USA Luge’s Marcus Mueller and Ansel Haugsjaa compete in the men’s doubles event at the Oberhof World Cup on Saturday. (Provided photo — FIL/Michael Kristen)

OBERHOF, Germany– The final World Cup luge race before the Olympic Winter Games Milano Cortina 2026 was held this past weekend in Oberhof, Germany.

USA Luge’s Summer Britcher and Jonny Gustafson were the top finishers in Friday’s women’s and men’s singles races, respectively.

On Saturday, Chevonne Forgan and Sophia Kirkby, the only U.S. women’s doubles sled to head to Cortina, placed in the top five, while Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander were the leading men’s doubles team.

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Women’s doubles

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Forgan, of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, and Kirkby, of Ray Brook, placed fifth, with a time of 1 minute, 24:677 seconds. The duo has placed in the top five in every race this season and earned the bronze at the Lake Placid World Cup.

Maya Chan and Sophia Gordon were seventh with a time of 1:24.805. Chan, of Chicago, and Gordon of Sussex, Wisconsin, have consistently ranked in the top 10 all season and achieved a season’s best result of fifth place at the Lake Placid World Cup. They are not expected to race again this season.

Austria’s Selina Egle and Lara Kipp won the race with a time of 1:24.086. The silver went to Germany’s Elisa-Marie Storch and Pauline Patz in 1:24.241, and in third was Andrea Voetter and Marion Oberhofer of Italy with a time of 1:24.250.

Egle and Kipp lead the World Cup standings with 640 points. Dajana Eitberger and Magdalena Matschina of Germany are second with 508, followed by teammates Jessica Degenhardt and Cheyenne Rosenthal in third with 490 points. Forgan and Kirkby are fourth with 350, and Chan and Gordon are eighth with 279.

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Men’s doubles

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DiGregorio, of Medway, Massachusetts, and Hollander, of Lake Placid, were in eighth place with a time of 1:23.082. Marcus Mueller of Brookfield, Wisconsin, and Ansel Haugsjaa of Framingham, Massachusetts, were 11th in 1:23.345.

Germany’s Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt secured their third consecutive gold medal of the season with a time of 1:22.575. The Austrians rounded out the podium with Thomas Steu and Wolfgang Kindl in second in 1:22.727, and Juri Gatt and Riccardo Schoepf third in 1:22.785.

In the overall World Cup standings, Wendl and Arlt are first with 566, followed by Gatt and Schoepf second with 454. Germany’s Toni Eggert and Florian Mueller are third with 409. Just eight points separate the Americans, with Mueller and Haugsjaa 10th with 281 points, and DiGregorio and Hollander 11th with 273. Dana Kellogg of Chesterfield, Massachusetts, and Frank Ike of Lititz, Pennsylvania, are 20th with 106. The duo is not traveling with the team and did not race on Saturday.

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Women’s singles

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When the weather is warm in Oberhof it’s traditionally proven to be a challenge for the U.S. team and that was the reality on Friday.

Britcher, of Glen Rock, Pennsylvania and Lake Placid, was ninth in 1:23.705. This was an improvement upon last week’s 13th-place finish. The three-time Olympian posted the third and fourth fastest start times in the two-heat competition.

Ashley Farquharson of Park City, Utah, who has won two medals over the course of the 2025-26 season was 15th in 1:24.054. Emily Fischnaller of Lake Placid did not compete in either of the two Oberhof races as she is preparing for Milano Cortina 2026.

Merle Fraebel of Germany won the race in 1:23.330, with Lisa Schulte of Austria second in 1:23.435. Julia Taubitz of Germany was third in 1.23.467.

Britcher sits in fifth place in the overall World Cup standings with 394 points, while Farquharson is 10th with 285. Fischnaller is 21st with 123 points. Emma Erickson is 35th with 62 points and will not compete for the remainder of the season

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Men’s singles

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For the second week in a row, Gustafson, of Massena, and teammate Matt Greiner of Park City, Utah, finished in consecutive order. Last week, they were 19th and 20th, respectively. This week, Gustafson, a 2022 Olympian, was 15th in 1:25.911. Greiner, who will make his Olympic debut next month, was 16th in 1:25.940.

Felix Loch of Germany placed first with a time of 1:24.673. Jonas Mueller of Austria was second in 1:24.762, with Max Langenhan of Germany third in 1:24.994.

Gustafson is 11th in overall World Cup standings with 208, while Griener is 24th with 120. Tucker West of Lake Placid and Hunter Harris of East Fairfield, Vermont, will not compete for the remainder of the season. West is 31st with 76 points and Harris is 34th with 60.

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Mixed singles

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The mixed event features two sleds, amanand a woman. The male athlete takes a normal trip down the track, but instead of the clock stopping at the traditional finish line, he strikes a pad hanging over the track, which opens the gate for the female athlete. The clock stops when she strikes the pad at the bottom of the track.

Gustafson and Britcher, the leading U.S. singles sleds going into the 2026 Winter Games, were Team USA 2. They placed eighth with a time of 1:34.948. Team USA 1 of Greiner and Farquharson, placed 10th with a time of 1:35.607.

The German teams took the top two spots. Germany 2 won the race in 1:34.206, and Germany 1 was second in 1:34.269. Austria 1 was third in 1:34.559.

Germany 2 leads the World Cup standings with 260 points, with Germany 1 in second with 255. Austria 2 is third with 225. As the Americans did not race in the first mixed events this season in Winterberg, Team USA 2 is in ninth after two races with 102 points, and Team USA 1 is 11th with 82.

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Mixed doubles

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Team USA 2 of DiGregorio and Hollander, and Forgan and Kirkby finished sixth with a time of 1:34.692. Team USA 1 of Mueller and Haugsjaa, and Chan and Gordon, were eighth in 1:35.547.

In first place was Austria with a time of 1:34.156. Germany 2 was second in 1:34.330, and Latvia 1 was third in 1:34.373.

Germany 2 leads the overall World Cup standings with 185 points, followed by Austria 1 with 160 and Latvia 2 with 116. Team USA 2 is 12th with 50 points, and Team USA 1 is 13th with 42.

World Cup racing is on a break until Feb. 28 when the circuit returns in St. Moritz, Switzerland. The U.S. will decide on entering sleds in the final World Cup races of the season at a later date. All World Cup races can be seen live on the FIL YouTube page, HBO Max and Discovery. Weekly highlight shows are also available on theNBC Sports YouTube channel.