Overview
- The U.S. sled piloted by Kris Horn with push athletes Caleb Furnell, Hunter Powell, and Carsten Vissering posted a four-heat total of 3:39.94.
- Heat 3 clocked 55.22 after the sled skidded out of the gate despite the third-best start, and Heat 4 was 55.11 with the second-best start, according to Olympics.com.
- Germany’s Johannes Lochner won gold in 3:37.57, with fellow German Francesco Friedrich taking silver and Switzerland’s Michael Vogt earning bronze.
- Thorsten Margis, a push athlete on Lochner’s crew, now holds five Olympic bobsled gold medals, according to news reports.
- Team USA’s second sled, piloted by Frankie del Duca, finished 12th overall in 3:40.06 after the Horn sled sat ninth at the halfway mark.