Take the season’s biggest races in the sliding sports of bobsled, skeleton and luge, meaning either the Olympics or the world championships, and there have been 59 instances of sliders from one place sweeping the podium.

German sits in gold and silver positions midway through the four-man bobsled event.

Sui Wenjing and Han Chan of China shattered their own world record for a short program at the Beijing Games on Friday night, giving them the narrowest of leads over Russian rivals Evgenia Tarasova and Vladimir Morozov heading into the free skate to decide the Olympic champion.

Following his victory in two-man, Germany's Francesco Friedrich will go for his second Olympic gold medal of the 2022 Games in four-man.

With Francesco Friedrich's two-man bobsled victory, Germany has now won seven of the eight sliding sport events contested at the 2022 Winter Olympics.

With Francesco Friedrich first and Johannes Lochner second at the midpoint, Germany is in position to add to its sliding sport gold haul at the 2022 Olympics.

With the NFL on a break for a week until Super Bowl festivities begin, a lot of focus now can turn to the start of the latest Winter Olympics, which open Friday in Beijing.

Bobsled schedule for the 2022 Winter Olympics: when, where and how to watch or stream every event via NBC, Peacock, USA Network and NBCOlympics.com.