Historic sweep for Germany, taking 3 medals in Olympic 2-man

BEIJING (AP) — Eins, zwei, drei. In German, that means one, two, three. And for the German bobsled team, it also means history. Germany — unquestionably the world’s sliding superpower — became the first nation to sweep the medals in an Olympic bobsled race on Tuesday, grabbing gold, silver and bronze in the two-man event at the Beijing Games.

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