Lake Placid (pps) Germany’s Olympic champion Silke Kraushaar celebrated her third victory in the Olympic season at the Viessmann Luge World Cup at Lake Placid (USA). She won in a total time of one minute 31,642 seconds followed by Italy’s Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova (1:31,923) and her team-mate Anke Wischnewski (1:32,006). Finishing four and five Samantha Retrosi (1:32,009) and Erin Hamlin (1:32,088) earned the qualification for the Olympics at Turin.

Silke Kraushaar (Olympic Champion 1998)
„We had very difficult conditions today. There was no sweeping luck starting always at the end of the field. I had some doubts about our winning strike.”

Anastasia Oberstolz-Antonova (Suzuki Challenge Cup winner Turin 2005)
„I hope grandma back home in Siberia is happy about this result. She was not satisfied when I finished only fourth at the Olympic Test Event.

Anke Wischnewski (Bronze Medalist 2005)
„I don’t think about the Olympics. I’m still happy o start at least at the Europeans at Winterberg.“

Photo: Silke Kraushaar at the Viessmann World Cup at Altenberg (November 2005)