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(L-R) Germany's Tobias Wendl, Julia Taubitz, Max Langenhan, Dajana Eitberger, Magdalena Matschina and Tobias Arlt celebrate their victory at the finish line after the Luge Mixed Relay competition of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Sliding Center. Michael Kappeler/dpa
Germany extended their Olympic record in the luge team relay as they won gold at the Milan/Cortina Winter Games on Thursday.
The German team with Julia Taubitz, Tobias Wendl, Tobias Arlt, Max Langenhan, Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina set a track record of 3 minutes 41.672 seconds on their way to victory.
Austria were 0.542 seconds behind to take silver, while bronze went to hosts Italy.
Germany have won every team event since its introduction in 2014 and were the absolute top favourites in the last luge competition in Cortina.
The German team has also won medals in every luge event at the 2026 Games, taking men's and women's singles gold, women's doubles silver and men's doubles bronze.
The team relay was contested with four segments for the first time, following the addition of women's doubles to the other three events.
The Ukrainian team, who was sixth, held up their helmets after the race in support of skeleton racer Vladyslav Heraskevych.
Heraskevych was barred from competing in the Milan/Cortina Olympics over a dispute concerning a helmet he wanted to wear to honour athletes killed in the war with Russia
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Germany's Julia Taubitz (L) celebrates victory with the German luge team at the finish line after the Luge Mixed Relay competition of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Sliding Center. Robert Michael/dpa
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(L-R) Germany's Tobias Wendl, Julia Taubitz, Max Langenhan, Dajana Eitberger, Magdalena Matschina and Tobias Arlt celebrate their victory at the finish line after the Luge Mixed Relay competition of the 2026 Winter Olympic Games at the Cortina Sliding Center. Robert Michael/dpa
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