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Germany secured Olympic gold in luge for the third time at the Beijing Games after Tobias Wendl and Tobias Artl topped the open doubles on Wednesday. The German team also clinched silver with Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken, while bronze went to Thomas Steu and Lorenz Koller of Austria. “This is indescribable. This is the toughest gold medal. We are fighters, we are biters. You can count on us every four years at the Games,” Wendl said. Wendl and Artl built on their first run lead to clock a total time of 1 minute 56.554 seconds. They are now the first-ever male sliders to get five Olympic gol…