Lake Placid, NY – Francesco Friedrich won all the championships he could in Bobsledding this season.
The great German is now a world champion for the 16th time, limiting his seventh world title of four men on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the last day of the International Bobsled season.
This is the sixth time, all in the last seven seasons, which Friedrich has swept the titles of the World Cup season in two and four men, in addition to sweeping those careers in the Olympic Games or in the world championships of that season.
Friedrich finished three races: one of the four scheduled heating was canceled on Friday due to the worsening conditions of the track as the air temperature increased, for two days in 2 minutes, 44.52 seconds.
Johannes Locherner of Germany was second in 2: 44.80 and Brad Hall of Great Britain was third in 2: 45.00. The superior American sled was led by Frank del Duca, who finished fourth in 2: 45.64, while Kris Horn of the United States led to seventh place.
“The most important thing was to have friends and family here,” Duca said after concluding worlds in his house Placida del Lago. “Uploading to overcome them and light them and listen to them animated was really special. It was a great moment. “
Friedrich crowned another year when it was the best sled in the world, winning medals in its 17 main international races (15 world glasses, plus the events of two and four men in Lake Planid). He won 10 golds, also better in the world this year, with six silver and a bronze.
Lochner ended his year with 16 medals: six gold, seven silver and three bronze.
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