold in the women’s individual race later that day.
In the relay, Vitola, Kristers Aparjods and the doubles team of Martins Bots and Roberts Plume finished in 2 minutes, 13.143 seconds. Germany, with Berreiter, Max Langenhan and the doubles bobsled of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, was second in 2:13.510.
Italy, with Sandra Robatscher, Dominik Fischnaller and the doubles bobsled of Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner, was third in 2:13.917.
The USA relay team of Ashley Farquharson, Tucker West and the doubles sled of Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander failed to finish after failing to properly activate the trigger at the finish line during part of the relay.
In the women’s race, Berreiter won in 1:24.600, just ahead of fellow German Dajana Eitberger (1:24.631). Vitola was third with 1:24.637.
Farquharson led the USA with a 13th-place performance in 1:25.120. Brittney Arndt was 17 in 1:25.315, Emily Sweeney was 25 in 1:26.286, and Summer Britcher didn’t finish after falling off her sled in the first race. Britcher was in ninth place when she lost control towards the end of the track.
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