St. Moritz (RWH) Start record, track record, 4-man bobsleigh victory and lead in the overall World Cup extended: The BMW IBSF World Cup in 4-man bobsleigh in St. Moritz (SUI) could not have gone better for bobsleigh pilot Johannes Lochner (GER).
At the Olympia Bobrun St. Moritz-Celerina, Lochner, Florian Bauer, Erec Bruckert and Georg Fleischhauer set the best time of the season both at the start (4.98 seconds) and on the track (1:04.28 minutes). The Olympic silver medallist thus celebrated his third win of the season in the fifth 4-man bobsleigh World Cup in winter 2023/2024.
Second place in St. Moritz went to Olympic and World Champion Francesco Friedrich (GER, 0.10 seconds back) with Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer and Alexander Schüller. Third place went to 4-man bobsleigh World Championships silver medallist Emils Cipulis (LAT) with Davis Springis, Lauris Kaufmanis and Krists Lindenblats (0.40 seconds back).
The best 4-man bobsleigh team for the World Cup hosts from Switzerland was Michael Vogt with Andrea Orsinger, Alain Knuser and Sandro Michel in fourth place. Their Swiss team-mates, the crews of pilots Simon Friedli and Cedric Follador, finished fifth and seventh respectively.
In the overall standings for the BMW IBSF World Cup 2023/2024, Johannes Lochner (GER, 1095 points) extended his lead in the overall standings with his victory. Francesco Friedrich (GER, 1070), defending World Cup champion and overall 4-man bobsleigh winner five times in a row, is in second place. Ahead of of the final three races of the season, Latvia’s Emils Cipulis ist third overall with 968 points.
