Veteran driver Hans Hiltebrand completed a Swiss...

Veteran driver Hans Hiltebrand completed a Swiss sweep of the golds in the 1987 World Bobsled Championships at St. Moritz, Switzerland by winning the four-man title.

Hiltebrand, who turned 42 Sunday, had posted a season’s best mark on the St. Moritz natural track to lead after the opening two heats with his blue-and-white Switzerland II sled.

Although he had steering problems on the second day, the margin was large enough to enable him to hold off a strong challenge by Wolfgang Hoppe, the East German double Olympic champion of 1984. The total winning time was 4 minutes 22.65 seconds, with the runner-up sled clocked in 4:22.91.