Rico Peter pilots Swiss team to Lake Placid gold

BySportsbeat

Updated 17/12/2016 at 21:19 GMT

Switzerland's Rico Peter piloted his sled to four-man bobsleigh gold in the latest World Cup event in Lake Placid.

From left, second place team Steven Holcomb, Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Samuel McGuffie of the United States, first place team Peter Rico, Janne Bror van der Zijde, Simon Friedli and Thomas Amrhein of Switzerland, and third place team Chris Spring, Came

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Peter and his crew - Janne Bror van der Zijde, Simon Friedli and Thomas Amrhein - stopped the clock in 1:48.31, to finish ahead of the American sled piloted by Steven Holcomb having topped the standings after both runs.

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The Americans crossed the line in 1:48.70, pushing Chris Spring's Canadian sled into bronze medal position by just one hundredth of a second.

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Codie Bascue's sled just missed out on a medal position with a time of 1:48.76 to finish fourth with a Korean crew in fifth, while Lamin Deen's Great Britain crew crossed the line just half a second slower than the winners to place sixth.

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