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Germany wins Team Relay event in Lake Placid and overall World Cup Lake Placid (pps) Germany has prematurely won the overall Viessmann Luge World Cup Team Relay presented by HÖRMANN. The protégés of Germany’s head coach Norbert Loch in the line-up with Natalie Geisenberger, Ralf Palik and Tobias-Wendl-Tobias Arlt won the fifth Team Relay event in Lake Placid in the U.S. state of New York. With the highest possible score of 500 points, Germany thus prematurely earned the overall World Cup crown.
>br> The team of host U.S.A. with Julia Clukey, Chris Mazdzer and the doubles Mathew Mortensen-Preston Griffall finished in second position. Italy with Sandra Gasparini, Armin Zoeggeler and Christian Oberstolz-Patrick Gruber earned the third place.
>br> With 335 points to their credit, Italy holds second place in the overall rankings, followed by the U.S.A (296 points) and Canada (276).
>br> The World Cup series concludes with the final at the future Olympic track in Sochi, Russia, on February 23-24, 2013.
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