The 28-year-old triple world champion clocked 1 min 53.138 for second position, which included a track record time of 56.175 on her second run.

That broke the record she set herself five years ago, but it wasn't enough for victory as her compatriot Tatjana Hüfner posted a combined total of 1:53.009.

Geisenberger was the one left celebrating though as she finished on a tally of 895 points to win the World Cup for a fourth year in a row.

It also meant that Germany took all four International Luge Federation World Cup titles on offer this season.

"My season wasn’t as successful as previous years, but I did manage to come out on top in the main events - the World Championships and the overall World Cup," said Geisenberger.

Third place in Winterberg went to Tatiana Ivanova who was timed at 1:53.368, and the Russian was also second overall with 771 points.

That narrowly edged Hüfner, who finished on 769, into third.

There was also overall success for Germany in he doubles as Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt won the World Cup for a fourth time.

It was a similar story to the women's event as the pairing, the Olympic champions, only came second on the day which nevertheless proved to be enough.

The champions were timed at 1:26.863 but their compatriots Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken were quickest on 1:26.473.

"I think we deserved to win the overall title," said Wendl.

"The season didn’t get off to a good start, but our only major disaster was in Lake Placid.

"Aside from that we were always in contention at the front.”

Third place in Winterberg went to Latvian combination Oskars Gudramovics and Peteris Kalnins who clocked 1:27.055 to equal their best performance of the season.

Eggert and Benecken finished second overall with Austrians Peter Penz and Georg Fischler, who crashed in Winterberg, coming third.

In the men's event, German Felix Loch had already won the overall title and was sixth, as Russia's Stepan Fedorov claimed a surprise victory.

His time of 1:47.210 saw him finish above American Chris Mazdzer, timed at 1:47.245, and Italian Dominik Fischnaller who managed 1:47.276.

Germany protested about the weather conditions at the track for their runs but their appeal was rejected.

"I had trouble getting my athletes motivated to start the race,” said German head coach Norbert Loch, the father of Felix.

Austria's Wolfgang Kindl finished fifth to take second place overall behind Loch, with Mazdzer third.

Germany's final win came in the team relay, despite Canada winning the Winterberg race.

Russia were second and Austria third, but Germany's fourth place with a "reserve" line-up of Hüfner, Ralf Palik and Eggert and Benecken gave them a winning overall score of 491 points, ahead of Russia's 385 and the USA's 375.