ST. MORITZ, Switzerland, Jan. 20 (Xinhua) -- Alexander Czudaj of Germany and Robert Andrei Nica of Romania tied to win the men's monobob gold, ending the two heats here on the St. Moritz Olympia Bobrun on Monday with exactly the same time, right down to the hundredth of a second.
The 17-year-old Alexander Czudaj claimed the Winter Youth Olympic champion 26 years after his father Harald Czudaj won Olympic gold in the 4-man bobsleigh at Lillehammer in 1994.
One day after Georgeta Popescu, who became the first athlete from Romania to win Olympic gold in a winter sport, Andrei Robert Nica secured the second bobsleigh gold for Romania.
Both Czudaj and Nica finished at the time of 2 minutes and 24.80 seconds over two runs. The bronze medal went to Quentin Sanzo of Liechtenstein, 0.38 seconds back.
The local favorite, Switzerland's Fabian Gisler, recorded the best time during heat one but dropped a long way back after a temporary blip, finishing in seventh place after the second run.
A total of 18 pilots from as many countries raced in the monobob at the 2020 Youth Winter Olympic Games here at St. Moritz. Enditem
