Tobogganing: Geisenberger celebrates his 40th birthday.

Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger has also won the second World Cup of the season and celebrated a personal anniversary. The 29-year-old won the first home race of the Olympic season in Winterberg before her permanent rival Tatjana Huefner and was the first luge athlete ever to achieve the mark of 40 World Cup victories.

“It went well for me today, I am very satisfied,”said Geisenberger from Miesbach. Julia Taubitz finished fifth behind the US duo Summer Britcher and Erin Hamlin, Dajana Eitberger finished eleventh.

World champion Hüfner will be the next athlete to celebrate her 40th birthday. World Cup victory. Like Sylke Otto, the 2010 Olympic gold medallist is currently ranked 37 times in the World Cup.

On Saturday, Olympic champion Felix Loch drove from tenth place to two in difficult weather conditions and had reached his second podium position in the second race.

In the doubles, world champions Toni Eggert and Sascha Beneckevor won the Olympic champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt and local heroes Robin Geueke/David Gamm.