World champion Johannes Lochner on verge of securing two-man Crystal Globe triumph in Sigulda

Johnannes Lochner took a giant step towards the two-man crystal globe title with a commanding victory in Sigulda. The world champion secured his fifth victory of the season, and a first ever in Sigulda, by 0.36s from compatriot Francesco Friedrich.

Ad Lochner can wrap up the crystal globe in Sunday's season finale and, on this evidence, he will take some stopping. BobsleighGerman Friedrich narrowly beats Great Britain's Hall to bobsleigh gold in Innsbruck12/02/2023 AT 18:50 He was again the class of the field and never seemed under pressure on his second run, as he set a combined time of 1:40.37.

Friedrich, who won the first two World Cup events of the season, survived an error on his final run to beat Max Illman by just 0.02s for silver. Illman made it an all-German top three, while it was a bad day for Great Britain's Brad Hall, who made a couple of mistakes at the top of his second run and eventually finished fifth – despite being third after the first run.

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Germany's Kim Kalicki finished second and Ying Qing became the first Chinese female bobsleigh pilot to win a medal by coming third. Humphries finished with 1712 points for the season, while Germany's Laura Nolte (1590) and Canada's Cynthia Appiah (1506) completed