Calgary (pps) „Very interesting“, said one hand. „Something new“, said the other hand. Indeed, it was a successful test of the new relay competion in luge. Although there was no TV-coverage and there were no graphics, the character of the new race worked out pretty well. The Test was won by the US team. In the line-up was Mark Grimmette/Brian Martin, Ashley Hayden and Tony Benshoof with a total time of two minutes 21.453 seconds. Close behind in second place was Germany (2:21.586) with Sebastian Schmidt/Andre Forker, Barbara Niedernhuber and David Möller. Third Place went to Austria (2:21.683) with Tobias Schiegl/Markus Schiegl, Veronika Halder and Markus Kleinheinz.