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Light the Torch – Beijing Olympics and Other Olympic News

Canada gets Silver in two-man bobsleigh competition

by HART on February 19th, 2006

Canada’s Pierre Lueders captured an Olympic silver medal Sunday in the two-man bobsleigh competition in Cesana Pariol, Italy.

Under heavy snowfall, Lueders and brakeman Lascelles Brown powered their sled down the Italian track for a four-run time of three minutes, 43:59 seconds.

Germany’s Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske won the gold medal while the Swiss team of Martin Annen and Beat Hefti earned bronze.

Lueders, of Edmonton, won a gold medal with CBC bobsleigh analyst Dave McEachern at the 1998 Nagano Games, giving Canada its first Olympic bobsleigh title since 1964 when Vic Emery’s four-man team upset the favoured European countries.

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Here are the Final Results (after 4 heats)

1 - GER - LANGE Andre / KUSKE Kevin (GER-1) 3:43.38
2 - CAN - LUEDERS Pierre / BROWN Lascelles (CAN-1) 3:43.59
3 - SUI - ANNEN Martin / HEFTI Beat 3:43.73 (SUI-1) 3:43.73

Results of other Canadian Team

11 - CAN - DESPRES Serge / BISSETT David (CAN-2) 3:45.67

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