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Britcher beats Geisenberger to win her 4th luge World Cup
Eds: Updates with doubles result, Erin Hamlin position. With AP Photos.
Summer Britcher claimed her fourth luge World Cup victory on Saturday to add her name to the list of potential medal winners at the upcoming Winter Olympics. The American trailed Natalie Geisenberger after the first run but Britcher was quickest in the second to beat the German by 0.033 seconds and win in a combined time of 1 minute, 35.266 seconds.
LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) — Summer Britcher claimed her fourth luge World Cup victory on Saturday, adding her name to the list of potential medal winners at the upcoming Winter Olympics.
The American trailed Natalie Geisenberger after the first run but Britcher was quickest in the second to beat the German by 0.033 seconds and win in a combined time of 1 minute, 35.266 seconds.
It was Britcher's first win since December 2015.
Germany's Julia Taubitz was third, 0.263 behind, ahead of teammate Tatjana Huefner.
Britcher's U.S. teammate Erin Hamlin finished 0.490 seconds off the pace in ninth place.
With three races remaining, Geisenberger still leads the overall standings on 880 points, ahead of Huefner on 645.
In the doubles race, world champions Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken of Germany were quickest in both runs to win in a combined time of 1:34.586 for their eighth win of the season.
Austria's Peter Penz and Georg Fischler were 0.130 behind, ahead of Germany's Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt.
Eggert and Benecken extended their lead to 248 points over Wendl and Arlt.
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