British four-man bobsleigh team third in St Moritz
Brad Hall piloted Great Britain's four-man bobsleigh team to gold in the previous round of the World Cup in Winterberg
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Great Britain were edged out by the two strong German teams to finish third in a thrilling World Cup four-man bobsleigh in St Moritz.
Pilot Brad Hall, alongside GB team-mates Taylor Lawrence, Leon Greenwood and Greg Cackett, posted the joint fastest time in the first of two runs on the famous Swiss course as they went for back-to-back World Cup golds.
Just one hundredth of a second separated the top four going into the second run, but it was World Cup leader Francesco Friedrich who finished on top, winning by 0.23 seconds.
The German posted a track record to jump from third place after the opening run to finish in a total time of two minutes 9.13 seconds.
Compatriot Johannes Lochner claimed silver, while Hall was 0.3 seconds off the pace and Switzerland's Michael Vogt was fourth, a further one hundredth back.
Hall remains second in the four-man World Cup standings, 51 points behind reigning champion Friedrich after three of the season's eight races.
The competition continues in Innsbruck, Austria, next Sunday, 19 January.