Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, of Germany, celebrate after winning the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) - Germany's Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken won the World Cup luge doubles race on Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.
The World Cup leaders notched their second straight victory to start the season, finishing two runs down the 17-curve course in 1 minute, 27.583 seconds. They had the fastest time in each heat and beat the Austrian team of Peter Penz and Georg Fischler by .382 seconds.
Latvian brothers Andris and Juris Sics won the bronze, just over a half-second behind the Germans.
The U.S. team of Justin Krewson and Andrew Sherk finished sixth, followed by teammates Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman in seventh.
Both U.S. sleds leapfrogged the German team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, who had the fastest starts on both runs and were in the hunt for the podium until a slipup on the second run relegated them to eighth, 1.1 seconds behind the winners.
The third American team of Jake Hyrns and Anthony Espinoza finished 11th.
Germany's Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, center, celebrate after winning the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Peter Penz and Georg Fischler, of Austria, left, second place, and Andris Sics and Juris Sics, of Latvia, third place, join the celebration. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, of Germany, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Andrey Bogdanov and Andrey Medvedev, of Russia, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Matthew Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman, of the United States, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Justin Krewson and Andrew Sherk, of the United States, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Andrey Bogdanov and Andrey Medvedev, of Russia, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller, of Austria, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Tristan Walker and Justin Snith, of Canada, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Jake Hyrns and Anthony Espinoza, of the United States, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, of Germany, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, of Germany, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Robin Johannes Geueke and David Gamm, of Germany, compete in the doubles luge World Cup race on Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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Dominik Fischnaller, of Italy, takes a training run for the men's luge World Cup event on Thursday, Dec. 3, 2015, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Competition begins on Friday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll)
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