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Germans dominate at luge World Cup event
CALGARY - German luge slider Tatjana Huefner took gold Saturday at the first Viessman World Cup women's race of the season at Canada Olympic Park.
Huefner recorded a two-run time of one minute 33.691 seconds, edging teammate Natalie Geisenberger by 16 one-hundredths of a second.
It was a day of dominance by the German team: Anke Wischnewski was third, a third of a second back, and Corinna Martini was fourth, eight-tenths of a second off the pace.
Alex Gough of Calgary was the top Canadian at sixth, just under nine-tenths of a second back.
Regan Lauscher of Red Deer, Alta., was 10th, Meaghan Simister of Calgary was 17th, and Denae Delcourt, also of Calgary, was 23rd in the 24-sled field.
The men's race was set to go later Saturday night.
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