50th victory in a row in inernational race for Germany`s luge girlsKraushaar wins at Oberhof and Three-Track-Tournament Oberhof Germany`s luge girls made their 50th victory in a row at international races like the Viessmann Luge World Cup, the Krombacher Challenge Cup, World or European Championships and Olympic Wintergames. Olympic Champion Silke Kraushaar (1:23,093 minutes) won ahead of two-time World Champion Sylke Otto(1:23,346). Third place went to Austria`s Angelika Neuner (123,774). The best result for the USA realized Ashley Hayden(1:24,782) on 12th place, while Canada`s Reagan Lauscher (1:24,887) was 13th. Silke Kraushaar, who set up a new track record (41,471 seconds) in the first run, won the Three-Track-Tournment and is still in the lead (385 points) in the overall standings of the Viessmann Luge World Cup followed by Sylke Otto (355) and Angelika Neuner (270) and Becky Wilczak (255) from the USA. Silke Kraushaar (Germany) Olympic Champion: "Oberhof is my favorite track bacause there are always so many loved ones, friends and fans. Four years ago, I also set up a track record and won one month later the Olympics. I hope this is a good omen for me."Sylke Otto (Germany), two-time World Champion: "I strongly hope that the second place will not be my standard result."Angelika Neuner (Austria): "I like difficult tracks like here in Oberhof. I am very confident and hope I can do the next races as well as I did here."
