Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title on Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season.

Francesco Friedrich won every championship he could in bobsledding this season. The German great is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg on the final day of the international bobsled season.

Meyers Taylor, plus fellow American Kaysha Love and Australian Bree Walker combined to win the last four World Cup monobob races. Meyers Taylor’s triumphs on Jan. 24 and 25 in St. Moritz, Switzerland, marked her first World Cup victories since having Noah.

Friedrich — a 15-time world champion, with nine two-man golds and four two-man golds on his resume along with two more Olympic golds in both disciplines — was going to be the leader anyway. His one-run time is 54.23 seconds, with Lochner (54.52) second and Britain's Brad Hall (54.54) third.

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich is well on his way to another world bobsled title. And that was about the only predictable development in the four-man world championship race that started Friday at Mount Van Hoevenberg.

Lake Placid is hosting the World Championships for bobsled and skeleton. Races started last weekend and continue on Friday and Saturday.

German Francesco Friedrich won a record-extending 16th men's bobsled world title, while Laura Nolte led a German medals sweep of the two-woman event to end the World Championships in Lake Placid, New York.

Germany's Francesco Friedrich is now a world champion for the 16th time, capping off his seventh four-man world title Saturday at Mount Van Hoevenberg in Lake Placid, N.Y., on the final day of the international bobsleigh season.