(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Four - Man Bobsleigh team, Friedrich Francesco, Jannis Baecker, Martin Grothkopp, and Thorsten Margis, celebrated their first place standing, as the USA finished in second place, in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, in Park City, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Codie Bascue checks out the time at the finishline, on their final run in the 4-Man Bobsleigh, resulting in a second place finish behind Germany, in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, in Park City, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Four - Man Bobsleigh team, Friedrich Francesco, Jannis Baecker, Martin Grothkopp, and Thorsten Margis, celebrated their first place finish in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, in Park City, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The German 4-Man Bobsleigh team, Friedrich Francesco, Jannis Baecker, Martin Grothkopp, and Thorsten Margis, finishes in first place in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, in Park City, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The USA team of Codie Bascue, Nathan Weber, Carlo Valdes, and Samuel McGuffie celebrate their 2nd place finished in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, during the flower ceremony, in Park City, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Codie Bascue, USA 4-man Bobsleigh glides to a stop, on their final run, in second place, behind Germany, in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, in Park City, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Great Brittain team of Lamin Deen, Ben Simons, Toby Olubi and Andrew Mathews celebrate their lead after their second run in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition. November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The USA team of Codie Bascue, Nathan Weber, Carlo Valdes, and Samuel McGuffie makes their first run down the course, in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition. The team finished in 2nd place, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Nick Cunningham, Ryan Bailey, Christopher Kinney, and Samuel Michener, from USA, make their first run in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition. Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Rico Peter Switzerland team takestheir first run in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Justin Olsen, Evan Weinstock, Steven Langton, and Christopher Fogt, take their first run in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Korea team makes their first run in the BMW IBSF World Cup 4-Man Bobsleigh competition, Saturday, November 18, 2017.
Park City • Germany's Johannes Lochner drove to gold in a World Cup four-man race Saturday night, with Codie Bascue of the U.S. getting second and Brad Hall getting a historic third for Britain.
Lochner teamed with Marc Rademacher, Christopher Weber and Christian Rasp for the victory, the fourth of his World Cup four-man career. They finished two runs at Utah Olympic Park in 1 minute, 35.44 seconds.
Bascue and the team of Nathan Weber, Carlo Valdes and Sam McGuffie were second in 1:35.49.
Hall gave Britain just its second four-man medal in the last 20 years. He was in a sled with Bruce Tasker, Joel Fearon and Gregory Cackett and took third in 1:35.56, after holding the lead after the first run.
The series continues next weekend in Whistler, British Columbia.
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