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Incredible final twist in the fourth round of the Bobsleigh World Cup women staged quest''oggi in Koenigssee. A win & egrave; was Germany's Cathleen Martini, who has taken advantage the resounding mistake dell''americana Elana Meyers-Taylor in the final run, & nbsp; to give Germany the first victory of the season.
Friday 16 January 2015 5 minutes reading time
Martini fact, the times in the hand would come behind the dominatrix of this season, but when it seemed all set to celebrate the fourth consecutive victory of the thirty Georgia & egrave; the success' imponderable. Meyers-Taylor came out too strong from the & nbsp; Schlangengrube resting for a few seconds left side of your bob on the ice before they succeed him to return to its natural position, this will be considered as a real "miracle" made them for & ograve; losing precious pennies on the finish line and the 'American closed only in sixth position. & nbsp;
The 'mistake today of Meyers-Taylor lets celebrate Cathleen Martini, athlete with great sacrifice and tenacity & egrave; succeeded in December to riagguantare the place set within the German team for the match at the World Championships in Winterberg, the last act of his career. The bobbista of Zwichau & nbsp; in fact, already & agrave; last weekend in Altenberg had announced the 'intention of wanting to withdraw at the end of this season. The German quest''oggi gets his fourth triumph in Koenigssee & nbsp; the eighteenth career and who knows & agrave; that in one of the last four races remaining fails to reach the milestone of twenty victories in the World Cup.
It is confirmed in second place the Belgian Elfje Willemsen author as always the best part driven dell''intero circuit. The 'athlete of Belgium continues to lose important cents in the boost phase, but then when you have to find the right lines & egrave; always able to recover a lot of ground against the enemy, and the success quest''oggi & egrave; escaped for just 4 cents tiny. With this second consecutive podium and the accomplice 'lackluster performance by Kaillie Humphries quest''oggi only fifth, Willemsen took the second position in the overall standings, taking to 79 lengths by the leadership of Elana Meyers-Taylor.
The podium is completed by Anja Schneiderheinze, which thanks to a regular testing gets the second place in the top three of the season. Fourth place for a positive Jazmine Fenlator only positive note in this disastrous day for the American colors. In fact over all''incredibile error Meyers-Taylor the United States must take into account also the overthrow of Jamie Gruebel-Poser occurred during the first descent. Two counterperformance that & ograve; allow to shorten the standings of the World Cup and to make more & ugrave; thrilling race to the Crystal Ball. & nbsp;
The next round of the Bobsleigh World Cup women & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the historic track of Sankt Moritz.
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