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Japan's Ito claims his 1st World Cup ski jump win, Norway's Bardal second
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Austria's athletes Andreas Linger and his brother Wolfgang Linger at the start for the men's double competition at the Luge World Cup in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday Jan. 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Keystone/Karl Mathis)
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Andreas and Wolfgang Linger won a men's doubles luge World Cup event before Tatjana Huefner won the women's race, with Saturday's victors both leading the overall standings.
The Austrian brothers had a combined two-run time of 1 minute 46.691 seconds, edging Germans Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken by 0.040. Germany's Tobias Wendel and Tobias Arlt were third.
The Lingers, two-time Olympic champions, got 100 World Cup points to lead defending champions Wendel and Arlt by 15 overall.
Olympic and world champion Huefner timed 1:46.933 to head a German podium sweep from Natalie Geisenberger and Anke Wischnewski.
Huefner, seeking her fifth World Cup title, leads by 90 from Geisenberger.
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