Brad Hall soars to stunning second World Cup bobsleigh gold of season in Altenberg for Britain

BySportsbeat

Updated 15/01/2023 at 16:32 GMT

Brad Hall's stellar season continued as he and his four-man bob team claimed a second World Cup gold of the season in Altenberg. Hall, alongside Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Arran Gulliver, struck gold with a time of 1:48.22 across their two runs, ahead of three German quartets. The team anchored by Christoph Hafer finished 0.09 seconds behind Hall

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Brad Hall anchored Britain's four-man bobsleigh team to World Cup gold in Altenberg as their fine recent run of form continued in Germany.

Hall, alongside Taylor Lawrence, Greg Cackett and Arran Gulliver, struck gold with a time of 1:48.22 across their two runs, ahead of three German quartets.

The team anchored by Christoph Hafer finished 0.09 seconds behind Hall, with Johannes Lochner finishing third and Francesco Friedrich just missing out on a podium in fourth.

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It is a second four-man World Cup gold medal of the season for Hall and the rest of the quartet, after previously claiming victory in Lake Placid in December.

And it is an eighth medal across the four and two-man events for Hall this season, having won a silver medal alongside Lawrence in the two-man event on Saturday.

Meanwhile Lisa Buckwitz won her first World Cup title as a pilot in the women's two-woman bobsleigh on home ice, alongside compatriot Kira Lipperheide.

Buckwitz and Lipperheide won gold by 0.12s and there was plenty to cheer for home fans as it proved to be a German one-two, with pilot Kim Kalicki and Leonie Fiebig taking home the silver medal.

Meanwhile there was a tie for bronze, with American duo Kaillie Humphries and Jasmine Jones and another German pair, Laura Nolte and Lena Neunecker, finishing on exactly the same time.

Kalicki and Fiebig stay at the top of the overall World Cup standings, just ahead of Nolte and Neunecker in second and Humphries and Jones in third.

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