Winter Olympics 2022 - Germany complete luge sweep as Natalie Geisenberger wins sixth gold in thrilling relay

Germany completed a clean sweep of luge gold medals at the Beijing Winter Olympics after winning a thrilling team relay, as legend Natalie Geisenberger picked up the sixth gold of her career. Johannes Ludwig backed up his singles gold, as did doubles champions Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, to beat Austria in silver and Latvia in bronze.

Ad/> Geisenberger, the greatest female luger of all time, now has six Olympic golds and a bronze, making her the most decorated Olympic luge athlete of all time. Wendl and Arlt are also up to six golds over three Games and the trio have won every event they have entered at the Olympics since Sochi 2014.

Beijing 2022'Any luge athlete should be studying her' — Williams in awe of GeisenbergerYESTERDAY AT 17:35 Poland led after six teams put their efforts down, but Canada — who included the doubles pair which helped the team win silver four years ago in Tristan Walker and Justin Snith — produced a fierce time to beat. With the big hitters yet to go, the Russian Olympic Committee edged that time to put them in contention with four teams remaining.

Italy failed to threaten the medals, but Latvia stepped up the competition to guarantee themselves a spot on the podium, before Austria leapfrogged them ahead of their German neighbours, who were the overwhelming favourites to take gold going into the event. Beijing 2022 Olympic Games: Schedule, big names, key events and more 'Any luge athlete should be studying her' — Williams in awe of Geisenberger 'She's the greatest of all time' — Geisenberger wins third successive luge gold The time thrown down would be a tough one to overcome, and Geisenberger made an uncharacteristic mistake on her singles run, leaving an uphill battle for the rest of the team