Russian quartet wins by five thousandths of a second

Sochi (RWH)  Russia’s lugers have won the team relay at their home World Cup in Sochi. The host team of Tatiana Ivanova, Semen Pavlichenko and doubles duo Andrey Bogdanov/Andrey Medvedev secured victory in the Viessmann Team Relay World Cup presented by BMW by just five thousandths of a second. The German World Champions, Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch and Tobias Wendl/Tobias Arlt, had to settle for second. Third place went to the Austrian team featuring Miriam Kastlunger, Wolfgang Kindl and Peter Penz/Georg Fischler.

Germany has taken the lead in the overall standings with 331 points. The US team has now moved into second place with 270 points. The Latvians, who had previously led the standings, did not finish the race and now lie in third place on 255 points. Russia moves up to fourth (240).