Clemens Bracher claims surprise win in two-man bobsleigh
BySportsbeat
Published 09/12/2017 at 20:12 GMT
Switzerland's Clemens Bracher and Michael Kuonen have won their first World Cup race together in the two-man bobsleigh at Winterberg in Germany.
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Bracher, 30, and his teammate needed to improve after a slow first run and managed to move up from third place to take the title with a time of 1:51.64.
Bracher and Kuonen came ahead of Canadians Chris Spring and Neville Wright and German's Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis – both teams finishing 0.21 seconds behind.
Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz finished fourth, with fellow countrymen Nick Poloniato and Lascelles Brown in fifth.
Bracher said: "We already knew that Winterberg suited us and we also did really well in the training.
"However, we really weren’t expecting to win here. This was of our first ever World Cup race in the 2-man bobsleigh."
In the overall standings, it's Kripps and Kopacz who are leading the way on 804 points with Spring in second with 787 points and Nico Walther in third on 697.
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