WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won their fourth luge World Cup career race by edging Christian Oberstolz and Patric Gruber of Italy on Saturday.
The Italians set a course record of 43.412 seconds in the first run but had to settle for second place, .010 seconds behind the German pair. Wendl and Arlt clocked a combined 1:26.832 for the two heats.
Christian Niccum and Jayson Terdiman of the United States, were third in 1:27.159.
Oberstolz and Gruber lead the World Cup standings after two events with 170 points, 10 more than Wendl and Arlt.
