Gough earns 2nd straight silver

SIGULDA, LATVIA — Canadian Alex Gough is on a nice roll heading into the Sochi Winter Games.

The 26-year-old from Calgary capped the World Cup season off in style, finishing second in a second straight women’s singles luge event Saturday for her 17th career World Cup medal.

American Kate Hansen claimed the gold medal with a two-run time of one minute 23.976 seconds. Gough, the first-run leader, finished second, 0.076 seconds behind. Russian Natalia Khoreva was third, 0.176 seconds back.