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German Geisenberger wins women’s singles luge gold at Beijing 2022

German Geisenberger wins women’s singles luge gold at Beijing 2022
German Geisenberger wins women’s singles luge gold at Beijing 2022

BEIJING, Feb. 8 (Xinhua) -- Natalie Geisenberger of Germany stormed to the women’s singles gold in the Beijing 2022 luge event at the Yanqing Sliding Center on Tuesday.

The German sliding star clocked a combined time of three minutes and 53.454 seconds in four runs.

Her teammate Anna Berreiter claimed silver in 3:53.947 while Tatyana Ivanova of the Russian Olympic Committee took bronze in 3:54.507.

The gold is Geisenberger’s sixth Olympic medal, after she won singles and team golds at both the 2014 Sochi and 2018 PyeongChang Games. She also took a singles bronze from Vancouver in 2010. 

 

Anvar Umarov
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