Canada has won silver in the luge team relay event at the Pyeongchang Olympics.

Team Canada set a track record with a time of 2:24.872, but that mark was topped by Germany (2:24.517) in the final run of the event on Thursday.

The medal is just the country's second ever in luge, Alex Gough won Canada's first ever medal with a bronze in women's luge earlier this week.

The Canadian team was made up of Alex Gough, Sam Edney, and Tristan Walker and Justin Snith 

Austria won bronze with a time of 2:24.988