Francesco Friedrich on Sunday won two more World Cup bobsled overall titles, the 21st and 22nd of the German star’s career.
Friedrich drove to a second-placed finish in the World Cup four-man race, good enough to clinch his seventh consecutive season title in that sled and his eighth combined World Cup crown.
He clinched the season title — his seventh — in two-man on Saturday.
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His career numbers only get more absurd: 147 World Cup race medals, four Olympic gold medals and 14 gold medals in world championship races — a figure he would be looking to improve when bobsled holds its world title races for this year over the first two weeks of next month in Lake Placid, New York.
“The whole season was very good,” Friedrich said.
“We stand on the podium, we did a great job on the start. Sometimes I don’t even get the best line, but yes, we were good the whole season,” he said.
Johannes Lochner of Germany drove to the four-man win, wrapping up his second-place finish in the season standings.
Friedrich was second and Brad Hall of Britain was third — the same spot he ended up in the four-man season-long chase.
“It’s such a fantastic and beautiful sport,” Friedrich said. “With the guys, it’s so fun every week.”
In the two-woman race on Sunday, Laura Nolte of Germany drove to the win — her fifth of the season — to clinch the overall title in that event. Lisa Buckwitz of Germany was second and Melissa Lotholz of Canada was third.
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