Teammates, rivals are one and the same for Canadian bobsleigh athletes in Beijing
In bobsleigh, as with most Olympic sports, your teammates double as rivals.
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Yan earns China's first sliding medal as Grotheer wins skeleton gold
YANQING, China: Yan Wengang won China's first-ever medal in a Winter Games sliding event on Friday (Feb 11) as Germany continued their domination of the Olympic high-speed disciplines with Christopher Grotheer winning the men's skeleton gold.
Christopher Grotheer gives Germany another Olympic sliding gold medal
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'We don’t want a smaller bobsleigh family' - German Francesco Friedrich funds rival team Austria
German bobsledder Francesco Friedrich — who is the most successful pilot in World Cup history — says he helped Austrian rider Benjamin Maier with financial support to avoid the “bobsleigh family” getting smaller. The pair will be rivals on the track when they compete for Olympic success in Beijing. Ad/> In fact, Maier was just 0.2 seconds slower than Friedrich in the two-man training heats, but he may not have been able to compete had it not been for the German.
Winter Olympics medal count: Who is winning Beijing 2022 so far?
The Winter Olympics 2022 medal table is up for grabs in Beijing and Norway are the favourites to top the charts once more, having pipped Germany to top spot four years ago in Pyeongchang. Both nations won 14 gold medals in Korea, but Norway’s greater total of 39 medals overall gave them the edge over Germany, who won 31.
Germany's record Winter Olympian Pechstein to carry flag
BEIJING : Germany's record Winter Olympics medallist Claudia Pechstein, who was banned for doping in the past, and bobsledder Francesco Friedrich will carry their country's flag at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Games, the team said on Thursday.
