China's bobsleigh dream team, Li Chunjian and Shi Yaolong, rocked the icy tracks in Sigulda, Lativa, finishing sixth in the two-man bobsleigh at the IBSF World Cup! 🎉🛷
Facing off against 19 of the world's best pairs, Li and Shi zoomed through their first run in 49.81 seconds, grabbing the sixth spot. Not far behind, their fellow Chinese teammates Sun Kaizhi and Ye Jielong sped down in 50.20 seconds, securing 12th place. Talk about close competition! 🔥
In the second round, Li and Shi kept up their momentum with a time of 50.03 seconds. Their combined time of 1 minute, 39.87 seconds sealed their sixth-place finish. Sun and Ye wrapped up with a total time of 1 minute, 40.80 seconds, landing them in 13th place. Way to represent! 🇨🇳🙌
A big shoutout to Germany's legend Francesco Friedrich and his partner Simon Wulff, who topped the podium with a lightning-fast time of 1 minute, 38.68 seconds. This marks 34-year-old Friedrich's astounding 49th two-man bobsleigh World Cup title! 🥇👏
It's ice-citing to see Chinese athletes making waves on the global stage! Keep sliding towards greatness! ❄️✨
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China's Li and Shi finish sixth in two-man bobsleigh at IBSF World Cup
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