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.