IGLS, Austria — Andre Lange of Germany clinched the European four-man bobsled championship with his victory Sunday in the season-ending World Cup race.
Lange, who will be looking to defend his Olympic gold in both the two-man and four-man next month in Vancouver, crossed the finish line in a winning time one minute 42.59 seconds, just 0.05 ahead of Ivo Rueegg of Switzerland. Thomas Florschuetz of Germany won the bronze.
Lyndon Rush of Humboldt, Sask., partnered up with Chris le Bihan of Kelowna, B.C., David Bissett of Edmonton and Calgary’s Lascelles Brown in the Canada 1 sled and finished seventh in 1:42.75.
Pierre Lueders of Edmonton, Justin Kripps of Summerland, B.C., Jesse Lumsden of Burlington, Ont., and Neville Wright of Edmonton finished 16th (1:43.50).
American Steven Holcomb, who secured the overall World Cup title in the four-man with his victory last weekend in St. Moritz, was eighth in 1:42.77.
Source:montrealgazette.com/
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