Winterberg (pps) Tatjana Hüfner from Germany wins her overall fifth World-Cup race in a total time of 1:54,180 minutes. The current world champion reached at the Viessmann Luge World Cup at Winterberg (GER) a new track record in the first run, which was the base for her second world cup victory in a row.
Second place went to Anke Wischnewski (1:54,363 minutes) from Pockau. Silke Kraushaar-Pielach completed the German triple. Although she reached new track record in the second run, she missed her 37th single victory in a world cup race, which would have meant tie between her and record winner Sylke Otto.
But the woman from Sonneberg stays leader in overall world cup with 255 points, ahead of Tatjana Hüfner (236 points) and Anke Wischnewski (215 points).
Quotes: Tatjana Hüfner (World Champion 2007, Olympic-Third 2006):
“We tried a lot at the technical adjustment this week and obviously we found the right solution. The knot, which was there in the beginning of the season, is cut now. It’s going up straight. I don’t think about the victory in overall world cup. I will look from race to race.”
Anke Wischnewski (Vice-World-Champion 2007):
“I’m not quite so happy. The start was very much too slow. I never thought, you can reach a track record with these conditions.”
Silke Kraushaar-Pielach (Olympic-Champion 1998, World-Champion 2004):
“The first run was of course suboptimal. But for these conditions I am 10 to 15 kilos under. At least I am happy that I reached the podium.“