Emily Sweeney, a world bronze medallist in women's singles in 2019, has earned a spot in the United States' luge team for the new World Cup season ©Getty Images

World bronze medallist Emily Sweeney secured her place in the United States’ luge team for the new World Cup season after winning the women’s singles selection race in Salt Lake City.

Sweeney clocked 1min 31.616sec to edge out Ashley Farquharson by just 0.2 as Brittney Arndt took third spot.

All three women have been named in the World Cup squad along with two-time Olympian Summer Britcher who was exempt from the qualifying process due to her sixth-place finish at this year’s World Championships.

Due to weather and track conditions this month, only two selection races were held in doubles and women’s singles, while the men squeezed in all three.

Tucker West completed a clean sweep of victories, posting a time of 1:43.806 on the 2002 Olympic track.

He will be joined in the men’s singles team by Jonny Gustafson and injured Olympic silver medallist Chris Mazdzer has been given a discretionary place.

Mazdzer revealed earlier this month that he had damaged his foot in a "few places" after hitting a wall during a singles training run in Sochi in Russia.

As a result of the injury sustained earlier this month, neither Mazdzer nor doubles partner Jayson Terdiman have taken a run this season on their new sled.

But the duo have received a World Cup spot as the result of a discretionary choice by the USA Luge selection committee.

Dana Kellogg and Duncan Segger and Zack DiGregorio and Sean Hollander have also been chosen following their performances in Salt Lake City.

Chris Mazdzer has been selected by USA Luge for the World Cup season despite his foot injury  ©Getty Images
Chris Mazdzer has been selected by USA Luge for the World Cup season despite his foot injury ©Getty Images

Kellogg and Segger cruised to victory in 1:31.514, beating DiGregorio and Hollander by one second as Chevonne Forgan and Sophie Kirkby came third in 1:33.726.

The team are now set to travel to China to train at the Yanqing Sliding Center where racers and coaches will finally get a first-hand look at the course for next year's Winter Olympics, due to take place between February 4 and 20.

The World Cup season is scheduled to begin there on November 20 and 21.

"Overall, we had a good pre-season and got the most out of it, and we can look optimistically into the near future when we get to compare to our international competition for the first time this season," said Robert Fegg, US national team head coach.

"Everyone is looking forward to a few days off to recharge before going to China.

"Another big thank you to everyone who made this pre-season successful."

The US is due to select its team for Beijing 2022 in mid-January.

Competitors have the first seven races of the World Cup season to stake their claim to a berth at Beijing 2022.

The Olympic quota is three women singles, three men singles and two doubles teams for a combined 10 nominees.