Francesco Friedrich was on course to retain his two-man bobsleigh Olympic title and add to his impressive collection of victories this winter as the German took a slender overnight lead after Mondays heats.<\/p>\n
Friedrich set a new course record in the opening heat on his way to clocking a fastest combined time of 1min 58.38sec for Mondays two heats in Yanqing, north of Beijing.<\/p>\n
However, his overnight lead is just 0.15sec after German team-mate Johannes Lochner was fastest on the second run.<\/p>\n
Friedrich remains the favourite having won 14 of his 16 World Cup races this winter.<\/p>\n
He (Friedrich) wins everything, right? So obviously people would consider him the one to beat, Canadian pilot Justin Krips, who sits tenth, said in training.<\/p>\n
The 35-year-old shared two-man gold with Friedrich at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics after both clocked exactly the same time.<\/p>\n
I think they also considered him the one to beat going into 2018, and hes even more dominant now, added Krips.<\/p>\n
Friedrich is seeking to defend his two and four-man titles from four years ago.<\/p>\n
If he takes two-man gold in Tuesdays final heats, it will mean German racers have won seven of the eight events at the Yanqing National Sliding Centre.<\/p>\n
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