Winter Olympics 2026: Team GB's Brad Hall and crew miss out on medals as Germany's Johannes Lochner signs off with stunning gold

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Team GB's four-man bobsleigh crew of Brad Hall, missed out on a medal on Sunday, finishing in seventh as Germany's crew led by Johannes Lochner took a hugely impressive gold, but the Germans were prevented from winning a clean sweep of medals as Switzerland's crew led by Michael Vogt won bronze, beating Adam Ammour's crew by 0.04 seconds to the podium.

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Team GB's 4-man bobsleigh crew led by Brad Hall could not climb up the pecking order and claim an unlikely medal, finishing seventh at the 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milano Cortina, live on TNT Sports and discovery+.

Coming into the day, Hall and his team of Lawrence Taylor, Leon Greenwood and Greg Cackett were seventh, and they rose to joint sixth after Heat 3, drawing level with the second Swiss team led by Cedric Follador.

GB had a mountain to climb to rise onto the podium, trailing the third-placed German crew of Adam Ammour overnight by 0.23 seconds.

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The gap was widened after the third heat to 0.31 seconds, and with a spectacular final run from Michael Vogt's Switzerland team, it ended up being as much as 0.48 seconds come the end of the competition.

Johannes Lochner's crew took gold, while there was silver for Francesco Friedrich's team, as Germany delivered gold and silver.

Vogt and his team of Andreas Haas, Amadou Ndiaye and Mario Aeberhard overcame a 0.09 second deficit over the third German crew piloted by Adam Ammour to prevent complete German domination and win bronze.

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There were emotional scenes for Lochner, who bowed out from the sport in style alongside Thorsten Margis, Jorn Wenzel and Georg Fleischhauer.

In the 35-year-old's final Olympic event, his side led from the first heat until the very end, setting both start and track records in their opening run and not looking back from there.

It caps off a magnificent Games for both Lochner and Fleschhauer, who also won the two-man event, and it continues Germany's incredible dominance in the sport - having at least reached the podium in all but seven of the Games since the sport made its Winter Olympics debut in Chamonix 102 years ago, winning gold in seven of the last nine Games.

There was further history made as Margis became the first bobsledder in history to win five gold medals.

Friedrich, who had piloted the German sled to gold in both of the previous two Games, had to settle for silver again, with Lochner beating him to gold in the two-man event, taking his tally to six Olympic medals, with four gold and two silver medals.

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Team GB had hopes they might be able to get themselves onto the podium coming into the Games and after the first run, sat in third with a run of 54.39.

But by the end of the second heat, they had slipped back to seventh, falling behind the three German crews; Vogt's, the Italian team piloted by Patrick Baumgartner and the second Swiss crew.

Unfortunately for them, they were never able to bridge the gap with the German quality shining through and a spectacular run from team Vogt leaving little-to-no room for error.

It means Team GB, who have enjoyed their best ever Games with three gold medals, have reached five podiums in total after Zoe Atkin won bronze in the women's freeski halfpipe, matching their previous best from PyeongChang and Sochi.

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