Sochi (pps) Thanks to the second-largest winning margin in the history of Olympic luge events Germany’s Natalie Geisenberger claimed her first Olympic victory.

After four runs at the Winter Games in Sochi, Russia, the 26-year-old luger had a winning margin of exactly 1,139 seconds in front of silver medal winner and teammate Tatjana Huefner. The margin between gold and silver was only bigger in 1964, when Ortrud Enderlein (GDR) earned the Olympic title with a winning margin of 2.750 seconds over Ilse Geisler (FRG).

While Geisenberger with the Olympic gold medal completed her medal collection after the 2013 World Championship title, two European gold medals (2008 and 2013) as well as two overall World Cup victories, her teammate and four-time World Champion Tatjana Huefner rounded off her Olympic set of medals (gold in 2010 and bronze in 2006) with silver.

After an exciting fight, U.S. luger Erin Hamlin, the 2009 World Champion, claimed the bronze medal (1,377 seconds behind). It was the first medal in the Olympic women’s singles events for USA Luge.

Alex Gough (CAN) earned a fourth place finish, Kimberley McRae (CAN), Anke Wischnewski (GER), Tatjana Ivanova (RUS), Natalia Khoreva (RUS) and Martina Kocher (SUI) earned the places five to nine, respectively.