Hoppe and Kipurs will probably race in the four-man competition the following weekend.
His Olympic start came in 1988 as a brakeman in the four-man competition.
The United States will have two sleds in the four-man competition.
German National Olympic Committee officials decided last week to allow him to participate in this week's four-man bobsled competition.
There were two bobsleigh events, the two-man and four-man competitions.
A four-man competition was held.
Other than that exception, the four-man competition has been competed at every game (in 1928, it was a five-man competition).
He won a gold medal in the four-man competition at the 1952 Winter Olympics in Oslo.
He finished fifth in the four-man competition and ninth in the two-man event.
Fritz Feierabend from Switzerland competed in both the two- and four-man competitions.