Egle-Kipp win 4th straight World Cup luge race

Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria won their fourth consecutive World Cup luge women's doubles race Saturday in Altenberg, Germany.

Germany dominates 2-man bobsleigh in Switzerland

Two women's luge athletes pose for a photograph while smiling and each flexing their biceps on the luge track.
Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp of Austria have won four straight World Cup women's doubles races this season. (File/Getty Images)

Selina Egle and Lara Kipp of Austria won their fourth consecutive World Cup luge women's doubles race Saturday in Altenberg, Germany.

The U.S. team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby earned their fourth medal in five races this season.

Egle and Kipp had the fastest time in both runs, easily topping the German sled of Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal. Forgan and Kirkby were third.

Canada's Beattie Podulsky and Kailey Allan finished in 15th spot.

In men's doubles, Martins Bots and Roberts Plume of Latvia got their second win of the season, with the German team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt second and the Austrian sled of Yannick Mueller and Armin Frauscher placing third.

Canada's Devin Wardrope and Cole Anthony Zajanski came in 13th.

In men's singles luge, Germany got gold and silver — Max Langenhan winning and Felix Loch placing second. Dominik Fischnaller of Italy was third, and the top American was Jonny Gustafson in 13th.

Germans sweep 2-man bobsleigh podium

At St. Moritz, Switzerland, Germany went gold-gold-bronze to sweep the podium slots in a two-man World Cup race on Saturday.

Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schuller tied with Johannes Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer for the win, while Adam Ammour and Benedikt Hertel were 0.07 seconds back for third.

No other sled in the field was within a second of the winning times. Frank del Duca and Carsten Vissering were eighth for the U.S.

Canada's top sled was Pat Norton and Mike Evelyn O'Higgins, who finished 23rd. Fellow Canadians Taylor Austin and Mark Zanette were close behind in 24th.

Watch live coverage from all World Cup stops on CBCSports.ca. The streaming schedule is available here.

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