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Francesco Friedrich gets 16th bobsled world title with 4-man win

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 on the final day of the international bobsled season.

Associated Press News on MSN · 3h

Francesco Friedrich of Germany wins 16th world bobsled championship, taking 4-man in Lake Placid

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 on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season.

NBC Sports · 11d

Elana Meyers Taylor, Kaillie Humphries take bobsled returns to world champs in Lake Placid

Meyers Taylor, plus fellow American Kaysha Love and Australian Bree Walker combined to win the last four World Cup monobob races. Meyers Taylor’s triumphs on Jan. 24 and 25 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, marked her first World Cup victories since having Noah.

Adirondack Daily Enterprise · 14h

Friedrich leads 4-man world bobsled title race

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsled title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race that started Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

The Associated Press on MSN · 23h

Friedrich leads 4-man world bobsled title race as weather takes its toll on Lake Placid track

Friedrich — a 15-time world champion, with nine two-man golds and four two-man golds on his resume along with two more Olympic golds in both disciplines — was going to be the leader anyway. His one-run time is 54.23 seconds, with Lochner (54.52) second and Britain's Brad Hall (54.54) third.

North Country Public Radio · 2d

Strength and skill on display at Bobsled & Skeleton World Champs in Lake Placid

Lake Placid is hosting the World Championships for bobsled and skeleton. Races started last weekend and continue on Friday and Saturday.

GBH · 4d

Jamaica's bobsled team aims to make history in Lake Placid

Almost 40 years after a Jamaican bobsled team charmed Olympic viewers, the country's program is climbing the ranks and prompting hopes of winning Jamaica's first winter Olympic medal.

CBC.ca · 2h

Friedrich wins 16th bobsleigh world title, taking 4-man in Lake Placid

Germany's Francesco Friedrich 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.

Del Duca finishes fourth in 4-man competition at Bobsled World Championships

Heat 4 saw Del Duca's fastest start time at 5 seconds flat. The top American team ended with a time of 55.55, but were able to move ahead of one of the German teams for a 4th place finish overall. Del ...

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Germans hold 1-2-3 spots midway through 2-man world bobsled championship, with US in medal hunt

Take the season’s biggest races in the sliding sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge, meaning either the Olympics or the world ...

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At the bobsled and skeleton world championships, some moms might make their way to the podium

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — The latest addition to the list of amenities available to athletes at the bobsled and skeleton world championships is a room inside a lodge just down the hill from the finish ...