GANGNEUNG, South Korea, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- German luger Antonia Pietschmann won the first gold medal of the 2024 Winter Youth Olympic Games on Saturday in South Korea's eastern Gangwon province.
The 17-year-old finished her opening run with 47.985 seconds, leading the women's singles luge event at the Alpensia Sliding Center that also hosted the luge event at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in 2018.
Pietschmann went faster in the second run with 47.789 seconds, becoming the only athlete to cross the finish line under 48 seconds.
She claimed the gold with an overall time of one minute and 35.774 seconds, making it to the 10th luge medal at the Winter Youth Olympics for Germany.
Alexandra Oberstolz of Italy secured the silver with a total time of one minute and 36.326 seconds, and the bronze medal went to Marie Riedl of Austria. ■
