Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis/Candy Bauer/Alexander Schueller of Germany celebrate during the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
YANQING, Beijing, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) -- Francesco Friedrich of Germany repeated his bobsleigh Olympic double when he piloted his crew to the four-man race gold at the Beijing Olympic Winter Games on Sunday.
With the win, Friedrich became the first pilot to win golds in two-man and four-man bobsleigh at two consecutive Olympic Games.
Friedrich, who took the two-man gold Tuesday, drove his German crew of Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer and Alexander Schueller to a winning time of three minutes and 54.30 seconds over four runs.
Another German pilot Johannes Lochner took silver with 0.37 seconds behind. Canadian pilot Justin Kripps came in third in 3:55.09.
"We are so proud and so happy about the result. We gave everything we had today. We got it," said Friedrich.
He now began to eye a triple-double at the next Winter Olympics.
"We hope it goes on. Our goal is to make four more years," he said. ■
Florian Bauer (front) of Germany react during the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
Johannes Lochner/Florian Bauer/Christopher Weber/Christian Ras of Germany attend the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Johannes Lochner/Florian Bauer/Christopher Weber/Christian Ras of Germany attend the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Justin Kripps/Ryan Sommer/Cam Stones/Benjamin Coakwell of Canada attend the awarding ceremony after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Christopher Spring/Cody Sorensen/Samuel Giguere/Mike Evelyn of Canada compete during the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
Johannes Lochner/Florian Bauer/Christopher Weber/Christian Ras of Germany compete during the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
Johannes Lochner/Florian Bauer/Christopher Weber/Christian Ras of Germany react after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Yao Jianfeng)
Justin Kripps/Ryan Sommer/Cam Stones/Benjamin Coakwell of Canada react after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Francesco Friedrich/Thorsten Margis/Candy Bauer/Alexander Schueller of Germany react after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
Christoph Hafer/Michael Salzer/Matthias Sommer/Tobias Schneider of Germany competes during the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/He Changshan)
Justin Kripps/Ryan Sommer/Cam Stones/Benjamin Coakwell of Canada react after the bobsleigh 4-man heat of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics at National Sliding Centre in Yanqing District, Beijing, capital of China, Feb. 20, 2022. (Xinhua/Sun Fei)
