Bobsleigh crash overturns sled at Winter Olympics
Wednesday 21 February 2018 11:48, UK
The German pair of Nico Walther and Christian Poser dominated the opening heats of the two-man bobsleigh at the Winter Olympics, but they did not have it all their own way.
They spectacularly crashed at the finish line of their second heat, taking the final curve so quickly that their sled overturned with their helmets scraping along the wall of the ice track at the Olympic Sliding Centre.
Neither athlete was injured as they set a combined time of one minute 38.39 seconds - a lead of 0.10 seconds over Canada's Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz.
An ice temperature of minus 11 degrees Celsius made for a glisteningly-fast track for Sunday's first two heats which saw Great Britain's Brad Hall and Joel Fearon go seventh fastest.
