"My tears were tears of joy. We had the toughest season of our whole career. To stand here with a medal at the World Championships is just a dream. Altenberg was a very special World Championships for me as they will be my last," said Walther, who was the runner-up in the 2017 World Championships.

One team that did not appear on the final day was that of Canada's Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Cameron Stones and Benjamin Coakwell. Pilot Kripps, who was tied in fourth place with Friedrich after the second run, pulled a muscle during his start, which meant he was no longer able to compete.

Fourth place went to Oskars Kibermanis of Latvia with Lauris Kaufmanis, Davis Springis and Matiss Miknis ahead of the Austrians Benjamin Maier/Marco Rangl/Markus Sammer/Danut Moldovan.

The Czech team of Dominik Dvorak with Dominik Suchy, Jan Sindelar and Jakub Nosek celebrated their best World Championship result by far in sixth place.

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