Calgary (pps) Germany`s Olympic Champion und World Champion Sylke Otto remains the Queen of Luge: The 32 year old German won the second race of Viessmann Luge World in Calgary (Canada) like she did one week before at the season`s opener at Park City She took her 23rd Victory in the World Cup in a total time of 1:28,808 minutes followed by her teammates Barbara Niedernhuber (1:29.209), Anke Wischnewski (1:29,286) and Silke Kraushaar (1:29.354). Austria`s Sonja Manzenreiter (1:29,754), Veronika Halder (1:30,006) und Junioren world Champion fineshed on places five to seven.

Quotations:

Sylke Otto (Olympic Champion): „i love this track, because i glide very well. And this is important on this track. I have a lot of good memories to this track, where I won the Worlds 2001. It´s a pity, that i missed the track record so close.“

Anke Wischnewski: „This is my best result in World Cup ever. I like feeling standing on the podium. I think I can get used to. “

Barbara Niedernhuber (Olympic Silver Medalist): “I big mistake in the second run and i`m very surprised with this second place.

Sonja Manzenreiter (Österreich): „Standing in the Leaderbox, i thought, they should stop the race so i could win.. But to be honest, my team showed a very goog performance.“

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