GERMAN SETS TRACK RECORD IN WINNING AT ALTENBERG

ALTENBERG, Germany — Threetime world champion Francesco Friedrich set a track record to win his second two-man bobsled World Cup of the season on Saturday.

The German, along with brakeman Martin Grothkopp, opened with a new best-mark of 54.48 seconds on the Altenberg track. They were fastest again on the second run for a combined time of 1 minute, 49.20 seconds, beating Russia’s Alexander Kasjanov and Aleksei Pushkarev by 0.64 seconds. Latvia’s Oskars Kibermanis and Matiss Miknis were third, 0.70 back.

Justin Kripps and Jesse Lumsden, struggled to find the fast line in the men’s two-man bobsled race. Kripps, from Summerland, B.C., and Lumsden, from Burlington, Ont., placed 14th with a time of 1:50.63.