Winter sports news - Germany women take first Luge World Cup medals

BySportsbeat

Updated 24/11/2018 at 14:35 GMT

Germany secured an impressive clean sweep of medals at the Luge World Cup in Innsbruck as four-time Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger clinched gold.

Natalie Geisenberger leads German clean sweep

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The 30-year-old reigning women's singles gold medallist held off the challenge of her compatriots to take the first Luge World Cup title of the season in Austria.

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Geisenberger, a seven-time world champion, completed the course in 1:19.619 to top the podium and narrowly edge out 22-year-old Julia Taubitz into second by just 0.036 seconds.

Vancouver 2010 champion Tatjana Hufner secured bronze by completing the circuit in 1:19.885 as Russian Tatyana Ivanova finished narrowly outside the medal places.

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