Switzerland’s Ralph Pichler and Celest Poltera won...
Switzerland’s Ralph Pichler and Celest Poltera won the World Two-Man Bobsled Championships at St. Moritz, Switzerland, to break a three-year East German hold on the title. The Swiss team turned in the fastest final run for a four-heat total of 4 minutes 33:09 seconds.
Another Swiss sled, driven by Hans Hiltebrand and braked by Andre Kiser, tied for second with East Germany’s 1984 Olympic gold medalists and triple world champions, Wolfgang Hoppe and Dietmar Schauerhammer. Their time was 4:33.45.
Matt Roy of Saranac Lake, N.Y., and brakeman Jim Herberich of Winchester, Mass., in the USA I sled, finished 15th.
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