SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) 鈥 Dajana Eitberger of Germany won the womensa国际传媒 luge World Cup race Saturday, and host Latvia swept the gold medals in the mensa国际传媒 and womensa国际传媒 doubles races.
Eitberger got her second win of the season in 1 minute, 22.999 seconds, about a hundredth of a second better than Latviasa国际传媒 Elina Ieva Vitola (1:23.093). Germanysa国际传媒 Julia Taubitz was third in 1:23.143 and kept her lead in the World Cup season standings.
Ashley Farquharson was the top U.S. finisher, placing 10th. Summer Britcher tied for 12th, Brittney Arndt was 14th and Emily Sweeney 鈥 fourth after the first heat 鈥 had trouble in the second run and finished 17th.
Trinity Ellis of Pemberton, sa国际传媒, came in 16th while Calgary's Carolyn Maxwell finished 20th and Caitlin Nash of Whistler, sa国际传媒, was 22nd.
USA Luge got its fifth World Cup luge medal of the season later Saturday, with the womensa国际传媒 doubles team of Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby winning silver.
Latviasa国际传媒 Anda Upite and Sanija Ozolina won the doubles race in 1:24.916. Forgan and Kirkby were second in 1:25.138 and Germanysa国际传媒 Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal were third in 1:25.261. Only six sleds finished in the race.
In the mensa国际传媒 doubles race, Latviasa国际传媒 Martins Bots and Roberts Plume had the best time in both heats and finished in 1:22.642.
Germanysa国际传媒 Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt were second in 1:22.798, while Italysa国际传媒 Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner were third in 1:23.024. Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander were the top U.S. mensa国际传媒 doubles sled, placing eighth.
Canadasa国际传媒 Devin Wardrope and Cole Zajaski slid to an 11th-place finish.
鈥淭his week was really challenging for us,鈥 Wardrope said in a release. 鈥淪igulda is a track that we just haven鈥檛 been able to get right, and it got trickier with the temperature dropping 10 degrees the day prior to the race.鈥
