South Korea has finished in the top ten at the Luge World Cup for the first time since it began competing in international sleigh races.

Led by coach Lee Chang-yong, the Korean team came in eighth with a time of two minutes and 30-point-446 seconds in the team relay event at the Viessmann Luge World Cup Sunday in Winterberg, Germany.
 
Korea beat Germany by zero-point-023 seconds. 

Italy won in a track record of two minutes and 25-point-874 seconds. The U.S. and Austria came in second and third. 

The Korean bobsleigh team won three gold medals this year at the American Cup, a continental competition. But this is the first time the Korean team has finished in the top ten at the World Cup in bobsleigh, luge or skeleton.