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Mariama Jamanka and Lisa Buckwitz win gold for Germany in the women's Bobsleigh competition at the Alpensia Sliding Centre at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018. Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs claim silver for the USA and Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George win bronzer for Canada.

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Women's Bobsleigh Heat 4 | PyeongChang 2018 | Great Winter Olympic Moments

Mariama Jamanka and Lisa Buckwitz from Germany lead after the third run of the women's Bobsleigh competition at the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games 2018 at the Alpensia Sliding Centre. Elana Meyers Taylor and Lauren Gibbs from the USA follow in second place and Kaillie Humphries and Phylicia George from Canada follow in third place.

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Women's Bobsleigh Heat 3 | PyeongChang 2018 | Great Winter Olympic Moments

The two-woman bobsleigh competition was held at the Alpensia Sliding Centre on 20 and 21 February 2018.

PyeongChang 2018 | Olympic Winter games

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Heat 3 - Two-Woman Bobsleigh | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

The former hammer thrower from Berlin won the gold medal together with  Lisa Buckwitz.

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Germany's Mariama Jamanka takes Women's Gold | Bobsleigh

Celebrate the achievements of German athletes at the 2018 Winter Olympics.

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Germany - Golden Highlights at PyeongChang 2018

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Heat 4 - Two-Woman Bobsleigh | PyeongChang 2018 Replays

Another silver medal for Elana Meyers Taylor that in PyeongChang run with her new teammate, Lauren Gibbs.

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Meyers Taylor wins Women's Silver ending 0,07 seconds from Gold | Bobsleigh

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Sprint athlete and bobsledder Alexandra Burghardt is the master of transitioning between sports.
Several athletes have competed at both the Summer and Winter Olympics, with American Lolo Jones and Japan's Hirano Ayumu perhaps the most high-profile examples, but the 28-year-old German showed her ability to adapt by managing to do

European Championships | Munich 2022

EUGENE, OREGON - JULY 23: Alexandra Burghardt of Team Germany reacts after her team finishes third in the Women's 4x100m Relay Final on day nine of the World Athletics Championships Oregon22 at Hayward Field on July 23, 2022 in Eugene, Oregon. (Photo by Carmen Mandato/Getty Images)

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German sprinter Alexandra Burghardt: Transitioning to bobsleigh came "very naturally"

Making it to one Olympic Games is an incredibly impressive achievement for any athlete.
But Germany's Alexandra Burghardt managed to compete at two Games in just over six months.
Not only did she make it to Beijing 2022 after competing at last year's delayed Tokyo 2020, she even won a

Beijing 2022 | Olympic Winter Games

YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 19: Silver medal winners Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt of Team Germany celebrate the podium during the flower ceremony following the 2-woman Bobsleigh Heat 4 on day 15 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre on February 19, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

Two Olympics in six months: How sprinter Alexandra Burghardt won bobsleigh silver

Elana Meyers Taylor paid tribute to those who paved the way after she became the most decorated Black athlete in Winter Olympic history.
The Team USA bobsleigh star won silver in the inaugural women's monobob before the pilot claimed bronze with brakewoman Sylvia Hoffman in the two-woman bobsled.
With her

YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 14:  Silver medallist Elana Meyers Taylor of Team United States poses during the Women's Monobob Bobsleigh medal ceremony on day 10 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre on February 14, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Julian Finney/Getty Images)

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Elana Meyers Taylor on continuing the winning tradition of Black athletes at Winter Olympics

Laura Nolte leads a Germany 1-2 after the first day of the Beijing 2022 two-woman bobsleigh competition on Friday (18 February).
2016 Youth Olympic monobob champion Nolte and brakewoman Deborah Levi clocked 1:01.04 on their first run before breaking that track record by three-hundredths of a second in heat two

YANQING, CHINA - FEBRUARY 18: Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi of Team Germany slide during the 2-women Bobsleigh heats on day 14 of Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games at National Sliding Centre on February 18, 2022 in Yanqing, China. (Photo by Alex Pantling/Getty Images)

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Laura Nolte leads German teammate Mariama Jamanka after first day of two-woman bob

The female bobsleigh competition in Beijing 2022 will reach a climax in the two-woman event after the monobob made a stunning debut at these Olympic Winter Games.
The format will change, but the protagonists are the same, with monobob champion Kaillie Humphries and runner-up Elana Meyers Taylor of the United

IRVINE, CALIFORNIA - SEPTEMBER 12: Kaillie Humphries of Team United States poses for a portrait during the Team USA Beijing 2022 Olympic shoot on September 12, 2021 in Irvine, California. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Team USA)

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Two-woman bobsleigh: the women looking to tame the Flying Snow Dragon in Beijing 2022

Women's monobob is making its Olympic debut at Beijing 2022, and the event is heating up.
So who will claim a historic first ever monobob gold medal in Beijing?
The six official training heats have already happened and we have a good idea of who's challenging for the podium including

Kaillie Humphries of Team United States poses for a portrait during the Team USA Beijing 2022 Olympic shoot on September 12, 2021 in Irvine, California. (Photo by Tom Pennington/Getty Images for Team USA)

Women's monobob Olympic final: Preview, schedule & stars to watch

Reaching the Olympic Games in one sport is hard enough, so imagine how dedicated you have to be to make it in two.
Especially if the second is a winter sport.
Matthew Wekpe has not made it to the Summer Olympic Games, but will turn out for Jamaica's rugby sevens

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - NOVEMBER 28: Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt of Germany pose for a picture after the second run of the 2-woman bobsleigh competition of the IBSF Bob and Skeleton World Cup at Olympiabobbahn Igls on November 28, 2021 in Innsbruck, Austria. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images)

Mariama Jamanka and Alexandra Burghardt of Germany pose for a picture after the second run of the 2-woman bobsleigh competition of the IBSF Bob and Skeleton World Cup at Olympiabobbahn Igls on November 28, 2021 in Innsbruck, Austria. (Photo by Jan Hetfleisch/Getty Images)

Frozen: Track stars jump on bobsleigh bandwagon

The opening races of the 2021/22 Bobsleigh World Cup will get underway this weekend (20 November) at the world-famous Olympic Sliding Centre Innsbruck in Innsbruck, Austria.
The event is the first of eight legs that make up the IBSF World Cup circuit, with athletes earning points based on their race

INNSBRUCK, AUSTRIA - FEBRUARY 05:  Rico Peter, Simon Friedli, Alex Baumann and Thomas Amrhein of Switzerland compete during the first run of the 4-man Bobsleigh BMW IBSF World Cup at Olympiabobbahn Igls on February 5, 2017 in Innsbruck, Austria.  (Photo by Matthias Hangst/Getty Images For IBSF)

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2021/22 IBSF Bobsleigh World Cup: Innsbruck preview

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich has become the most successful men's bobsleigh World Cup pilot of all time, winning a record 46th gold medal in Winterberg on Sunday.
With a pushing crew of Thorsten Margis, Candy Bauer, and Alexander Schueller behind him, Olympic and world champion Friedrich also set a new start

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Francesco Friedrich makes bobsleigh World Cup and European Championships history

Francesco Friedrich celebrated his 30th World Cup win in Sigulda, Latvia, a week after topping the podium at the 2-man Bobsleigh season opener held here in Sigulda too.
There have been four races so far in the 2020/21 season and Friedrich has won them all.
On Sunday the reigning Olympic,

Friedrich win 

No-one's faster than Francesco Friedrich: Olympic champ bags 30th title at Sigulda World Cup part 2

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PyeongChang 2018

This event took place on 19/02/2022 at the Yanqing Sliding Centre. Laura Nolte (GER) claimed the gold medal. Mariama Jamanka (GER) won the silver, while Elana Meyers Taylor (USA) took home the bronze

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