Friedrich also dominates the second heat and mortgage medal 'gold

A resounding Francesco Friedrch proves the pi & ugrave; strong in race and mortgage his second consecutive world title in 2 bob.

Friday 27 February 2015 4 minutes reading time

The German clocked the fastest time in the heats in the second run employing 56.08 seconds to walk the runway Winterberg & nbsp; and has trimmed another 14 cents to Latvian Oskars MelbÄrdis, that & egrave; managed to climb up to the second position after the bad first run in which he finished only seventh. The gap between the two & egrave; now 46 cents, and only a catastrophe potr & agrave; prevent the twenty-four native of Pirna to win the medal 'gold. Third place for the 'other Latvian Ugis Zalims, who has tried to limit the damage compared to German and if the' '& egrave; fared very well by clocking the fifth fastest time in the heats and maintaining the third position with a delay of only 2 cents compared to the winner of the World Cup this season. The Korean Won Yunjong & egrave; managed to keep the place obtained in the first run and & egrave; Always fourth with just 6 cents of detachment from the third place. Who paid the duty in this descent & egrave; was the junior world champion Richard Oelsner, now sixth with a gap of 63 cents by Friedrich, and even overtaken by compatriot Johannes Lochner. A tie with Oelsner c '' & egrave; Swiss Rico Peter preceding 12 cents compatriot Beat Hefti. The two Swiss have scored respectively the third and the fourth time this round, but will have to do even better in the last two runs to have any chance & agrave; to get on the podium. Italians Fontana and Ughi have worsened the result of the first run and are now ventottesimi. At the fourth and final descent attended only the first 20 finishers at the end of the third round, and the Azzurri at the time they are away 32 cents from the twentieth place. Did not take part in the race Simone Bertazzo, recovering from an injury and not yet recovered to 100%. The sports director of the Italian bobsleigh Gianfranco Rezzadore said the policeman of Pieve di Cadore & egrave; been preserved for the race bob 4. The third round of the bob will be held at 2 & agrave; Sunday morning from 10:30. & Nbsp;

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