At noon on February 19, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will compete for the last slide event at the National Bobsleigh Center - the men's four-person bobsleigh race. In the first two rounds, the team led by the legendary German legend Francesco Friedrich played well, temporarily finishing first with a total time of 1:57.00. Another German star, Johannes Lochner, finished second with a 0.03-second deficit.
Canada's Justin Clippers's team finished third with a total time of 1:57.38. China's two teams, Li Chunjian and Sun Kaizhi, ranked 16th and 17th respectively.
Compared to the men's double bobsleigh, which is paired with a helmsman and a brakeman, the four-person bobsled bike adds two strong pushers to the base. The four runners set off in unison, pushing the car out with all their might, then jumping into the snowmobile in the order of helmsman, cartist and brakeman and starting to glide.
As an invincible "god-level" player in the double and quadruple snowmobile events, Friedrich, who just won the gold medal in the men's double snowmobile at the Beijing Winter Olympics four days ago, led his teammates to win the gold medal in both events at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics four years ago. Today, his team played steadily in the first round, sliding out of the lap of 58.29 seconds with 4.85 seconds of the best starting time of the game, and temporarily finished second in the first round.
The team led by the men's double snowslide silver medallist at the Beijing Winter Olympics Lochner performed best in the first round, finishing in 58.13 seconds on laps and temporarily finishing first. Canada's Cripps' team slid 58.38 seconds to finish third.
In the second round, Lochner's team took too long to start, reaching 4.92, which also affected the gliding behind them, and their time in this round was 58.90 seconds. This left the "God of Fu" with a good opportunity to counter-superiority. Friedrich and his teammates once again refreshed their starting time in this round, and the 4.82-second cart start helped them slide a good time of 58.71 seconds, surpassing Lochner in the first place in the two rounds combined.
Two teams from China competed in the men's four-man snowmobile race. Among them, the team led by Li Chunjian had a total score of 1:58.86 in two rounds, and Sun Kaizhi's team slid out of 1:59.03, and the total results of the two teams ranked 16th and 17th.