Article: Hoppe rallies to rule bobsled

East German veteran Wolfgang Hoppe scored a comeback Sunday to win the world two-man bobsled championship by 0.06 seconds over Gustav Weder of Switzerland in Cortina, Italy.

Hoppe, 36, and brakeman Bogdan Musiol totaled 3:38.05 in four runs down the 1,288-meter course.

Matt Roy of Lake Placid, N.Y., and Bryan Leturgez of Cedar Lake, Ind., were the best American sled in the competition, 12th in 3:43.03. Bob Horvath of Youngstown, Ohio, and Willie Gault of Lake Forest were 18th in 3:44.68.

SPEED SKATING: East Germany's Constanze Moser finished second in both the 1,500- and 5,000-meter races to win the over-all title at the world championship for ladies at the Olympic Oval in Lake ...

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