Winter Sports news - Francesco Friedrich chalks up superb World Championship double

BySportsbeat

Updated 10/03/2019 at 11:36 GMT

Flawless Francesco Friedrich's domination of men's bobsleigh continued as the German completed a World Championship double with victory in the four-man competition in Whistler, Canada.

Francesco Friedrich

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Friedrich, who also became a double Olympic champion at PyeongChang 2018, had already won the two-man world title with Thorsten Margis earlier this month and he followed that up by driving Germany's four-man crew to glory.

Alongside Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp and Margis, the 28-year-old's sled came home in 3:21.33, pipping Oskars Kibermanis' Latvia (3:21.62) to the post by 0.29 seconds.

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The Latvians had led following Friday's first two runs before Germany roared back, with Friedrich recording the eighth World Championship gold medal of his career to date.

And, on home ice, Canada – driven by Justin Kripps – completed the podium in 3:21.78.

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