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WHISTLER, British Columbia — Germany's Julia Taubitz is the women's singles luge world champion for the second time. She took that crown on Friday night after overtaking Emily Sweeney of the U.S. in an extremely close second and final run. Taubitz finished her two runs in 1 minute, 17.206 seconds, medaling in the singles race at worlds for the sixth consecutive time. Merle Fraebel of Germany was second in 1:17.247. Sweeney, the first-run leader, was third in 1:17.249 — the third world championships medal of her career, after a bronze in singles in 2019 and a silver Thursday in mixed singles with U.S. teammate Johnny Gustafson.
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