From Altenberg, GER
(Dec. 7, 2018) – Christine de Bruin won gold in just her second European Cup start, beating out a pair of German pilots in Altenberg.
The Canadian Olympian was the quickest in both heats on her way to a .30 of a second victory over 2017/2018 European Cup runner up Laura Nolte. Nolte’s German teammate, Christin Senkel, finished third.
Julie Johnson finished eighth for Canada.
Results:
| Pos | Name | Nation | Start 1 | Start 2 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total |
| 1 | de Bruin / Bujnowski | CAN | 5.83 | 5.78 | 59.63 | 59.48 | 1:59.11 |
| 2 | Nolte / Zelichowski | GER | 5.77 | 5.78 | 59.70 | 59.71 | 1:59.41 |
| 3 | Senkel / Seer | GER | 5.86 | 5.84 | 60.11 | 59.87 | 1:59.98 |
| 4 | Kim / Yoo | KOR | 6.25 | 6.21 | 60.41 | 59.78 | 2:00.19 |
| 5 | Lee / Jeon | KOR | 6.17 | 6.16 | 60.25 | 60.11 | 2:00.36 |
| 6 | Rebsamen / Hottinger | SUI | 6.09 | 6.06 | 60.97 | 60.50 | 2:01.47 |
| 7 | Osipenko / Proshkina | RUS | 5.98 | 6.00 | 61.02 | 60.80 | 2:01.82 |
| 8 | Johnson / McCue | CAN | 6.05 | 6.00 | 69.46 | 67.78 | 2:17.24 |
