PILOT IVO RUEEGG AND HIS CREW GET INTO THEIR BOB SWITZERLAND 2 AT THE START OF THE 4-MAN BOBSLEIGH ......
PILOT IVO RUEEGG AND HIS CREW GET INTO THEIR BOB SWITZERLAND 2 AT THE START OF THE 4-MAN BOBSLEIGH WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS IN KOENIGSSEE. Pilot Ivo Rueeg and his crew Daniel Maechler, Beat Hefti and brakeman Christian Aebli get into their bobsleigh Switzerland 2 at the start of the 4-man bobsleigh World Championships in the southern Bavarian resort of Koenigssee near Berchtesgaden February 28, 2004. After the first day and two of four runs Germany 1 with Andre Lange, Udo Lehmann, Kevin Kuske and Rene Hoppe is in the lead in the overall time of one minute 37.42 seconds followed by Germany 2 with Christoph Langen, Christoph Heyder, Enrico Kuehn and Jens Nohka in one minute 37.43 seconds and third placed USA 1 crew with Todd Hays, Pavle Jovanovic, Bill Schuffenhauer and Steve Mesler in one minute 37.85 seconds. Bob Switzerland 2 is in fourth plcae so far in the overall time of one minute 38.16 seconds. REUTERS/Wolfgang Rattay