U.S. Earns Bronze In Women’s Luge

CORTINA D’AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Julia Taubitz has added to Germany’s Olympic luge dominance by winning gold in the women’s singles race at the Milan Cortina Olympics. She finished nearly a second ahead of Latvia’s Elina Bota, who took silver. Ashley Farquharson earned bronze, giving USA Luge its seventh Olympic medal. This marks the third singles medal for USA Luge at the Olympics. Taubitz’s victory is the 17th gold in women’s singles luge and the 13th for Germany. She’s a two-time world champion and five-time World Cup champion. This Olympic gold was the only title missing from her impressive resume.