Lillehammer (RWH) The German duos continue to rule the track in the Viessmann Luge World Cup. Olympic and World Champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt have notched up their fourth victory In the seventh round and the ninth race of the season despite a mistake in the first run, shortening the distance to the leaders in the overall standings to 55 points. Teammates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, who set a new track record of 47.160 seconds in the first run, continue to lead the field. But they missed their sixth win of the season after a second run that could have been better. All victories in the doubles this season have so far gone to one of the German duos. Russia’s fifth-placed Olympic lugers Alexandr Denisyev and Vladislav Antonov came third in the Lillehammer race, underscoring their ambition to take a medal in the 45th World Championships organised by the International Luge Federation (FIL), which take place in the Latvian town of Sigulda on 14 and 15 February 2015. Eggert-Benecken (840 points) and Wendl-Arlt (785) are followed in the overall standings by Andris and Juris Šics (524), who finished fifth in Lillehammer. The brothers won silver at the 2010 Olympics and bronze in both the doubles and the team relay at Sochi 2014, and are likely medals candidates at the World Championships on their home track. The eighth round in the Viessmann World Cup takes place a week after the 45th FIL World Championships on the Altenberg track in Saxony (21–22 February 2015). In the break between Lillehammer and the championships in Latvia 14 days from now, the world’s luge elite can look forward to an international training week on the World Championship track in the Baltic. Quotes Tobias Wendl (2014 Olympic Champion and 2013 World Champion) “We’re happy to have won and are annoyed at our mistake in the first run. A blunder like that would have sent us to the bottom of the field at the start of the season. But now our sled’s running properly.” Toni Eggert (GER / 2012 and 2013 World Championship silver medallist) “The result is realistic. If Wendl-Arlt hadn’t made that mistake in the first run we would have come even further back. But for now we’re looking forward towards the World Championships, where the German team has a good chance for medals.” But for now we’re looking forward towards the World Championships, where the German team has a good chance for medals.” Alexandr Denisyev (RUS / Fifth in the 2014 Olympics and silver with Russia’s relay team) “This really spurs us on for the World Championships in two weeks. We came fifth at the Olympics and now we want a medal. That’s our goal for Sigulda.”