Germany's Lange stays perfect in bobsled
WHISTLER, British Columbia - Andre Lange stepped out of his bobsled, flexed his muscles and mugged for the cameras. Germany's sliding star then held up four fingers. Four for four. A golden grand slam.
Lange, 36, kept his perfect record inside the winter rings intact last night, winning the two-man competition to become the winningest pilot in Olympic history and increase the medal total for a country that has mastered the sliding sports like no other.
"Andre is the great one," Canada-1 driver Lyndon Rush said. "They say the cream rises to the top. Andre Lange is the cream."
Lange finished in 3 minutes, 26.65 seconds, .22 ahead of Germany's Thomas Florschuetz (3:26.87), who won the silver. Russia's Alexsandr Zubkov (3:27.51) won the bronze. Lange has raced four times in the Olympics and won them all. - AP
