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Winner Julia Taubitz with second and third placed Natalie Geisenberger and Dajana Eitberger (from left) on the podium
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The German tobogganers achieved a triple success at the World Cup opener in Innsbruck-Igls.
Behind the overall World Cup winner Julia Taubitz, who won her first race of the season in 1.20.289 minutes (40.177 + 40.112), Natalie Geisenberger (+0.120 seconds) and Dajana Eitberger (+0.270) came second and third.
After the men's double success on Saturday, it was the next sense of achievement for the German athletes at the start of the season.
With Cheyenne Rosenthal from Winterberg in seventh place, another German toboggan woman came into the top ten.
Geisenberger and Eitberger had made their World Cup comeback in Innsbruck after their baby breaks.
"According to our story, that's twice as nice. It's really a great day for us," said the two-time double Olympic champion Geisenberger, who became a mother six months ago.
"You can see that we all have the chance to get into the front," said Taubitz, "I knew that the two of them wouldn't want to race for the back places when they came back." Geisenberger was happy about "a very good race. It was There are a few mistakes, but I know that I'm back, that I'm at the front and that I also enjoy driving. "
The team relay and sprints are still on the program in Innsbruck on Sunday.
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