The historical moments continue at the 2018 Winter Olympics.
Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz tied for gold in the two-man bobsled on Monday night. This is the second time in history that Canada has tied for gold in this event, the last time was in 1988.
3:16.86 was the magic number, as the Canadians tied with Germany’s Francesco Friedrich and Thorsten Margis who completed their best run in the exact same time.
Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz tie for Olympic gold.🥇
For the second time in Olympic history, #TeamCanada has tied for two-man bobsleigh gold, the first was in 98'. #PyeongChang2018 details: https://t.co/cJF6aveNqe pic.twitter.com/e5tZQxjJ6G
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 19, 2018
In the 1988 Winter Olympic games in Nagano, it was Pierre Lueders and Dave MacEachern who tied with the Italian pair team. It was the first time a double gold had been awarded for an event in the Olympic bobsleigh.
Olympic #gold
Justin Kripps and Alexander Kopacz become Olympic champions, sliding to two-man #bobsleigh gold at #PyeongChang2018. Details: https://t.co/cJF6aveNqe#TeamCanada pic.twitter.com/s8OGUbpCcb
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 19, 2018
Kripps has been on the circuit for a while, earning gold at the World Cup in 2014, and a sixth place finish in the pairs in Sochi. Since then, he has been hovering on the World Cup podiums, only finishing outside of the medal positions once out of eight championship races (and that was a fourth place).
It all came together for this pair
As of Monday, Canada has 6 gold medals, 5 silver, and 6 bronze medals.
#TeamCanada claims #gold to bring the total up to 1⃣7⃣ medals after Day 10 of #PyeongChang2018 pic.twitter.com/KfUdLKaNLZ
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) February 19, 2018
