Germany Holds 3 Of Top 4 Spots At Olympic Two-Man Midpoint
Feb 14, 2022, 10:38 AM | Updated: 10:51 am
BEIJING (AP) — There’s never been an instance of one nation sweeping the medals in an Olympic bobsled event. Germany has a chance to change that.
The world’s sliding superpower grabbed three of the top four spots at the midpoint of the two-man competition at the Beijing Olympics with reigning world and Olympic champion Francesco Friedrich leading the way.
And you think you want to try bobsled?
(Don't worry, no one from the German team got hurt and they're still in first place headed into the final.)https://t.co/CXuCor9Ywq pic.twitter.com/6AK0nUgZNI— NBC Olympics (@NBCOlympics) February 18, 2018
Olympic rookie Frank DelDuca is the top American sled in the two-man event so far.
He teamed with Hakeem Abdul-Saboor to hold 15th place.
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