Jacqueline Loelling glides to 1st skeleton World Cup victory

The German was quickest in both runs for a combined time of 1 minute, 57.17 seconds, beating teammate and world champion Tina Hermann by 0.44 seconds. Janine Flock of Austria was third, 0.54 back, while Anna Fernstaedt, another German, was fourth.

German extends her lead in the overall standings

German Jacqueline Loelling wins first skeleton World Cup Friday, extends her lead in the overall standings. (Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images)

Jacqueline Loelling extended her lead in the standings with her first skeleton World Cup win on Friday in Altenberg, Germany.

The German was quickest in both runs for a combined time of 1 minute, 57.17 seconds, beating teammate and world champion Tina Hermann by 0.44 seconds.

Janine Flock of Austria was third, 0.54 back, while Anna Fernstaedt, another German, was fourth.

Canada's Jane Channell finished 11th, just ahead of former world champion Katie Uhlaender of the United States who finished 12th in her World Cup comeback after a three-year break.

After three races, Loelling leads with 619 points, ahead of Flock on 561, and Hermann on 554.