Altenberg (pps) Two-time World champion Tatjana Huefner of Germany, Italy’s two-time Olympic champion Armin Zoeggeler and Germany’s Patric Leitner-Alexander Resch, the 2002 Olympic and four-time World champions, were last year’s winners at the Viessmann Luge World Cup stop in Altenberg.

Nina Reithmayer of Austria created a big surprise when she won the SUZUKI Challenge Cup in Altenberg last winter. It represented the third defeat for Germany’s women lugers in the event that was introduced in the 1998-1999 season. Natalja Yakushenko of the Ukraine is responsible for the other two successes of non-German women lugers.