Austrian brothers Andreas and Wolfgang Linger erased painful memories of the treacherous Cesana track by winning the gold medal in the Olympic luge doubles competition on Wednesday.
The victory was particularly sweet to the younger Linger, Wolfgang, who fractured his left ankle and fibula in a crash here last year in a training run for an Olympic warm-up event that was eventually cancelled.
Andre Florschuetz and Torsten Wustlich of Germany won the silver medal while Gerhard Plankensteiner and Oswald Haselrieder thrilled the home crowd by gaining two spots with a blazing second run to take the bronze for Italy.
