Germans sweep men's luge World Cup race at home

(AP) — Andi Langenhan led a German sweep of the top three places in a men's luge World Cup race on Sunday, capping a perfect weekend for the home team.

Langenhan clocked 1 minute, 31.383 seconds for the two runs for a comfortable victory over Johannes Ludwig and Jan Echhorn.

The Germans also swept the men's doubles and the women's singles Saturday.

Tony Benshoof of Whitebear Lake Minn., finished 11th, Chris Mazdzer of Saranac Lake, N.Y., placed a career-best 14th, and Bengt Walden of Lake Placid, N.Y., was 25th for the U.S. All three Americans have berths on the U.S. team going to the Vancouver Olympics.

Armin Zoeggeler missed a chance to clinch the overall title by finishing sixth. The Italian can still win his fifth straight title at the final race of the season at home in Cesana in two weeks' time.

He has 605 points, while Albert Demchenko of Russia has 524 after finishing fourth Sunday. A win is worth 100 points.