Friedrich triumphs in the two-man bobsleigh in Innsbruck – sport
Innsbruck (dpa) – Record world champion Francesco Friedrich has retracted his 55th World Cup victory. As in the previous week, the double Olympic champion from BSC Sachsen Oberbrenburg won the two-man bobsleigh World Cup in Innsbruck / Igls ahead of Johannnes Lochner.
This time, however, with a different pusher: Instead of Alexander Schller, his long-time regular pusher Thorsten Margis was allowed to run. In the second run, the duo set the fastest time to start in 5.09 seconds and relegated Johannes Lochner from Berchtesgaden and Christian Rasp, who started for Stuttgart, to second place thanks to a 0.36 second lead.
Despite the problems at the start with the light barrier and the delays, we push again really well. Our team is well positioned, so it can go on, said Friedrich. Even at Lochner, not everything went optimally, so he was happy about the second place again: Anything can happen in a snow race, it’s like a lottery, said Lochner on ZDF and emphasized: At some point I’ll get him this season.
Third in light snowfall was Canadian Justin Kripps, who was Olympic champion in Pyeongchang with Friedrich at the same time. Christoph Hafer from BC Bad Feilnbach finished sixth with Matthias Sommer.
Laura Nolte wins in the monobob
Winterberger Laura Nolte raced from sixth to second with a furious final run. The World Cup third in the two-man and monobob bobsleigh was only beaten by US pilot Elana Meyers Taylor, who saved her lead from the first run with five hundredths of a second to the finish. Third place went to Australian Breeana Walker. Kim Kalicki from Wiesbaden came twelfth. Mariama Jamanka from BRC Thringen came in 16th.
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