Germany's Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt celebrate their 33rd Luge World Cup doubles victory in Oberhof ©Getty Images

Germany’s Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt moved to within one win of matching the record number of Luge World Cup doubles victories after leading a German one-two finish on their home track in Oberhof.

The Olympic champions put together the fastest runs in both heats, including a track-record of 40.693sec in the first, to post a winning time of 1:21.713 and ensure their 33rd World Cup win.

It leaves the pair just one win behind compatriots Patric Leitner and Alexander Resch, who retired from the sport in 2010 having amassed a total of 34 World Cup victories.

Wendl and Arlt’s fourth win of the season relegated team-mates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken to second place, 0.609 seconds behind.

"We surprised ourselves by posting that time on our first run, and we didn’t expect to have such a margin at the end," said Wendl.

"But some parts of the first run just really flowed.

"Let’s hope it continues in a similar vein."

Austria’s Peter Penz and Georg Fischler came third, 0.737 seconds off the pace, making them the only non-Germans to make the podium in the three World Cup events over the weekend.

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt are now just one World Cup victory short of the all-time record
Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt are now just one World Cup victory short of the all-time record ©Getty Images

Victory for Wendl and Arlt, who improved on their own track record of 41.368 set last year, moves them up to 767 points in the overall standings after they also took the sprint race honours.

Their margin over defending champions Eggert and Benecken now stands at 37 points, with Penz and Fischler a further 65 behind in third.

There was more German success in the individual sprint events today as Felix Loch won the men’s title and Natalie Geisenberger claimed the women’s.

Both podiums were monopolised by Germany with Andi Langenhan and Ralf Palik completing the men’s, and Dajana Eitberger and Tatjana Huefner rounding out the women’s.

Loch’s fifth consecutive World Cup win puts him at the top of the men’s standings on 690 points, followed by Austria’s Wolfgang Kindl on 600 and the United States’ Chris Mazdzer on 511.

Geisenberger’s tally of 680 points sees her head the women’s rankings with Eitberger second on 608 and the US’s Summer Britcher third on 603.

The World Cup is set to take a break next weekend ahead of the 46th International Luge Federation World Championships in Königssee, Germany from January 29 to 31.

The seventh World Cup of the season is scheduled to be held in Sochi on February 6 and 7.