Overview
- Johannes Lochner beat Francesco Friedrich by 0.51 seconds over two runs in Altenberg, securing the overall two-man World Cup and his third big crystal globe after 2022/23 and 2024/25.
- Lochner confirmed this was his final two-man World Cup appearance, with retirement planned after the February Olympics in Cortina d’Ampezzo.
- Adam Ammour, with brakeman Benedikt Hertel, finished second, placing ahead of Friedrich and Alexander Schüller in another intra-German shake-up.
- Lochner and brakeman Georg Fleischhauer delivered what was described as a power display to close out the season.
- Friedrich said he will "strike back" at the Olympics, targets a third straight Olympic gold-double, and will decide his career plans after the Games.