According to the Canadian Press, it was a great day for four Calgarians at the World Luge Championship in Whistler, British Columbia on Saturday.
Calgarian lugers Alex Gough, Sam Edney, Tristan Walker and Justin Snith won the World Championship silver medal in the team relay event with a time of 2:04.272. The German quartet of Natalie Geisenberger, Felix Loch, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt finished in first place with a time of 2:03.826, with the Latvian quartet of Eliza Tiruma, Inars Kivlenieks, Andris Sics and Juris Sics in third place with a time of 2:04.854.
Gough also won a World Championship bronze medal in the women's competition with a time of 1:13.546. Gough was the only non-German in the top five, with reigning Olympic bronze medallist Natalie Geisenberger winning the race with a time of 1:13.428. Tatjana Hufner, the reigning Olympic gold medallist from the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, finished in second with a time of 1:13.534.
The 2013 World Luge Championships in Whistler comes three years after the fatal death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili, who died on the Whistler luge track a few hours before the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver.
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