Only five ever men have done what he's just achieved.
It's a moment that you'll remember the rest of your life.
Dominator of the sport.
The best pilot in the world.
A bobsleigh visionary.
He hates losing.
Since 2016 he is undefeated in both disciplines.
He still wants more.
He wants to become a legend in this sport.
I was born and raised in Pirna.
When I was ten, I began with athletics.
Coincidentally I fell into bobsleighing,
and just continued on the journey.
In 2010 I took this young man under my wing.
I wanted to make him the best in the world,
as fast as possible.
Don't solve it too soon. Watch out.
I won my first World Cup event in Altenberg.
That's the first time he got on our nerves!
We had to share the podium.
He showed us that he'd been a fast learner.
Team Friedrich-Becker were all young men.
They trained unbelievably hard.
They were hungry to show the rest, we're gunning for you.
We are young but we are ready
to take on the best in the world.
The biggest moment was St. Moritz.
The breakout moment of his career at 22 years old.
The youngest-ever world champion.
That started everything.
Sensational.
In this moment you feel really big
and you hope it will continue.
And then came the next key moment.
Exactly one year later.
We were in Sochi.
For one of the blue ribboned events
of each and every Olympic Winter Games.
Oh, Sochi!
As reigning world champions, you go
to the Olympics with the thought
that you want to win at least one medal.
Maybe even a gold medal.
The boys were competitive in the piloting and the start.
But were handicapped by poor equipment
and could not hold their own with the world's best.
We were the first German team in 50 years
that didn't win a medal.
A shocking moment for him.
It should have been a different result
considering the performance
he delivered previously.
We thought that it couldn't get any worse.
I swore this would never happen again.
I took a week's break after Sochi
and then I started training again.
Thorsten joined us.
He quit decathlon.
He made an amazing jump.
Then Martin and Candy joined us from the track.
We then began to hit start numbers
that were getting close to record start times.
We created an amazing team. It was a new beginning.
That was much better.
Francesco managed to change some fundamental things.
He arranged that we didn't need
to use the same blade manufacturer exclusively.
We financed certain aspects ourselves,
another amazing achievement Francesco managed.
He's not just an athlete.
He takes care of everything. The competitive framework.
The finances, he has to acquire the equipment.
That's a lot of work.
To see him manage all that
at his age was impressive.
He has a visionary outlook.
He pioneered new ways that were atypical
and pushed bobsleigh as a sport forward.
That's how we made it to the top.
Thanks to his ways and his will to win.
We worked hard and kept it up until Pyeongchang.
And it paid off.
The time is the same, we've got two gold medals!
This is amazing!
That is unbelievable!
Justin Kripps and Francesco Friedrich.
It's a moment that gives you goosebumps.
That they could celebrate gold with the Canadians.
This creates bonding friendships.
Then came the 4-man bob.
I remember when he said to me,
"Let's skip the two training sessions tomorrow."
It shows Franz's coolness.
He's in control of everything.
Better to have a day of rest,
to have a bit of regeneration.
Look at him go!
Only five ever men have done what he's just achieved.
Gold in both the 2-man and the 4-man
at the same Olympic Games.
In the 4-man bob he didn't leave anything to chance.
He made the right decisions in agreement with us.
And that shows him for what he is, a double gold medalist.
Gold medalists and Olympic champions,
Germany!
To receive the medals in a stadium full of 7,000 people.
That was the best moment that I could have hoped for.
So amazing!
In consideration of his success, it has to be said
that he is the leader in the World Cup
and World Championships.
I'm still ahead in the Olympics!
That's the pair.
They're still two medals ahead of us.
Of course it's a goal.
But as I've said we want to keep writing our own story.
He wants competition.
Only through strong competition can he improve.
That's why he supports his competitors.
Such as Benjamin Maier of Austria.
A main rival in the 4-man bob.
It would be a shame
if the bobsleigh family or even this sport
ceased to exist.
And that's why we support the others.
Thanks to the international association
he's able to continue in this sport.
His string of successes are amazing.
I am convinced it will survive Beijing.
We will fight for these two gold medals.
I'm sure the team can win those gold medals.
When you're at the top, you want to stay there!
We might be the first to defend two gold medals.
That's never been done before.