Winter Olympics 2022 - Natalie Geisenberger tops luge leaderboard after second heat as Julia Taubitz drops to 14th

Natalie Geisenberger tops the women's luge leaderboard after two heats. Team-mate Anna Berreiter is in second place, just 0.2 seconds behind Geisenberger at the halfway stage.

Ad/> And Russian Olympic Committee's Tatyana Ivanova is currently in the bronze medal position half a second behind. The last two runs are held Tuesday, when the medals will be decided.

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The USA's Emily Sweeney crashed out of her second run, leaving her in 28th place. And Ireland's Elsa Desmond, the nation's first women's luge Olympian and a doctor by day, was in 34th and last place.