Julia Taubitz led the way as German women reasserted their dominance, taking the top four spots at the world luge championships in Königssee on Sunday.
Taubitz, 24, won her first world singles title after silvers the last two years, posting the fastest time in each of the two runs and prevailing by .315 of a second over two-time Olympic champion Natalie Geisenberger.
Dajana Eitberger took bronze, followed by Anna Berreiter, giving Germany its first women’s 1-2-3-4 finish at worlds since 2007.
Americans Summer Britcher and Emily Sweeney were sixth and seventh.