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The second round of the World Cup aerials in the resort & agrave; American Deer Valley has given great satisfaction to the athletes of the house, who have established the best result of his National since 2005, winning the race three podiums between male and female. In the women the Americans have failed to achieve even a one-two with Ashley Caldwell that preceded Kiley McKinnon, thus obtaining & Igrave; the best result of the US National women since 1989.
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For the twenty-Caldwell is the second successful career in the World Cup after the victory nearly four years ago, on 21-01-2011, in the stage of Lake Placid, just 17 years old.
Behind him, in second place, the nineteen year old McKinnon seems to have taken a liking nell''andare podium. The young athlete had never come in the top three of the World Cup in his career before this season, but three weeks ago in the two races in Beijing who had opened the season was able to obtain a third and a second place. With this second place the McKinnon is a candidate as the main antagonist of the Chinese Mengtao Xu for the classification of specialty & agrave ;. The Xu, who had won both races in Beijing, today & egrave; came only twelfth.
The step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium & egrave; was obtained from the Chinese Shen Xiaoxue, to his first career podium in the World Cup in three races. The other two matches played by the young Chinese athlete in the maximum world circuit were the two races in Beijing three weeks ago in which he had obtained a seventeenth and an eleventh place.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; Mengtao Xu & egrave; first to 222 points closely followed just two points away from McKinnon. In third place, 76 points away from Xu, c '' & egrave; un''altra Chinese, Kong Fanyu, to 146.
In the men the march of Chinese Qi Guangpu seems unstoppable. The twenty-four, after two wins in Beijing, focuses his third win in three races this season and his eighth career win in the World Cup with a score of 138.50, ahead of the second and the third prize of 9.99 points, in a final in which eight out of twelve athletes were Americans.
Behind it & egrave; ranked the nineteen US Mac Bohonnon, his third podium in the World Cup, the second in a row after the third place in Beijing.
In third place, with 128.51 points as Bohonnon, the twenty-six Ukrainian Oleksandr Abramenko & egrave; back on the podium of the World Cup almost three years after the third-place finish in Voss, Norway, on 17-03-2012. For him & egrave; the third podium absolute maximum in the world circuit of freestyle.
The 'Ukrainian got the better sull''atleta US despite the two have got exactly the same score, thanks to the greater number of points obtained in the form of the jump.
The three athletes on the podium have dug a huge gap over the competition, just think that the fourth place, the American Nevin Brown, got 80.99 points.
In the ranking of specialty & agrave; Qi & egrave; full points with 300 points against the 166 of the first tracker Mac Bohonnon, and thanks to the fantastic performance achieved so far, the Chinese is a candidate seriously even before the victory of the overall World Cup of his career.
The next round of the aerials sar & agrave; next week the World Championships in Kreischberg, Austria. This specialty & agrave; avr & agrave; the 'burden and the' honor of opening the fifteenth edition of the World Championships of Freestyle Wednesdays & Igrave; 14 at 16:30 with the qualifications, while the finals will take place the next day at 18:00, immediately after the conclusion of the ceremony of 'opening. & Nbsp; & Nbsp;
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