Dukurs' sweep top spots at skeleton World Cup - again

Dukurs' sweep top spots at skeleton World Cup - again

Published Jan. 10, 2015 7:37 a.m. ET

ALTENBERG, Germany -- Latvia's Martins Dukurs and brother Tomass Dukurs swept the first two spots in a skeleton World Cup race for the third time in three races on Saturday.

Martins Dukurs, the five-time overall champion, was fastest in the first run and clocked a combined time of 1 minute, 57.25 seconds, beating his older brother by 1.1 seconds.

Russia's Alexander Tretiakov was third, 1.22 seconds back, ahead of Germany's Axel Jungk and Russia's Nikita Tregybov.

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Martins Dukurs extended his lead in the standings to 675 points, with Tomass now on 630. Jungk is third with 568.

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