Altenberg (pps) Olympic Champion Sylke Otto from Germany celebrated her 24th victory in Viessmann Luge World Cup. She won in Altenberg (Germany) in a total time of one minute 47,718 seconds followed by her teammates Silke Kraushaar (1:48,018), Anke Wischnewski (1:48,035) and Barbara Niedernhuber (1:48,080). Places five and six went to Austria`s Sonja Manzenreiter (1:48,369) and Veronika Halder (1:48,424).
USA`s Courtney Zablocki finished 8th (1:49,076) followed by Canada`s Regan Lauscher (1:49,447).
In the overall standings Sylke Otto (385 points) is still in the lead followed by Silke Kraushaar (330) and Barbara Niedernhuber (285).

Quotations:

Sylke Otto (Olympia Winner): „I´m surprised. I wouldn`t have thought being so good this season. My target is to win the overall World Cup.”

Silke Kraushaar (Worldcup-Titleholder): „Today I used a brandnew slede. I did only five or six training runs with this slede, so I`m very satisfied with my performance. The worlds in Sigulda are the most important races this winter.“

Anke Wischnewski (Germany): „Once more I captured the 3rd place. One day I hope to climb up one or two steps. The second round was not perfect.”

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