Francesco Friedrich also dominates in Calgary and wins from the unbeaten World Cup for two bobs!

Historic day in Calgary in the last round of the bobsled World Cup. On the Alberta track, Francesco Friedrich won his eighth season win in the two-man bob, becoming the first athlete in the history of the discipline to win the Crystal Ball from unbeaten.

Monday 25 February 2019 4 minutes reading time

The phenomenon of Pirna accompanied by the faithful brakeman Thorsten Margis in the race, had to sweat the proverbial seven shirts in Canada to get the better of a very tough Justin Kripps who finished in second place just 9 cents from the winner. Friedrich was not satisfied by the previous 7 consecutive victories on the track with the knife between his teeth, pulling for the fourth weekend in a row the best times of the heats in both descents in the program, entering by law in the legend of this sport. The almost twenty-nine of Saxony if you consider the results of last season including the Pyeongchang Olympics, do not miss a two-man bobsleigh race from 10 consecutive tests or from January 13, 2018 when he was second in Sankt Moritz, and in a week in Whistler he will be called to a new company: to match the record of 5 consecutive world titles held by the unforgettable Eugenio Monti who established this thread between 1957 and 1961. Friedrich, an Olympic champion in bobsleigh with two and four in charge, also gets his second Crystal Ball of his career, after the one won in the 2016-2017 season, and also his first general four-man bobsled cup as well as the brakeman in Calgary. Grothkopp, Bauer and Margis won the fifth season success. The German champion has preceded in this competition compatriots Nico Walther (fifth in the two-edged bob) and Johannes Lochner (third in the two ed) who gave Germany the third Teutonic hat-trick of the season. German party also in the female bob with the Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka on the Canadian track has collected the fourth success of the season, bringing back to Europe a Crystal Ball that was missing from the 2011-2012 season. Behind the Teutonic was placed the 'American Elana Meyers-Taylor that in a global perspective will be held in high regard, and the other German Stephanie Schneider who came second in the standings of the Cup. After the World Cup season, the protagonists of the bob will move to Whistler where from the next weekend will be staged the World Championships.