Nice Britain’s Brad Corridor claimed a second podium end of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh season, ending third in Lillehammer in a race which doubled up because the European Championships.
Corridor and team-mate Taylor Lawrence made certain the sturdy German contingent had been unable to finish a clear sweep of the medals on the Norwegian monitor.
They completed 0.48 seconds behind Germany’s World Cup chief Francesco Friedrich, whose compatriot Johannes Lochner was second, however they edged out Adam Ammour within the third German crew by two hundredths of a second.
“Everytime you break up the Germans within the two-man, it is a good day,” mentioned Lawrence, because the British group strengthened their place of third place within the total standings.
The GB crew have a 218-point lead over Italy’s Patrick Baumgartner, who’s in fourth, with just one race of the season remaining and a most 225 factors obtainable for a win.
Corridor and Lawrence grew to become the primary British group ever to win an total medal within the two-man occasion after they claimed bronze in 2023.
Consideration now turns again to the four-man collection, which continues in Lillehammer on Sunday.
Lawrence added: “A medal within the European Championships and the World Cup is at all times a great factor and now we get able to go once more tomorrow within the four-man, the place issues are just a little bit extra in our favour.”
Britain’s four-man crew, additionally led by Corridor, are second within the total standings after ending on the rostrum in 4 out of 5 races up to now.
