FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2017, file photo, Natalie Geisenberger, of German, celebrates after placing first in a World Cup luge event in Lake Placid, N.Y. There's some sort of mystical power when it ...

FILE - In this Dec. 16, 2017, file photo, Natalie Geisenberger, of German, celebrates after placing first in a World Cup luge event in Lake Placid, N.Y. There's some sort of mystical power when it comes to Germany and luge. Germany has more sliding t