Tag: Francesco Friedrich
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Friedrich completes historic Worlds sweep with Four-Man title
Germany’s Francesco Friedrich made more history with a sensational double in the four-man sled to cap the final week of the IBSF World Championships...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Friedrich & Jamanka dominate men’s and women’s Twos at Bobsled Worlds
The seasonal leaders in the IBSF Bobsled World Cup confirmed their status as the best in the world with a German sweep of the...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: World Champs this week in Whistler
The climax of the 2018-19 ISBF season comes this week at the site of the 2010 Olympic Winter Games at the sliding track in...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Friedrich finishes perfect two-man season, wins four-man title in Calgary
It has literally been a perfect season for Germany’s Francesco Friedrich, the Olympic champ in the two-man and four-man sleds. With Thorsten Margis, he...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: Season titles on the line in World Cup finale in...
The eighth and final World Cup of the 2018-19 season is upon us, this year in Calgary (CAN) with all of the season titles...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Meyers Taylor & Kwaza win in Lake Placid; Wesenberg gets Skeleton...
PyeongChang Olympic silver medalist Elana Meyers Taylor started the IBSF World Cup season on the wrong note, having her sled disqualified for improper weight...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: World Cup circuit comes to North America
The IBSF World Cup season is three-quarters complete, with the remaining events to be held at Lake Placid, New York – this weekend –...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Meyers Taylor and Gibbs score first World Cup win this season
Winning streaks are meant to be broken, and Germany’s perfect record in the 2018-19 World Cup got stopped in St. Moritz (SUI) by the...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: Final European World Cup of 2019 is in St. Moritz
The IBSF World Cup is coming to a close quickly, with the sixth of eight stops this weekend in St. Moritz (SUI). It’s fairly...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Friedrich dominates again with two wins in Innsbruck
Germany’s Francesco Friedrich piloted the winning two-man and four-man bobs in PyeongChang last year and looks ready to defend those title at the World...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: Will Friedrich stay perfect in Innsbruck?
Four down, four to go for a perfect season for Germany’s double Olympic gold medalist Francesco Friedrich in the two-man division, as the IBSF...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Another German sweep in Konigssee as Friedrich stays perfect
Germany's sleds ruled the track in Konigssee (GER) at the fourth of eight stops on the 2018-19 IBSF World Cup, with Francesco Friedrich keeping...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Almost an Olympic re-run in Two-Man final in Altenberg
The PyeongChang Olympic Two-Man competition was one of the most thrilling ever, with Germany’s Francesco Friedrich and Canada’s Justin Kripps tying for the gold...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: Will Friedrich stay perfect in Altenberg?
We’re a quarter of the way through the IBSF World Cup schedule and racing resumes this week in Altenberg (GER), the second of three...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Germany wins four of five races in Winterberg
The racing was in Winterberg (GER) and the home team was ready.
German sleds didn’t just win both of the four-man sled races, they swept...
BOBSLED & SKELETON Preview: Friedrich and Jamanka look to continue winning in Winterberg
The second stop on the IBSF World Cup for 2018-19 is in Winterberg (GER), with two four-man races and a women’s race. There is...
BOBSLED & SKELETON: Double gold for Francesco Friedrich in Sigulda
Double Olympic gold medalist and seven-time World Champion Francesco Friedrich (GER) showed he is ready to reclaim the title in the IBSF World Cup...