Give you a statement and table with its title in Markdown format, please determine whether the statement is supported or refuted by, or is unrelated to the table. It'a binary classification problem, you should choose the answer between supported and refuted. Table cells in one row are seperated by '|', and different rows are seperated by '
'.

Table:
| rank | nation | gold | silver | bronze | total |
| 1 | soviet union | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 2 | west germany | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 3 | austria | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 4 | italy | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 5 | east germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Title:
fil world luge championships 1978
Statement:
east germany is ranked higher than west germany
Answer:
refuted