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Canadians Tristan Walker and Justin Snith move closer to World Cup luge podium

Tristan Walker, front, and Justin Snith, of Canada, compete during the doubles luge World Cup race in Altenberg, eastern Germany, Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)

ALTENBERG, Germany - Canadians Tristan Walker and Justin Snith ended their season on a high note, narrowly missing the podium with a fifth-place finish on Saturday at a World Cup luge doubles race in Altenberg, Germany.

Struggling to find their way near the top of the international standings — a place they comfortably owned two years ago — Walker and Snith again challenged for medals over the last two weeks. The two Canadians teamed up to match their best result of the season with a fifth-place time of 1:23.738.

Walker, from Cochrane, Alta., and Calgary's Snith enjoyed a breakthrough performance last week when they were in the medal mix at the world championships before making a costly mistake on their second run dropping them to eighth. They came back out the following day and led the Canadians to a bronze medal in the team relay.

Germany's Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken won the doubles race with a time of 1:22.890. Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt, also of Germany, were second at 1:23.269. Austria's Peter Penz and Georg Fischler posted the third fastest times in each of their two runs to secure the bronze medal at 1:23.471.

Calgary's Mitch Malyk proved his 12th place finish last week was no fluke. The 20-year-old Malyk matched his world championship finish with a time of 1:48.392.

World champion Felix Loch of Germany won gold in 1:47.556. Russia's Roman Repilov slid into the silver medal position on the podium at 1:47.885, while American Chris Mazdzer locked up the bronze in 1:47.902.

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