WINTERBERG, Germany (AP) World champion Natalie Geisenberger led a German sweep of the top three spots in the third World Cup luge race to maintain her perfect start to the season on Sunday.
The 25-year-old Geisenberger was fastest in both runs down the Hochsauerland course to finish in a combined time of 1 minute, 53.457 seconds for her 19th career victory.
Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner overcame earlier back problems to finish second in 1:53.897, while Anke Wischnewski clocked 1:54.101 to complete the German success.
Canada's Alex Gough was fourth, 0.925 seconds behind Geisenberger, followed by Russia's Tatiana Ivanova.
United States pair Erin Hamlin and Kat Hansen were sixth and seventh.