On their way to a combined time of two minutes, 16.484 seconds, Grimmette and Martin raced to a first place time, within the eight-nation doubles’ field, of 43.887 seconds, while Zablocki was the third fastest women’s singles slider after posting a single-run time of 47.499. Benshoof finished fourth against the men’s singles field after racing to a one-run time of 45.098.

Team Latvia captured the gold medal.  The duo of Andris Sics and Juris Sics and singles sliders Maija Tiruma and Martins Rubenis combined to record a total time of 2:16.053, .094 seconds in front of Team Canada, who slid to a silver medal time of 2:16.147.  The Canadian lineup featured the pair of Chris Moffat and Mike Moffat and singles sliders Regan Lauscher and Jeff Christie.

In the men’s singles event, Italy’s Armin Zoeggeler finished fourth and will have to wait until next weekend, in Nagano, Japan, for another opportunity to join Austria’s Markus Prock and Germany’s Georg Hackl as the only sliders to record 33-career men’s singles luge World Cup victories.  The 32-year-old, two-time Olympic champion is stuck on 32 after racing to a two-run time of 1:29.738. 

Germany’s David Moeller, who finished second to Zoeggeler last weekend in Park City, Utah, slid to the race’s two fastest runs of 44.590 seconds and 44.765 on his way to his first victory of the year and a combined time of 1:29.355.  Rubenis, the reigning 2006 Olympic bronze medalist, finished in the second place spot after clocking a two-heat time of 1:29.533, while Switzerland’s Stefan Hoehener, who won his first-career World Cup medal, bronze, in Park City, also raced to bronze in Calgary.  The 26-year-old covered the 1,251-meter long course in 1:29.663.

Benshoof, a two-time Olympian and reigning overall World Cup bronze medalist, scored an 11th place finish and a combined total of 1:30.040.