Canada's Podulsky, Susko finish 7th in women's doubles luge World Cup debut in Whistler
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The Canadian duo of Beattie Podulsky and Embyr-Lee Susko say they're happy to have finished their first-ever women's luge doubles race at the Eberspacher Luge World Cup stop in Whistler B.C., let alone compete for the podium.
The pair have been sliding together for just over a month and have had to work quickly on developing an understanding.
"This being our first World Cup together and first month on a double sled together, I'm pretty happy with how it went," said Podulsky.
Susko agreed with her partner, adding they were both still getting used to the design of the sled.
The newness of the competition to the two provided some added anxiety, with Podulsky saying she "felt like throwing up" due to nerves beforehand while Susko played a calming role. They finished seventh overall with a time of one minute 18.920 seconds.
The German team of Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal finished first in the doubles with a combined time of one minute 18.371 seconds at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
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Countrymates Dajana Eitberger and Saskia Schirmer finished 0.08 seconds back in second with Italians Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer (1:18.466) rounded out the top three.
On the men's side, Germany's Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt claimed their 53rd gold medal win on the World Cup circuit, finishing with a time of one minute 17.300 seconds.
"It's great, it feels like the first one," said Arlt.
Wendl agreed, adding that despite competing together for more than two decades the pair are constantly learning about what different tracks require.
"It's super fast and the speed is incredible," Wendl said about the track at Whistler. "It's the only track in the world that makes it so fast in the bottom. We like it very much."
Austria's Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl finished 0.078 seconds behind the leaders and Germany's Hannes Orlamuender and Paul Constantin Gubitz (1:17.405) claimed bronze.
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