Canada earned its second Olympic luge medal in dramatic fashion as the relay team raced to a time of two minutes 24.872 seconds.
The powerhouse Germans won gold in 2:24.517 while Austria took bronze in 2:24.988.
The Canadians mobbed doubles duo Walker and Snith after their doubles run put Canada atop the standings with just the Austrians and Germans to go.
The medal was redemption for CalgaryB次元官网网址檚 Sam Edney, Alex Gough and Justin Snith and Cochrane, Alta., native Tristan Walker, who combined finished fourth in the relay when it made its Olympic debut four years ago B次元官网网址� a mere tenth of a second back of third.
The foursome got bumped up to bronze for what would have been CanadaB次元官网网址檚 first luge podium at a Games in December when two Russian competitors were among dozens of athletes from the host nation stripped of their 2014 results and banned for life for alleged doping violations by the International Olympic Committee.
But the Canadians were once again pushed back to fourth following the Court of Arbitration for SportB次元官网网址檚 recent decision to overturn the punishment for 28 of those athletes, including lugers Albert Demchenko and Tatiana Ivanova.
Gough secured CanadaB次元官网网址檚 first-ever Olympic medal in luge with a bronze in TuesdayB次元官网网址檚 womenB次元官网网址檚 race.
