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12/12 18:45 CST Britcher, Fischnaller 1-2 for USA Luge at midway point of World
Cup race in Park City
Britcher, Fischnaller 1-2 for USA Luge at midway point of World Cup race in
Park City
PARK CITY, Utah (AP) --- U.S. teammates Summer Britcher and Emily Fischnaller
are in first and second place going into Saturday's final heat of a World Cup
women's singles luge race, a rare two-day, two-run format for the circuit.
Britcher finished her run down the 2002 Olympic track in 43.291 seconds;
Fischnaller finished in 43.295 seconds. Austria's Dorothea Schwarz is third
after one run, with a time of 43.324 seconds.
The women's race will end Saturday, as will the men's singles race this weekend
--- which is also using the two-day format. Typically, both heats of a World
Cup race are held in the same day.
Men's doubles and women's doubles races are later Friday night, both in the
traditional two-run, one-day format.
Skeleton
At Lillehammer, Norway, reigning world champions Mystique Ro and Austin Florian
of the U.S. finished second in a World Cup mixed skeleton race Friday, the
first medal for the Americans in the headfirst sliding sport this season.
Britain won the race with Tabitha Stoecker and Marcus Wyatt finishing their
runs in 1 minute, 49.33 seconds. Ro and Florian finished 0.56 seconds back,
just 0.02 seconds ahead of Germany's Jacqueline Pfeifer and Axel Jungk.
Britain also took gold in men's skeleton, with Olympic favorite Matt Weston
getting his second victory in two races this season. Jungk was second and
Korea's Seunggi Jung was third; both were within one-tenth of a second of
Weston's time of 1:42.58.
In women's skeleton, reigning overall World Cup champion Janine Flock of
Austria got her 14th career victory on the circuit, with Stoecker second and
Belgium's Kim Meylemans third.
Up next
Bobsled: The World Cup weekend in Lillehammer starts Saturday.
Skeleton: World Cup sliding continues Dec. 19 in Sigulda, Latvia.
Luge: Racing continues Saturday in Park City, Utah.
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