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The Czech dominates since the seeding run and wins a well-deserved gold, ahead of Dominique Maltais and Chloe Trespeuch. Fifth and fall while he was fighting for the bronze Michela Moioli.
Sunday 16 February 2014 5 minutes reading time
Vince Eva Samkova, with his mustache painted on her face'' s order. '' Chosen for this occasion in the national colors, which honors the great race with an absolutely perfect. From seeding run - ended with a best time - until the end, none has been able to counter the ride of the young Czech, who this season has already put in his pocket two rounds of the World Cup and the'' gold at Universiade Trentino.
'' Not even the experienced and strong Dominique Maltais, for which the'' Olympic gold continues to be taboo: the Canadian stunning knockout in his run in the final has not been able to do is to accompany the Samkova tragaurdo, while behind her the tussle for the bronze medal between our Michela Moioli and Bulgarian Alexandra Jekova rewarded ... the French Chloe Trespeuch. The Bulgarian Bergamo and the fact they came into contact with each other as they fought for the third place of the podium and fell. A race anyway applause for Michael, and arrived at his first Olympics in Sochi not in perfect physical condition, thanks to the fall with a dislocated collarbone in Andorra, and the knock in training right here in Sochi. A black eye that has not stopped the Bergamo area, but will have to postpone the appointment'' and the medal with red hair. This was in fact the "pledge" that he would have paid in the event of Bergamo Olympic medal.
He stops instead to the quarterfinals of the race Raffaella Brutto: the Genoese unfortunately suffers a bad start, that'' he immediately cut out of the game. Why the front Maltais, Jekova Gillings and sailed quietly into the semi-finals and the fall of the Fujimori serves only to earn a fourth place perhaps only useful for statistics but nothing more.
Among the other protagonists, both disappoint Maelle Ricker, Olympic champion in Vancouver, and Lindsey Jacobellis: The first is over the lands even in the quarterfinals, while the U.S. stumbles in'' another psychodrama sports at the Olympic level, losing even a Once again the train to the'' gold medal after the madness of Turin in 2006, which had led to at least the'' silver''. This time, falling in the semifinals when he seemed to control the race quietly winning the small final is little consolation for a champion of his level. Two runs have fallen into sedino then removed from the race and Helene Olafsen Jacke Hernandez: norvgese the unfortunate, who got injured for the umpteenth time'' to the knee, while terrifying was the fall of the U.S., who pulled a large pumpkin landing from a jump and remained lifeless for a few moments on the track. Luckily only a blow to her, played out but still conscious. Tomorrow the men's race.
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