Brilliant Berreiter bags double Luge World Cup success

BySportsbeat

Published 02/02/2020 at 19:23 GMT

Olympic gold medallists Germany secured their first win of the season in the team relay event at the Luge World Cup on home soil in Oberhof.

Eurosport

Image credit: Eurosport

The quartet of Anna Berreiter, Johannes Ludwig and Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt finished ahead of Americans Summer Britcher, Tucker West and Chris Mazdzer/Jayson Terdiman, while the Latvian squad featuring Kendija Aparjode, Inars Kivlenieks and Andris Sics/Juris Sics completed the podium in third.

With four of six team relays now completed, Germany lead the overall standings on 315 points, five ahead of Italy and 24 in front of current European champions Austria in third.

Team success topped off a special day for Berreiter, who had earlier claimed her maiden World Cup win in the women's singles event.

Luge