Vancouver Now Veteran Lange shows hes not quite ready for bobsleigh retirement
Vancouver Now Veteran Lange shows hes not quite ready for bobsleigh retirement Home Medals Results Canadian Results Schedule DaytoDay Schedule Athletes Featured Athletes Team Canada Full Athlete List News Venues Forums Blogs Videos Photos The GamesPast & Present Interactive Features SportsCurling Hockey Skating Figure Skating Short Track Speed Skating Skiing Alpine Skiing Biathlon CrossCountry Skiing Freestyle Skiing Nordic Combined Ski Jumping Sliding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Snowboarding Hot TopicsCanada vs US Sidney Crosby Hockey gold Closing ceremony Canadian Olympians Joannie Rochette Follow CBCListen to CBCRadio VancouverMultiLanguage BulletinsMandarinRussianArabicSpanishREPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Veteran Lange shows hes not quite ready for bobsleigh retirementCanadas Rush a strong 5th at Altenberg Last Updated Saturday December 19 2009 1121 AM ET Comments0Recommend0By Malcolm Kelly CBC Sports Team Germany 1 with pilot Andre Lange and Kevin Kuske speeds down the track on a winning day in Germany on Saturday (Matthias RietschelAssociated Press) Andre Lange let the bobsleigh world know Saturday he may be capable of one last kick at the Olympic canThe defending double gold medallist at Turin four years ago cruised to a surprisingly easy victory in the mens twoman event Saturday afternoon in Altenberg Germany taking his first World Cup win of the seasonGermany I comprising Lange and brakeman Kevin Kuske had the fastest time in both heats to put down a one minute 4981 second totalThomas Florschuetz and Thomas Kuehne in Germany II were second with Ivo Rueegg and Cedric Grand in Switzerland I thirdCanadas Lyndon Rush of Sylvan Lake Alta and brakeman Lascelles Brown of Calgary were a strong fifth in 151 flat thanks to a strong second runLange 37 has been battling injuries most of the season and is expected to retire after the Vancouver Games in FebruaryIts always fun to compete here Lange said But its also a little sad since this was my final twoman race hereFour years ago in Italy Lange won both the Olympic twoman and fourman events adding to a fourman gold at the Salt Lake City Winter Games in 2002This story is now closed to commentingNote The CBC does not necessarily endorse any of the views posted Please note that comments are published according to our submission guidelinesREPUBLISH EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Story comments (0)Sort Most recent First to last AgreedMedal CountTop 10 Medal WinnersCountryTotalUNITED STATES 9151337GERMANY 1013730CANADA 147526NORWAY 98623AUSTRIA 46616RUSSIA 35715SOUTH KOREA 66214CHINA 52411SWEDEN 52411FRANCE 23611Full Medal StandingsContinue Article RelatedInternal LinksHumphries drives Canada to bobsleigh gold BlogsmoreOn the...