Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken claim more luge glory in Lillehammer

BySportsbeat

Updated 20/01/2018 at 15:37 GMT

Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken continued their total domination of the FIL Luge World Cup doubles with victory in Lillehammer.

Toni Eggert, front, and Sascha Benecken of Germany finish in first place in the Doubles event in the Viessmann FIL Luge World Cup at Lake Placid Olympic Center on December 15, 2017 in Lake Placid, New York.

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The German duo have won eight of the ten events so far this season and were the class of the field once again.

They held a narrow lead after the first run, finishing in 47.283s, with Austrian pair Peter Penz and Georg Fischler sitting in second.

And they were just as impressive second time around, finishing with an overall time of 1:34.586, which put them 0.130 clear of the Austrians.

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Another German pair, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, who currently sit second in the overall World Cup standings, had to settle for third, more than half a second back.

Eggert and Benecken can clinch their third overall World Cup title in the sprint event on Sunday in Norway.

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