Jakob Mandlbauer went to hospital after a heavy crash in the Winter Olympics four-man final, forcing a delay in the event.
The squad of Kaila Kuhn, Connor Curran and Christopher Lillis combined to post a dominant score of 325.35, which cleared second place by almost 30 points. Most notably, their win gave the U.S. its 11th gold medal of the games, which broke its record for most golds at the Winter Olympics.
There was a lengthy delay in the Bobsleigh four-man final at the Winter Olympics after the Austrian team crashed on the ice
Austria's Jakob Mandlbauer was left upside down after a horror crash in the four-man bobsleigh event at the Winter Olympics.
Germany's Laura Nolte and Deborah Levi win gold in 2-woman bobsleigh event with teammates Lisa Buckwitz and Neele Schuten winning silver. Former Canadian Olympian Kaillie Armbruster Humphries and partner Jasmine Jones win bronze medal.
Austrian bobsleigh pilot Jakob Mandlbauer has been transported to a local hospital after being involved in a concerning crash during the Winter Olympics four-man final on Saturday. Mandlbauer was navigating the second heat of the competition when his sled tipped onto its side on Curve 7.
Bobsleigh is one of the longstanding events on the Winter Games program. Starting with the four-man event in the inaugural Winter Olympics in 1924, some of the most daring athletes scream down the icy track, hoping to reach the podium and earn eternal glory.
BOBSLEIGH star Jakob Mandlbauer was taken to hospital following a worrying crash. The Austrian, 27, had been competing in the second heat of the four-man event when his sled tipped over. It
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For Team USA, Elana Meyers Taylor is looking to build off her gold-medal performance in the Monobob event earlier in the tournament. Along with Sylvia Hoffman, the duo won bronze in the Two-Woman event in Beijing four years ago.
The name of Laila Edwards will be front and center in communities of color if the United States wins the gold medal in Olympic Women’s Hockey. Edwards, a defender from Cleveland Heights, Ohio, is the first Black woman to play for the U.S. Olympic Women’s Ice Hockey team.