Overview
- Lochner with brakeman Georg Fleischhauer beat Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schüller by 0.78 seconds.
- The St. Moritz World Cup doubled as the European Championship under the Race‑In‑Race format on the sport’s only natural‑ice track.
- The victory marked Lochner’s eighth win in eleven two‑ and four‑man races this winter, with Friedrich winning the other three.
- Britain’s Brad Hall claimed bronze, while Adam Ammour and Benedikt Hertel placed sixth in the race and fifth for the European standings because South Korean crews finished ahead.
- Lochner leads the World Cup in both disciplines as Friedrich downplayed the setback, saying the Olympic picture could change in Cortina.