Igls. Germany`s luge girls made their 30th victory in a row at the Viessmann Luge World Cup at Igls perfect. Olympic Champion Silke Kraushaar (1:20,878) won one thousandth of a second aheaf of two times World Champion Sylke Otto (1:20,879). Third place went to Germany`s Barbara Niedernhuber (1:21,086), followed by Courtney Zablocki (1:21.310) from the USA. She realized her best World Cup result ever. In the overall standings Silke Kraushaar (285 points) is now in the lead followed by Sylke Otto (270) and Becky Wilczak (255) from the USA.

Quotes:

Silke Kraushaar (Germany) Olympic Champion:

?I`m totally happy to win a race at Igls. My best result so far was a second place or even worse. Normally Sylke Otto is unbeatable at Igls.

Sylke Otto (Germany), two-time World Champion: ?I`m a little bit disappointed to have lost by only one thousandth of a second. I made a mistake at the end of curve nine. I did not think about our victory series, I only want to win every race.?

Courtney Zablocki (USA):?This is my best result ever. It`s the half way to the Olympic Winter Games at Salt Lake City, but no guarantee for the start. But I´m very happy.?

Becky Wilczak (USA):?I`m not disappointed to lose the lead in the Overall World Cup. I`ve figured out that this would happen. Germany`s girls are really fast.