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Dominant: The German bobsleigh pilots around Francesco Friedrich
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If the German bobsleigh pilots had wished for a start in the World Cup, it would have looked like this: All three races ended with German victories, Francesco Friedrich even clinched a double victory in Sigulda, Latvia.
It was World Cup victories 37 and 38 for Friedrich.
The double Olympic champion crossed the finish line with Alexander Schüller and a 0.21 second lead.
Second place went to the German duo of Johannes Lochner and pushing Eric Franke.
Michael Vogt from Switzerland came in third.
This repeated the result from Saturday, when the pilots in the top five ranks came in in the same order in the two-man opener.
"He always conjures you up"
Friedrich was particularly convincing at the start, where in the second run he improved the record he set from round one to 4.75 seconds.
Thus Lochner, who was only three hundredths behind, could no longer attack.
"He always conjures you up, especially at the start," said Lochner.
On Saturday, Olympic champion Mariama Jamanka won with pusher Vanessa Mark, even though she had fallen in training before.
For the women, only nine sledges started, the start of the World Cup was under the auspices of Corona.
Since Sunday, all of Latvia has been a risk area for the federal government due to the high number of infections.
Teams from Austria and Russia had to leave after positive tests or went into quarantine at the hotel.
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