Innsbruck-Igls (pps) As expected World and defending champion Germany won the first Team Relay event of the Viessman Luge World Cup series on the Olympic track in Innsbruck-Igls (Austria).

The German squad with Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch and Toni Eggert-Sascha Benecken claimed the podium’s top spot ahead of the teams from Canada with Alex Gough, Sam Edney and Tristan Walker-Justin Snith and from Italy with Sandra Gasparini, Dominik Fischnaller and the doubles Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber.