Kripps wins 4-man bobsled again in Lake Placid

LAKE PLACID, New York, Dec 16, (AP): Canada’s Justin Kripps won a World Cup four-man bobsled race for the second straight day.

Kripps and his team of Ryan Sommer, Ben Coakwell and Cameron Stones finished two runs in 1 minute, 49.45 seconds. It was Kripps’ third consecutive win and fourth straight medal in four-man racing at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

Germany got silver and bronze. Johannes Lochner drove to second place in 1:49.75 and Francesco Friedrich grabbed third in 1:49.78.

The US had two sleds in the top seven; Hunter Church drove to fifth and Codie Bascue, racing with a bad hamstring, was seventh.

World Cup sliding now takes its holiday break. Bobsled resumes in Winterberg, Germany, on Jan 3, skeleton’s season continues in Winterberg on Jan 5 and luge picks up again in Altenberg, Germany, on

Jan 11.

Friedrich goes into the break as the points leader in two-man bobsled, with Church leading the US in fifth. Kripps leads the four-man standings, with Bascue leading the Americans in fifth. Kaillie Humphries of the US is the leader in women’s bobsled.

Russia’s Alexander Tretiakov leads the men’s standings, with Austin Florian leading the US in 13th. Germany’s Jacqueline Loelling leads the women’s standings, with Kendall Wesenberg sixth for the US.

Russia’s Tatyana Ivanova enters the holiday layoff leading the women’s luge World Cup points chase, with Emily Sweeney of the US in third. In doubles, Germany’s team of Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken is the leader, with Chris Mazdzer and Jayson Terdiman of the US in 16th. And in the men’s standings, Russia’s Roman Repilov leads, with Tucker West of the US sitting in third.