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BOB: World Cup gold for Friedrich in German triple success
It is a millimeter thriller between Friedrich and Lochner. One cheers over the World Cup gold, the other over the ancient track record. It was the third German triple success in the two -way bob since 2021.
22 years after the gold of André Lange, Francesco Friedrich is once again a German bob world champion in Lake Placid. The two-time double Olympic champion from Pirna once again crowned the king of two. It was the ninth World Cup gold since 2013 for the 34-year-old with just one exception (2023). “It was consistently exciting, the first two runs saved us,” said Friedrich, who screamed a loud “yes” at the finish line.
With two running times in four runs, the Saxon with a slip Alexander Schüller prevailed on the demanding railway on Mount van Hoevenberg with a 0.03 seconds ahead of his permanent rival Johannes Lochner, who with Georg Fleischhauer could only break the dominance of the exceptional pilot in St. Moritz in 2023.
The only 23-year-old Adam Ammour rounded off the strong performance of the Germans with Benedikt Hertel. The third triple success in the small slide after 2021 in Altenberg and 2024 in Winterberg is still becoming more important in the US state of New York, since the German Bobs in 2009 and 2012 remained on the train without World Cup gold.
Ureal railway record cracked
After the narrow half-time lead of Friedrich with 14 hundredths of a second lead, he grabbed the ancient track record of the Canadian Pierre Lueders from 2003 in the third run.
But Lochner added again and blew with a train record in 54.52 seconds to attack gold. Before the final run, the Berchtesgadener reduced the gap to Friedrich to just six hundredths.
Dominator Friedrich counters
In the fourth run at Schneefall, Lochner presented again with 5.01 seconds at the start, drove almost ideal line in the ice channel and already cheered at the finish line, even though Friedrich was still at the top. Friedrich was already a few hundredths ago. Lochner already started to jump, but then Friedrich caught up in the last corners in the manner of a dominator and, together with the four-man bob, got his 15th World Cup title “How does he do that?” Lochner called and fired his helmet onto the floor. “It was the hardest race that I remember. At least we have the rail record,” said Lochner.
dpa
Source: Stern
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