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<p>INNSBRUCK, Austria &#8212; In his World Cup season debut with Chris Mazdzer, Berwick native Jayson Terdiman finished 10th in doubles luge Saturday in Innsbruck, Austria.</p><p>Terdiman and Mazdzer, competing in their first World Cup race together, finished in 1:20.148. The United State pair was 0.672 seconds off of the top pair, Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller, who posted the fastest time in both heats and easily getting their first World Cup win in 1:19.476 on home ice.</p><p>The American duo&#8217;s 10th-place finish came one day after taking bronze in the Nations Cup doubles luge event.</p><p>The German team of Toni Eggert &#8212; who is racing despite a broken leg during training &#8212; and Sascha Benecken was second in 1:19.656, and the Russian duo of Vladislav Yuzhakov and Iurii Prokhorov was third in 1:19.758.</p><p>Natalie Geisenberger&#8217;s quest for a seventh straight World Cup women&#8217;s overall championship is off to an excellent start.</p><p>The two-time defending Olympic luge champion led a German sweep of the top three spots in the World Cup opening race. She finished her two runs at the Igls-Innsbruck track in 1 minute, 19.619 seconds for her 44th World Cup victory, extending her record.</p><p>Julia Taubitz was second in 1:19.655, and Tatjana Huefner was third in 1:19.885. Russia&#8217;s Tatyana Ivanova was fourth, Italy&#8217;s Andrea Voetter got fifth and Summer Britcher was the top U.S. finisher in sixth.</p><p>Geisenberger is aiming to become the second slider to win seven straight World Cup luge overall titles. Austria&#8217;s Markus Prock won the men&#8217;s points race seven straight times from 1990-91 through 1996-97.</p><p>The men&#8217;s race and the sprint events are Sunday in Innsbruck. The tour then continues next weekend in Whistler, British Columbia, with racing on Nov. 30 (doubles, men&#8217;s singles) and Dec. 1 (women, team relay).</p><style>
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Berwick’s Jayson Terdiman finishes 10th in World Cup season debut