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CBC
15-03-2025
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Friedrich wins 16th bobsleigh world title, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., on the final day of the international bobsleigh season. This is the sixth time — all in the last seven seasons — that Friedrich has swept the World Cup season titles in both two- and four-man, plus swept those races at either the Olympics or the world championships that season. Friedrich finished three runs — one of the scheduled four heats was cancelled on Friday because of worsening track conditions as the air temperature rose — over two days in two minutes 44.52 seconds. WATCH l Friedrich captures 7th career 4-man world title: Germany's Francesco Friedrich wins 7th career 4-man bobsleigh world title 5 hours ago Duration 2:39 Johannes Lochner of Germany was second in 2:44.80 and Brad Hall of Britain was third in 2:45.00. The top American sled was driven by Frank Del Duca, who finished fourth in 2:45.64. Calgary's Taylor Austin piloted the top Canadian sled to an eighth-place finish, clocking a total time of 2:46.64 alongside Ottawa's Mike Evelyn O'Higgins, CFL player Keaton Bruggeling of St. Catharines, Ont., and former CFLer Shaq Murray-Lawrence of Scarborough, Ont. Friedrich capped another year when he was the best bobsledder in the world, winning medals in all 17 of his major international races (15 World Cups, plus the two-man and four-man events in Lake Placid). He won 10 golds, also best in the world this year, with six silvers and one bronze. Lochner finished his year with 16 medals — six gold, seven silver and three bronze. IBSF Bobsled And Skeleton World Championships: 4-man bobsleigh heat 4 9 hours ago Duration 51:38 Watch the deciding heat of the men's 4-man bobsleigh at the IBSF Bobsled And Skeleton World Championships from Lake Placid, New York.
Yahoo
15-03-2025
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Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season. This is the sixth time — all in the last seven seasons — that Friedrich has swept the World Cup season titles in both two- and four-man, plus swept those races at either the Olympics or the world championships that season. Friedrich finished three runs — one of the scheduled four heats was canceled on Friday because of worsening track conditions as the air temperature rose — over two days in 2 minutes, 44.52 seconds. Johannes Lochner of Germany was second in 2:44.80 and Brad Hall of Britain was third in 2:45.00. The top American sled was driven by Frank Del Duca, who finished fourth in 2:45.64, while Kris Horn of the U.S. drove to a seventh-place finish. 'The biggest thing was just having friends and family here,' Del Duca said after wrapping up worlds on his home Lake Placid track. 'Coming up the outrun and high-fiving them and hearing them cheer was really special. It was a great time.' Friedrich capped another year when he was the best bobsledder in the world, winning medals in all 17 of his major international races (15 World Cups, plus the two-man and four-man events in Lake Placid). He won 10 golds, also best in the world this year, with six silvers and one bronze. Lochner finished his year with 16 medals — six gold, seven silver and three bronze. ___ AP sports: The Associated Press
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15-03-2025
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Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season. This is the sixth time — all in the last seven seasons — that Friedrich has swept the World Cup season titles in both two- and four-man, plus swept those races at either the Olympics or the world championships that season. Friedrich finished three runs — one of the scheduled four heats was canceled on Friday because of worsening track conditions as the air temperature rose — over two days in 2 minutes, 44.52 seconds. Johannes Lochner of Germany was second in 2:44.80 and Brad Hall of Britain was third in 2:45.00. The top American sled was driven by Frank Del Duca, who finished fourth in 2:45.64, while Kris Horn of the U.S. drove to a seventh-place finish. 'The biggest thing was just having friends and family here,' Del Duca said after wrapping up worlds on his home Lake Placid track. 'Coming up the outrun and high-fiving them and hearing them cheer was really special. It was a great time.' Friedrich capped another year when he was the best bobsledder in the world, winning medals in all 17 of his major international races (15 World Cups, plus the two-man and four-man events in Lake Placid). He won 10 golds, also best in the world this year, with six silvers and one bronze. Lochner finished his year with 16 medals — six gold, seven silver and three bronze. ___ AP sports:
Associated Press
15-03-2025
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Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. (AP) — Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season. This is the sixth time — all in the last seven seasons — that Friedrich has swept the World Cup season titles in both two- and four-man, plus swept those races at either the Olympics or the world championships that season. Friedrich finished three runs — one of the scheduled four heats was canceled on Friday because of worsening track conditions as the air temperature rose — over two days in 2 minutes, 44.52 seconds. Johannes Lochner of Germany was second in 2:44.80 and Brad Hall of Britain was third in 2:45.00. The top American sled was driven by Frank Del Duca, who finished fourth in 2:45.64, while Kris Horn of the U.S. drove to a seventh-place finish. 'The biggest thing was just having friends and family here,' Del Duca said after wrapping up worlds on his home Lake Placid track. 'Coming up the outrun and high-fiving them and hearing them cheer was really special. It was a great time.' Friedrich capped another year when he was the best bobsledder in the world, winning medals in all 17 of his major international races (15 World Cups, plus the two-man and four-man events in Lake Placid). He won 10 golds, also best in the world this year, with six silvers and one bronze. Lochner finished his year with 16 medals — six gold, seven silver and three bronze. ___
CBC
09-03-2025
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Friedrich wins 9th 2-man world bobsleigh title, leading another German sweep
The greatest ever just keeps getting better. Francesco Friedrich is a world champion again, winning the two-man race at Mount Van Hoevenberg on Sunday in a down-to-the-wire finish — holding off German teammate Johannes Lochner by the razor-slim margin of 0.03 seconds over four runs encompassing about four miles of ice. "It was a tough battle," Friedrich said. "We said it would be." It's the ninth two-man world championship of Friedrich's career and extended his record total to 15 world titles overall, when adding in his six crowns in four-man. He'll look to add another four-man title when worlds conclude in Lake Placid next week. That total doesn't even take into account his four Olympic gold medals — two-man and four-man sweeps at the 2018 and 2022 Games. When it comes to the biggest races, nobody has won more than Friedrich. Not even close. And for this title, he had to make up some ground in the final turns. "Having the motivation to win every race is no problem for me," Friedrich said. WATCH | Friedrich wins 9th 2-man world title in dramatic fashion: Francesco Friedrich wins 9th 2-man world title in dramatic fashion 1 hour ago Duration 3:35 Germany's Francesco Friedrich edged out teammate Johannes Lochner by .03 seconds to capture his 9th 2-man world championship title in the last 10 years. It's the fourth time in the last five years that Germany has swept the podium in the 2-man competition. Friedrich and Alexander Schuller finished their four runs over two days in three minutes, 39.32 seconds. Lochner and Georg Fleischhauer finished in 3:39.35, and Adam Ammour and Benedikt Hertel finished the German medal sweep in 3:40.15. It's the fourth time in the last five years that Germany has swept the medals in the season's biggest two-man race, this one being added to the sweeps at worlds in 2021, the 2022 Beijing Olympics and last year's world championships. Watch live coverage of the bobsleigh world championships on and CBC Gem. A live streaming schedule is available here. Frank Del Duca and Charlie Volker were fourth for the U.S. in 3:40.38, missing a medal by less than a quarter-second. And after it was over, Del Duca tipped his cap to Friedrich's continued dominance. "He knows how to communicate with a sled," Del Duca said. "He knows when he needs to steer a little more. He knows when to just let it run. And sometimes he's flat-out flawless. He just knows how to get speed out of the sled. And he and the guys around him are incredible athletes. They always find a way to get it done." Leuders's track record falls Friedrich was first down the mountain Sunday and set the tone by completing Run 3 in 54.60 seconds, a track record — shaving 0.01 seconds off the mark that Pierre Lueders of Canada set 22 years ago. And Friedrich held the record for about two minutes. Lochner got down in 54.52 seconds, cutting Friedrich's overall lead going into the final heat to 0.06 seconds. The start order is reversed for the final run so Lochner went next-to-last, one sled before Friedrich, and finished in 54.94 seconds. That meant Friedrich needed a 55.00 to tie; he crossed the line in 54.97. Lochner's split times in the final run put him ahead of Friedrich with about three turns left, before Friedrich made up the deficit in the final 100 meters or so of the track. Friedrich got five wins in the World Cup season and Lochner won four times. There are only eight races — the German stars actually tied for the win in one of those events, and through 20 competitive two-man runs this season Friedrich's two-man sled finished a mere 1.13 seconds faster than Lochner's. They were close all season, and close again in the season's two-man finale. "It was an amazing race," Lochner said.
