Alexander Kasyanov wins in Park City and get the first win of his career

Great Russian victory in the first of two rounds of four-man bob scheduled for the weekend in Park City. Alexander Kasyanov has obtained the first victory of his career at the end of a race that at times & egrave; It was heavily affected by the snow and especially the wind.

Saturday 16 January 2016 5 minutes reading time

The 'athlete native of Bratsk hit a result that its National lacked for three years in the circuit of the World Cup, when Alexander Zubkov won at K & ouml; nigsee. The thirty-two Russian, along with brakeman huzÃ®n, Pushkarev and Zaytsev, despite a mistake in the final part of the track during the second run, was able to take advantage of the advantage gained in the first run and in the early part of the second to go down to take the first place finish . Kasyanov has cos & Igrave; consecrated the progressive improvement had in this specialty & agrave; during this season, in which he received before a ninth place in Altenberg, then a sixth, a fifth, up to the second place last week in Lake Placid. Second place went to the 'German crew led by Maximilian Arndt, who finished second after the first run, you & egrave; had to settle recovers only 3 cents in the second race finishing just 4 cents from the winners of the day. It finished on the podium the Swiss Rico Peter, very consistent this season in the four-man bob, with two-thirds, two fourths and a fifth. The three athletes were on the podium have maintained the positions they had at the end of the first round, while many of the other teams, especially those who qualified from fourth to ninth place after the first run, have seen their trial compromised by adverse weather conditions that have negatively impacted the performance. One such & egrave; definitely Steven Holcomb, who after finishing the first run in the fifth position spaced 2/10 from the first position, the second round has produced only the nineteenth time round ending sadly in sixteenth place. The second descent dell''Americano & egrave; It has been conditioned since the boost phase, in which the Olympic champion Vancouver recorded a lap 22 cents higher than the first run. What has more & ugrave; benefited from the situation & egrave; It was definitely the Latvian Ugis Zalims, climbed from 17th place after the first run in the fifth position. Even Francesco Friedrich & egrave; It was helped by what happened and finished in seventh place after being broken down by the 12th square. The 'Italian crew from Simone Bertazzo, Simone Fontana, Francesco Costantino Ughi Coast and finished in 17th place after finishing the first run in 14th place trailing by only 9 cents from Friedrich. Twenty-first, last and only eliminated from the second drop down the 'Canadian crew consists & nbsp; only by women and led by Kaillie Humphries. Not the 'no one has figured out yet what sense to make a bob race that pushing only accuses a gap of 65 cents from the first in the standings and that gi & agrave; the first intermediate has 1 second and 28 hundredths of a delay. I think it's enough to say that the penultimate classified at the end of the first run had an advantage of one second and 23 hundredths of Humphries and company. The athletes will have only a few hours of rest, because & eacute; starting at 01:00 the night between Saturday 16 and Sunday, January 17th will start & agrave; the first run of the second race weekend of the four-man bob.

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