Olympics-Luge-Germans win team relay for fourth Games in a row

Milano Cortina 2026 Olympics - Luge - Team Relay - Cortina Sliding Centre, Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy - February 12, 2026. Julia Taubitz of Germany, Tobias Wendl of Germany, Tobias Arlt of Germany, Max Langenhan of Germany, Dajana Eitberger of Germany and Magdalena Matschina of Germany celebrate winning gold in the Team Relay REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, ⁠Italy, Feb ⁠12 (Reuters) - Germany maintained their ‌grip on the Olympic luge team relay ​on Thursday when ⁠they took ⁠gold for the fourth ⁠Games in ‌a row since ⁠it was introduced in ​2014.

The ‌high-octane event has a ⁠men's ​singles, a men's doubles, a ⁠women's singles and a ​women's doubles team, racing back-to-back, and top ⁠seed Germany were clear winners ahead of Austria and ​Italy, who ⁠won both doubles ​golds on ‌Wednesday.

(Reporting by Mitch ​Phillips; Editing by Alison Williams)