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German pair secure luge gold

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Tobias Arlt and Tobias Wendl win the gold medal for Germany in the men's doubles luge at the Winter Olympics in Sochi.

Germany's Tobias Arlt and Tobias Wendl have won gold in the men's doubles luge at the Winter Olympics this afternoon.

The pair secured victory by a margin of 0.522 seconds ahead of Austria's Andreas Linger and Wolfgang Linger, who won gold at the 2006 and 2010 Games but could only take silver this time around.

Gold Medallists, Germany's Tobias Arlt and Tobias Wendl celebrate at the Luge Doubles Flower Ceremony at the Sanki Sliding Center during the Sochi Winter Olympics on February 12, 2014© Getty Images

Latvian brothers Andris Sics and Juris Sics, who won silver in Vancouver four years ago, claimed the bronze medal with a total time of 1:39.790, which was 0.857 off the pace of Arlt and Wendl.

Germany have now claimed three luge golds at the Sochi Games, after Felix Loch's success in the individual men's event and Natalie Geisenberger's gold in the women's luge.

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