Luger Apshkrum captures Canada's 1st gold medal at Youth Olympics

Calgary teenager holds off German for title

CBC Sports Posted: Feb 15, 2016 9:47 AM ET Last Updated: Feb 15, 2016 9:56 AM ET

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Calgary's Brooke Apshkrum captured Canada's first gold medal of the Youth Olympic Games after winning the women's singles luge event Monday in Lillehammer, Norway.

Apshkrum posted a time of one minute, 46.026 seconds, holding off German's Jessica Tiebel by 0.071 seconds. Austrian Madeleine Egle took the bronze medal in 1:46.267.

Asphkrum, 16, won Canada's second medal of the Youth Olympics, one day after luger Reid Watts won bronze in the men's singles event.

Canada's gold medalist Brooke Apshkrum says it's awesome and it hasn't hit that she's won the singles luge. http://pic.twitter.com/cnvEMdIzBF

— @jsablan

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