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Weder wins 4-man bob

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland -- Gustav Weder of Switzerland, the world two-man bobsledding champion, added another gold medal Sunday as he easily won the four-man competition.

With Bruno Gerber, Lorlenz Schindelholz and brakeman Curdin Morell as passengers, the 27-year-old Weder won two of the four heats and was second in the other two for an aggregate time of 4 minutes, 13.35 seconds.

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East German pilot Harald Czudaj, who won silver in the two-man event a week ago on the same 1,585-meter long track, was second again, overtaking Austrian Ingo Appelt, who had held on to second after Saturday's first two heats.

Appelt held off a strong challenge by local pilot Nico Baracchi, who posted the fastest track time in the fourth heat with 1:03.84 but missed out on a medal by 0.13 seconds.

The best North American sled was piloted by Canada's Chris Lori, who finished 11th.

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