Relay team takes gold on three-medal day for Canadian lugers at World Cup
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The Canadian relay team capped this country’s best performance at a luge World Cup on Saturday with a surprising victory at Mount Van Hoevenberg, shortly after Kim McRae and Alex Gough won medals in the women’s competition.
McRae, a Victoria native, teamed with Samuel Edney and fellow Calgarians Tristan Walker and Justin Snith to win gold in two minutes 34.627 seconds. Russia won silver in 2:34.671 and the host Americans were third in 2:34.815.
“It was a heck of day,” said Canadian head coach Wolfgang Staudinger. “We proved today with starts, good sliding and consistency, you put the full package together and this is what happens. The team showed their potential today and I’m happy for them.”
Germany’s Tatjana Huefner won women’s gold with a two-run time of 1:28.638. McRae won silver in 1:28.706 and Gough, from Calgary, won bronze in 1:28.703.