Eggert, Benecken win their 30th luge World Cup; Canada’s Gough slides to seventh
OBERHOF, Germany — It wasn’t the result she was looking for, but Alex Gough will take a lot of positives out of a seventh-place finish at the luge World Cup in Oberhof, Germany.
The 13-year veteran of the Canadian squad rebounded from a challenging first run to finish in seventh place with a time of 1:22.891 on Saturday.
“I was having good runs in both heats, but made a mistake out of corner 11 both times. I was able to handle it better on the second run,” said the 30-year-old Calgary native. “I had good training, but wasn’t able to get it right today.”
The three-time Olympian was in 11th spot after her first decent. She has never been able to master the 12-corner chute with none of her 25 career medals coming from Oberhof.