Four-man bobsleigh top ten for Hall as Germany dominate podium

The team of Hall, Nick Gleeson, Joel Fearon and Greg Cackett finished tenth in Switzerland, within a second of the winners in a hotly-contested field.

Hall has already steered a British sled to history on the ice this season, securing a first medal in four years in Park City, in November, when taking bronze in the second part of the double header.

But they weren't quite able to replicate that performance in St Moritz as Johannes Lochner, Sebastian Mrowka, Joshua Bluhm and Christian Rasp took the race victory in a time of 2:08.42.

Leading after the first run, the Germans continued their impressive outing to overcome their counterparts, led by Francesco Friedrich, by 0.14 seconds.

It looked set to be an all-German podium when Nico Walther's sled clocked in third at the halfway point, only to be disqualified for being underweight, with third instead going to Chris Spring and his squad, half a second off the pace.

British interest continued with Lamin Deen, Ben Simons, Toby Olubi and Andrew Matthews taking their place in the top 20 as the countdown to the Games intensifies.

The second effort was not to match their first, situated in 14th at the halfway stage but, like Hall, Deen also has a World Cup medal to celebrate this season after finishing second in Whistler late last year.

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