The 2018 PyeongChang Olympics saw Friedrich and Margis tie Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz for gold (Kripps, now with partner Cameron Stones, currently sits in tenth place) halfway through the 2022 Winter Olympics competition, Austria's Benjamin Maier and Markus Sammer are tied with Switzerland's Michael Vogt and Sandro Michel for fifth. The fifth through 13th-place standings are all within half a second of one another – teams from Canada, Latvia, Austria, and elsewhere. SEE MORE: Lochner/Bauer on heels of countrymen after first two heats Meanwhile, the ROC team leads Germany's Christoph Hafer and Matthias Sommer by only 0.05 seconds with two heats to go. Still, both duos are comfortably ahead of third-standing Russian Olympic Committee's Rostislav Gaitiukevich and Aleksey Laptev by more than half a second. Gold medal favorites Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis – the defending champions in both the two- and four-man events – are only 0.15 seconds ahead of compatriots Johannes Lochner and Florian Bauer after a surprisingly bumpy Heat 2 cost them 0.36 seconds. But which German team will come out on top? Rostislav Gaitiukevich/ Aleksey Laptev, ROC, (+0.94)Īt the midpoint of the two-man bobsled competition, Germany is in a good position to earn their seventh sliding sport gold at the 2022 Winter Olympics – and possibly sweep the podium. Johannes Lochner/ Florian Bauer, GER, (+0.15).Francesco Friedrich/ Thorsten Margis, GER, 1:58:38.RESULTS AND STANDINGS TWO-MAN BOBSLED HEATS 1 AND 2 (OF 4):
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