Nice Britain completed runners-up within the newest spherical of the World Cup four-man bobsleigh sequence after a storming second run in Innsbruck.
Pilot Brad Corridor and British team-mates Taylor Lawrence, Leon Greenwood and Arran Gulliver moved up from third place after the opening run on the Austrian monitor to say silver by one hundredth of a second.
It was a 3rd podium end for the GB four-man in as many occasions – following up a bronze in St Moritz and gold in Winterberg – and got here after the withdrawal of standard workforce member Greg Cackett due to damage.
“We needed to make modifications to the crew with Greg being injured, so to drag out two actually good begins and two actually stable drives when this workforce have by no means raced collectively is a giant plus,” stated Corridor.
The British sled break up the 2 main German groups, ending 0.28 seconds behind defending champion Francesco Friedrich and simply forward of Johannes Lochner in third.
Friedrich’s profitable time of 1 minute 40.45 seconds served to strengthen his lead within the general standings on the halfway level of the season.
The 2-time Olympic gold medallist within the four-man occasion moved to 885 factors after 4 rounds, extending his lead over second-placed Corridor to 66 factors, whereas Lochner is third.
The competitors returns for 2 extra rounds in St Moritz, Switzerland, subsequent weekend, 25-26 January.
