For the fourth consecutive World Cup event, the athletes of USA Luge stood on the podium. Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby won the bronze in the women’s doubles competition at the home of the 1964 and 1976 Olympic Winter Games.
The U.S. women’s singles team was led by Park City s Ashley Farquharson, who placed sixth, while Emily Sweeney finished the day in eighth place after coming back from a challenging first run.
The U.S. women closed out today’s EBERSPAECHER Luge World Cup with four medals across the singles, singles sprint, and doubles sprint races today in front of a home crowd at Mt. Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid.
SIGULDA, Latvia (AP) Latvia swept a pair of luge World Cup races on home ice Sunday, and Emily Sweeney of the U.S. won her team-high fourth medal of the season by helping the Americans finish third in a team relay.
The Latvian hosts successfully defended their European Championship
team relay title as they beat Germany and Italy at the International
Luge Federation World Cup at Sigulda.