KRASNAYA POLYANA, Russia — Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won Germany’s third gold medal in luge at the Sochi Olympics, denying Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger a record third straight title.
Known as "the two Tobis," Wendl and Arlt completed their two runs down the Sanki Sliding Center track on Wednesday in 1 minute, 38.933 seconds. Their win followed dominating performances by Germany’s Felix Loch in men’s singles and Natalie Geisenberger’s in women’s.
The Lingers won silver and Latvia’s Andris and Juris Sics took bronze after winning silver in Vancouver.
Canada’s Tristan Walker and Justin Snith just missed the podium, finishing fourth.
Wendl and Arlt have been sliding together for 13 years and came to Sochi as favourites after winning six World Cup events this season.
The luge competition will conclude Thursday with the new team relay event.
