ALTENBERG, Germany — World luge champion Erin Hamlin of the United States is going to the Olympics.

Hamlin, of Remsen, N.Y., finished fifth in a World Cup race in Germany on Sunday, officially locking up her second trip to the Olympics by meeting one of USA Luge's selection criteria.

The rest of the U.S. team for the Vancouver Games will be unveiled Dec. 18.

Tatjana Huefner led Germany's women to a sweep of the top four places in a World Cup luge race that extended their winning streak on the circuit to 93 races — although Hamlin won the world championship in February on her home track in Lake Placid, N.Y.

Huefner had the fastest runs in both heats Sunday to grab her 18th World Cup win with a two-run time was 1 minute, 47.555 seconds. Natalie Geisenberger, Anke Wischnewski and Corinna Martini followed for the Germans, while Hamlin's time was 1:48.522.

Hamlin needed to finish fifth or better to clinch, and edged sixth-place finisher Nina Reithmeyer of Austria by only 0.062 seconds.

Hamlin was 12th in the 2006 Turin Olympics.