LILLEHAMMER, Norway (AP) " Erin Hamlin and Raychel Germaine took the top two spots in the women's race and the U.S. doubles team of Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman were won Sunday at the Lillehammer Cup. Also for the U.S., Tucker West was second in the men's race. The Lillehammer Cup is the unofficial start of the international luge season, capping a week of training for many of the world's national teams in Norway. We definitely treated it as a warm-up race for the World Cup season but it felt good to get into a bit of a race mode so soon," Hamlin said. Chris Mazdzer, a World Cup race winner last winner, was fifth in the men's event.

Source: New Zealand Herald October 10, 2016 01:07 UTC