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 … Read more
Germany’s Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsleigh title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race that started Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg. The second heat of the four-heat race was cancelled — after it had been run in its entirety — Friday because … Read more
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,” … Read more
