Germany's Friedrich wins bobsleigh gold, his 100th at the World Cup and world championship levels

Francesco Friedrich of Germany won another IBSF four-man bobsleigh race on Sunday in Igls, Austria, the 100th victory of his career in either World Cup or world championship competitions.

He now has driven to 35 victories in World Cup four-man races, along with 51 wins in World Cup two-man events, eight two-man world championships and six four-man world championships.

Not included in that total: four golds — two in two-man, two in four-man — in Olympic competition.

Friedrich's dominance is unmatched in bobsleigh history. He has medalled in 31 of his last 32 World Cup four-man races and 60 of his last 62 World Cup two-man races; he took silver in two-man at Igls on Saturday.

In his World Cup career, Friedrich has medalled in 142 of 197 races.

Brad Hall of Britain drove to the silver in the four-man race Sunday, and Johannes Lochner of Germany was third. Frank del Duca drove to a 10th-place finish for the U.S.

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Canada's Pat Norton drove his four-man crew to sixth place for a career-best World Cup finish.

Norton, who worked his way up in the sport as a brakeman before getting into the pilot's seat in 2020, teamed up with a veteran crew from Ontario – Mke Evelyn O'Higgins (Ottawa) along with CFLers Keaton Bruggeling (Ottawa) and Shaq Murray-Lawrence (Scarborough, Ont.), to clock a two-run time of 1:41.30.

"It's exciting to have some breakthrough success in the big sled, but the work is not done yet. We're building momentum and we're going to keep pushing forward," said Norton, who also hails from the nation's capital.

In the two-woman race later Sunday, Germany swept the medals with Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi