The incredibly close duel between Francesco Friedrich and Johannes Lochner in the two-way bob was certainly the previous highlight at the BOB World Cup. The title fights in Lake Placid are a success for the German athletes at half -time.
The German skeletonis remained without a medal at the World Cup in Lake Placid/USA. For this, the athletes of the BOB and SCHLOTENBEIGEN for Germany (BSD) cleared all three medals in the two-way bob. There was also silver in the Monobob for Laura Nolte behind the outstanding local hero Kaysha Love.
“I’m totally happy”said Nolte in the sports show. “It didn’t go so well in training, so I am glad that I got it implemented in the race. Kaysha was simply not to beat here. I still kept well and placed between two Americans. I think that is impressive.“
National coach Spies: “At a level”
It went even better in the two -way bob, where Francesco Friedrich and Johannes Lochner had already delivered countless duels. This time they took it to the top. “It was the hardest race that I can remember”Lochner said, the beaten one: With three hundred stalls ahead of the finish, his permanent rival had snatched the World Cup gold in two. Lochner then peppered his hat frustrated on the floor. And Friedrich cheered after the second thriller in Lake Placid about his 15th World Cup title.
National coach René Spies spoke of one “Outstanding, exciting races at eye level until the end”. He would have liked “That it is at the same time as 2017”. Both pilots are “At a level” driven. Adam Ammour’s bronze medal completed the medal set for the BSD in the two.
Four decision promises tension again
The first World Cup act was spectacular – and the continuation follows. “Now it’s time to rest” and then “Get going again”said record world champion Friedrich, because this week on Saturday and Sunday the second act is coming up in four runs in the four.
Lochner, who – little consolation – broke the ancient stretcher record of the Canadian Pierre Lueders from 2003, hopes to “An exciting race, maybe with a few other nations at the front”. While Sweibie Georg Fleischhauer is concerned and names the Olsmpische Games 2026 as the actually big goal of the Upper Bavarian slide, the “boss” from Berchtesgaden is already looking at the title in Lake Placid: “We want to show that we can also win gold.”
Francesco Friedrich: “It will be even crisp”
The prerequisite for this is a good training week in which the eternal rivals will sniff again. Friedrich announced to Sportschau.de to probably miss Friday training because it “Too close to the race” be. His forecast: the four will be “Even crisp” As the two -way race.
In any case, the counterparts have put the bar for the drama very high. The bob fans would certainly look forward to a new hundredth of decision.