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KOENIGSSEE, Germany — Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner raced to her 30th World Cup luge victory, rallying to beat German teammate Natalie Geisenberger on Thursday.

Berwick native Jayson Terdiman and Christian Niccum finished ninth in the men’s doubles competition.

Geisenberger skidded sideways in the penultimate turn to hand Huefner the victory.

Canada’s Alex Gough was third. Erin Hamlin was the top U.S. racer, finishing 11th. Kate Hansen was 16th.

Germany’s Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt set a course record on the first round en route to a victory in the men’s doubles. Olympic champions Andreas and Wolfgang Linger of Austria were second, and Germany’s Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken were third.