Johannes Lochner wins his 1st 4-man bobsleigh World Cup race

Johannes Lochner claimed his first four-man bobsled World Cup victory on Sunday.

The 26-year-old German, with his crew of Sebastian Mrowka, Joshua Bluhm and Christian Rasp, was fastest in both runs for a combined time of one minute, 48.73 seconds, beating Alexander Kasjanov's crew by 0.41 seconds.

The Russian, pushed by Alexey Zaitsev, Aleksei Pushkarev and Maxim Belugin, had a combined time of 1:49.14.

Germany's Francesco Friedrich, Candy Bauer, Martin Grothkopp and Thorsten Margis were third, 0.67 back.

Canada's Justin Kripps drove his team to a 14th-place finish.

Justin Kripps guides 4-men sled to 14th place finish in Altenberg

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Duration 2:32

The Canadian foursome of Justin Kripps, Jesse Lumsden, Josh Kirkpatrick and Ben Coakwell finished fourteenth overall on Sunday at a World Cup event in Germany with a total time of 1:50.50, +1.77 seconds back.

Switzerland's Rico Peter, fifth in Altenberg, still leads the standings after three races on 619 points, ahead of Kasjanov on 595 and Steven Holcomb on 554. The U.S. pilot — pushed by Carlo Valdes, James Reed and Samuel McGuffie — was ninth on Sunday, 1.51 back.