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Loch leads, Mazdzer in pursuit in Olympic luge competition

PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — History says it's over, whether Germany's Felix Loch wants to believe that or not.

Loch — the two-time defending Olympic champion — is the leader at the midway point of the men's luge competition at the Pyeongchang Games, finishing his first two runs Saturday night in 1 minute, 35.299 seconds.

From there, it's a logjam: David Gleirscher of Austria is second in 1:35.487, Roman Repilov of the "Olympic Athletes from Russia" is third in 1:35.516, and Chris Mazdzer of the U.S. is fourth in 1:35.517 — a mere one-thousandth of a second from the bronze spot.