The tie for the bronze was the first in a Winter Olympic, world championship, or European championship event since they started timing luge in the 1/1000ths of a second following the tie between Italy and East Germany in the men's doubles event at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo.
German lugers (competing under the IOC country codes of EUA, GDR, FRG and GER at different times since 1964) have dominated the competition, winning 70 medals in 39 events.
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She is one of only two people to ever win a medal in both bobsleigh and luge at the Winter Olympics (Italy's Gerda Weissensteiner is the other.).