Germany's Felix Loch has won Winter Olympics gold in the tragedy-marked men's singles luge to lead a German 1-2 with compatriot David Moeller finishing second and Italy's Armin Zoeggler third.
The 2008 and 2009 world champion ended with a huge winning margin and his time over the four heats was 3 mins 13.085secs, while Moeller missed out after finishing 0.679secs behind, while Zoeggler claimed bronze at 1.290sec back.
Loch is now the youngest-ever gold medal winner of the men's singles at both the world championships and the Winter Olympics and he was flawless at the Whistler Sliding Centre.
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The 20-year-old dominated from the first of the four heats and posted the fastest speed of 147.5km/ph (91.6 mph) on his first run on the track which has become notorious after Friday's death of Nodar Kumaritashvili.
The 21-year-old Georgian was killed in a training accident and in the tragedy's wake, the track was modified and shortened to protect the competitors.
But Loch was not to be denied and having held a 0.282sec lead overnight from Saturday's two runs, he turned the screw on Sunday.
The German blitzed the third run in a time of 48.344 sec to open up a 0.52sec gap over Moeller while Zoeggler, who failed to win his third consecutive gold medal in the singles, languished more than a second behind.
As the last competitor to go in the fourth and final heat, Loch was flawless down the track to dominate his rivals.
He is no stranger to setting records.
In 2008, he became the youngest-ever world champion when he won gold aged just 18 and now at 20 years and 205 days he is the youngest athlete to claim a Winter Olympic gold medal in the men's singles.
