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Tatjana Huefner moves second on all-time lsit of World Cup winners

BySportsbeat

Updated 20/02/2016 at 16:35 GMT

German Tatjana Huefner ended her season in style as she claimed victory in the final World Cup of the campaign in Winterberg to move second on the all-time list of winners.

Germany's Tatjana Huefner placed first celebrates in the finish area after the Ludge World Cup Competition in Winterberg, western Germany, on February 20, 2016

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The 2016 European champion led after the first run and came home in a combined time of 1:53.009 minutes to finish on the top step of the podium.
It was Huefner's third victory of the season and the 36th of her career, moving her to joint second alongside German Silke Kraushaar on the all-time list of World Cup winners, just one behind the retired Sylke Otto.
Finishing in second place was German Natalie Geisenberger, the 2014 Olympic champion and three-time world champion beating her own track record along the way as she crossed the line in 56.175 seconds in her second run to finish 0.129 behind Huefner.
And third place went to Russian Tatiana Ivanova who was 0.359 further back.
Geisenberger ended the World Cup campaign on top on 895 points, with Ivanova second on 771 and Huefner third on 769.
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