Summary Huefner, the Olympic and two-time defending world champ, finished in 1:13.534.
WHISTLER: Germany's Natalie Geisenberger won her first luge world championship title, finishing with a combined time of 1 minute, 13.428 seconds on Saturday to edge teammate Tatjana Huefner.
Geisenberger settled for Olympic bronze here three years ago as Huefner won the gold medal. But after picking up five victories and two silver medals in seven World Cup starts this year, Geisenberger was on a mission that culminated with this title.
She recorded the two fastest runs down a course that has become much tamer than the one faced by many of these athletes in 2010. She clocked in at 36.688 and 36.740 seconds.
Huefner, the Olympic and two-time defending world champ, finished in 1:13.534.
Canadian Alex Gough earned a bronze with a two-run, combined time of one minute 13.546 seconds.
Germany returned later in the evening to top off the event in western Canada by taking gold in the team relay. Their stacked team consisted of world champions crowned these past two days: Geisenberger, Felix Loch in men's singles and the doubles team of Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt.
Their time of 2:03.826 topped Canada's 2:04.272. Latvia was the bronze medalist in 2:04.854.
The German victory gave the nation eight of the available 12 medals, including a gold medal sweep of the four events. Canada had a silver medal and a bronze medal, while Austria and Latvia took one bronze medal each.
