Canada’s Kim McRae seventh at Luge World Cup; Alex Gough 10th
WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada’s Kim McRae finished seventh on a tricky track on Sunday at a luge World Cup event.
The Calgary-based Olympian battled the world’s best on the challenging 1,293-metre decent, to finish in one minute 43.120 seconds. The result was one spot below her previous best she chalked up last year.
“Overall today was a bit rough. We had some crazy weather to contend with, but that is Winterberg,” said the 25-year-old McRae. “I am very happy with a seventh place finish, but it could have been even better.”
McRae will be looking for precious seconds to close the gap created by the two German stars of the World Cup circuit. Natalie Geisenberger was the fastest athlete in both runs, winning with a time of 1:53.484. Fellow German, Tatjana Huefner, slid to the silver medal at 1:53.832.