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11/23 12:28 CST Germany's Laura Nolte beats American rivals again for another
bobsled win at Olympics test event
Germany's Laura Nolte beats American rivals again for another bobsled win at
Olympics test event
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) --- Germany's Laura Nolte celebrated her 27th
birthday by edging out her American rivals to win the two-woman bobsled test
event on the new track for the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics on Sunday.
Nolte, the reigning Olympic and world champion, and Deborah Levi finished 0.77
seconds ahead of Kaysha Love of the United States --- who was paired with
Azaria Hill --- and 0.79 ahead of another American duo, driven by Kaillie
Humphries Armbruster.
It was a second win in as many days for Nolte, who also beat Love in the
monobob test event the previous day.
Humphries Armbruster, the Olympic champion in 2010 and 2014, celebrated her
first podium in two-woman World Cup bobsled in almost three years. She took a
break from the sport for a season and her son was born in 2024.
"I'm happy with my performance, it's a step in the right direction," she said.
"The first run I was really happy with my drive and second run I was happy with
our push, so piece by piece it's coming together."
Johannes Lochner beat Francesco Friedrich for the second day in a row to win
the four-man event.
Lochner and his team of Jrn Wenzel, Georg Fleischhauer and Thorsten Margis
beat Friedrich by 0.22 seconds. The Olympic champion had Matthias Sommer,
Alexander Schller and Felix Straub in his sled.
South Korea's Kim Jinsu, with Kim Sunwook, Kim Hyeonggeun and Lee Geonu,
secured their country's first four-man podium finish in the World Cup. The
quartet finished in third, 0.61 behind Lochner, and celebrated almost as if
they'd won.
It's the first weekend of racing on the completely rebuilt Eugenio Monti track,
which will be used for the Feb. 6-22 Olympics.
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