Mellisa Hollingsworth of Eckville, Alta., extended her lead on top of the World Cup skeleton standing and strengthened her hand as an Olympic medal contender with a record-setting win in her second victory of the season in Koenigssee, Germany on Friday.

The 29-year-old Hollingsworth, a speed-loving rodeo aficionado, sat in second spot after the first run, then slid to the top of the podium after shattering a track record in her second run. She became the first woman to break the 49-second barrier at the historic Koenigssee track.

The fast run earned her a piece of history in the sport.

"That track record will stand forever because they are changing the bottom of this track next year," said Hollingsworth, who broke the previous standard of 49.21 set three years ago by Anja Huber of Germany, while posting a time of 48.78 seconds on the world's oldest refrigerated track. Hollingsworth's combined time was 1:38.50.

"The Germans always have track records on their home tracks so I think it is pretty cool a Canadian name will remain the track record holder here forever."

Germany's Kerstin Symkowiak at 1:38.50 won silver. Symkowiak won on both of the German tracks earlier this year. Shelley Rudman, of Great Britain drove to the bronze medal with a time of 1:38.73.

The Koenigssee chute was the first track outside of Calgary on which Hollingsworth raced when she was 16 years old. She also won at Koenigssee in 2006 as part of her ride to the over all World Cup title.

Despite her success, she has struggled with Koenigssee's daunting Kreisel corner each year. But on Friday, she conquered the loop in Germany.

"Nearly every coach and athlete from other nations came up to me after my second run and said I had a perfect line in the (360-degree) Kreisel corner in my second run, and that for me was really cool," said Hollingsworth, who said she had been battling the challenging corner all week in training and nearly crashed exiting the Kreisel in her first run. "It is hard for us to achieve perfection in anything we do in life, and that was the first time I felt I had done something perfect."

Hollingsworth has been nearly perfect this year. The Olympic bronze medallist has two World Cup victories, one silver and two bronze medals in her six races this season.

It was the fifth career World Cup victory for the Olympic bronze medallist and 21st World Cup podium finish in her 14-year career. In addition, the win moves her to first overall in the World Cup standings with a total of 1,236 points. The Briton Rudman is second with 1,187 points. Szymkowiak is third at 1,164.

"That gap between us doesn't mean a whole lot to me right now," said Hollingsworth, who has been very open that her goal is to win the over all World Cup title this year. "Shelley is a really great slider and there is no guarantee I will head to Whistler with the number one bib on. I have a lot of work left to do."

Carla Pavan, of Lethbridge, Alta., finished in 13th spot in her first World Cup start of the season after clocking-in at 1:39.71. Michelle Kelly, of Fort St. John, B.C., finished 14th at 1:38.88.

The Canadian men had two sleds in the top-10. Jon Montgomery, 30, of Russell, Man., posted a two-run time of 1:36.06 for sixth spot. Olympic silver medallist, Jeff Pain of Calgary, had an eighth-place finish after stopping the clock at 1:36.29. Toronto's Mike Douglas finished 11th at 1:36.61.

Latvia's Martins Dukurs continued his dominance of the men's World Cup field by winning his third race of the year with a time of 1:35.29. Dukurs was sandwiched on the podium between two German athletes. Sandro Stielicke finished second at 1:35.63, while Frank Rommel grabbed the bronze medal with a time of 1:35.84.