Germany not only leads the pack halfway through the two-man bobsled in the Olympics on Monday — they also held second and fourth places, underlining the dominance of the country that is home to a quarter of the world's bobsled tracks.
Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis clocked 1:58.38 on two laps, 0.15 seconds ahead of teammates Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer and 0.94 seconds ahead of a Russian Olympic Committee team.
Friedrich lifted his fourth overall World Cup title in a row last month and along with Margis, boast golds from the 2018 Pyeongchang Games in the two-man competition — where they tied with Canada's Justin Kripps and Cam Stones for first place — and the four-man event.
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