Calgary (pps) Germany’s Luge Girls celebrated their 60th victory in Viessmann Luge World Cup in a row. At Calgary (Canada) Silke Kraushaar saved the win in a total time of one minute 33,613 seconds followed by her team-mates Tatjana Hüfner (1:33,641) and Barbara Niedernhuber (1:33,723). Olympic Champion Sylke Otto, only 16th after the first run, climbed with a new track record in the second run up to place four. Canada’s Regan Lauscher finished forth but was disqualified due to a technical default in the first run. She lost the sticker of her sponsor. This is not allowed. Even a protest of team Canada was unsuccessful.
In the overall standings Kraushaar leads with (355 points followed by Otto (305) and Hüfner (270). Quotes

Silke Kraushaar (Olympic Champion 1998)
„I have made the two worst runs of the whole week. I have never thought that I could win a race on a gliding track like Calgary. “

Tatjana Hüfner (Silver Medallist of the Europeans 2004)
„It was the first time form e to drive in Calgary. I’m satisfied with the result. I learned the track by watching videos. And the coaches told me, how to drive.”

Barbara Niedernhuber (Olympic Silver Medallist 1998 and 2002)
„The possibility to start at the Olympics is still very small. Although I made a lot of mistakes the result is good. I hope I can drive at the Europeans at Winterberg.”