Langenhan set the fastest times on both runs as he recorded his third Luge World Cup win in a row.

After clocking 52.896sec on run one, he followed it up with 52.791 on run two, finishing with a total time of 1min 45.687sec.

World champion Jonas Mueller of Austria finished in second in 1:45.987, 0.300sec behind Langenhan.

The podium was completed by fellow German Felix Loch, with the sprint world champion overcoming health problems to finish in 1:46.009.

The overall World Cup leader in the discipline remains Austria’s Dominik Fischnaller, who finished fourth today in 1:46.019.

Germany also claimed a one-two in the men’s doubles competition, with victory going to Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt.

Wendl and Arlt posted the fastest times in both runs - 43.617 on run one, followed by 43.524 on run two, as they finished in 1:27.141.

Second place went to their compatriots Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken in 1:27.571, with the bronze medals going to Latvian duo Martins Bots and Roberts Plume in 1:27.641.

In the women’s doubles, German duo Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal took the title in 1:28.288, completing a sweep of the titles on offer for the hosts on the opening day.

Degenhardt and Rosenthal posted the fastest times on both runs - 44.108 on run one and 44.180 on run two, on their way to victory.

Austrians Selina Egle and Lara Michaela Kipp finished second in 1:28.508, with the podium completed by Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer of Italy in 1:28.534.

Action is scheduled to continue tomorrow with the women’s singles, men’s and women’s sprint singles and men’s and women’s sprint doubles.