Bobsleigh champs reject cheating claim
(China Daily)
Updated: 2006-02-21 06:45

Suspicions were aroused when the German athletes appeared to pick up more speed further down the track than other teams, clocking unusually good finish times compared to their starts.

A spokesman for the US team said earlier that coaches would decide whether or not to take any action after the race.

"It's a suspicion right now," Tom Ladue said. "We will have to see. After the race we will make a decision."

Four-man World Cup holder Alexandre Zoubkov of Russia finished just outside the medals in fourth and Germany's Matthias Hoepfner and Marc Kuehne were fifth.