Geisenberger, Ludwig and 'two Tobys' of Germany grab more gold with team relay win

Feb. 10 (UPI) -- Germany continued its dominance of luge at the Winter Games on Thursday, taking home gold in the mixed team relay competition and marking the third straight Olympics that the country has won the event.

Austria's team took the silver and Latvia won the bronze.

The German team consisted of four athletes who previously won gold medals in Beijing: Olympic icon Natalie Geisenberger and Johannes Ludwig, along with Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, known as 'the Tobys."

It was the sixth gold Olympic medal for Geisenberger, now the most decorated luge competitor in history.

The quartet added to the golds already won in Beijing for their respective events: men's singles, women's singles and doubles.

The Germans who won Thursday are the same group that won gold at the 2018 Winter Games. And, three of the four were on the team that struck gold for the same event in 2014.