BobsleighBob - Sochi
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Alexander Zubkov manages the margin of advantage gained in the three previous rounds is successfully closed the four-man bob race. The Russian did not disappoint the large crowd rushed to Sanki Olympic Sliding Center in Krasnaya Polyana to follow the exploits of his favorite, playing a very shrewd final descent in which he avoided taking big risks crossing the line nine cents ahead of the first of rivals .
Sunday 23 February 2014 13 minutes reading time
The flagship of Russia'' s opening ceremony of the Olympics, helped as usual by brakemen Negodaylo, Trunenkov and Voevoda, it was caught by staying very focused on emotion'''' goal, something not easy in a context race as hard data, postings very low. Yet almost forty Bratsk has used all his class and his international experience to complete a historic double, just a few days before that he had caught a resounding victory in the two-man bobsleigh.
Zubkov becomes the first Russian to win an Olympic gold'' in the four-man bob, but mainly enters the prestigious "club" of the 6 athletes are able to dominate the scene in both the dicipline of the bob in the Olympics. Before the Russian c'' had managed the Germans Andreas Ostler (Oslo 1952), Meinhard Nehmer (Innsbruck, 1976), Wolfgang Hoppe (Sarajevo 1984), Andre Lange (Turin 2006) and'' the unforgettable "Red Wheel" Eugenio Monti (Grenoble 1968).
The first-time Olympic champion quits in the best way an incredible career characterized by 6 World Cups (5 bob to 4:01 in the two-man bobsleigh), 24 stage wins in the maximum circuit bob, a world title and four European golds .
'' The silver medal went to a great Oskars Melbardis capable in the final run to snatch a tempone that allowed him to put the seal on the first Olympic medal in bobsleigh in Latvia although not the first for a Latvian, since In 1988 Janis Kipurs got to Calgary'' s Olympic gold in two-man bobsleigh and bronze in the four but then competed under the flag of the Soviet Union''.
Closes the podium the'' American Steven Holcomb that as in the two-man bobsleigh race has played a'' very good first run and then gradually became refit by opponents. The American quest'' in latest round has risked big as the second Russian crew at the start of the race brought in by Alexander Kasyanov was placed just 3 cents from bronze. For Kasyanov grows regret for a medal'' other fuzzy fault, especially a first run, not all'' height of the other three, catching the second wooden medal in these Olympics.
Fifth place for the'' English John James Jackson that perhaps no small imperfections in the upper part of the fourth descent could even come close to the podium. The British used a bob done in collaboration with the Formula 1 team McLaren, drove a magnificent race, confirming pilot from large apputamenti, last July that he had even threatened to not to be there in Sochi after the rupture of the tendon ' 'Achilles during a summer training.
The real big joke of this race and of these Olympic Games is Germany. The nation of reference of this discipline for the first time after 50 years to close a review Five Rings without a medal around his neck in the world of bob. A historical event that has materialized'' quest today probably due to a wrong choice of the materials of the three crews in the race, which has wrecked the world champion Maximilian Arndt in third place yesterday at the disappointing sixth place today. Behind Arndt ended the veteran Thomas Florschuetz while the world champion two-man bobsleigh Francesco Friedrich was placed only in tenth position. The current situation in Germany that surely will blow many heads'' s internal BSD but that will have major repercussions on athletes since the human material is not lacking and with two riders under 30 as Friedrich and Arndt and another (Machata) in the process of returning to the team, starting from next season, the German team will once again be ready to dominate the scenes of the bob.
It closes with an eighteenth place the disastrous Olympic bobsleigh Italian. Simone Bertazzo after the fourteenth place in the two-man bobsleigh, his favorite specialty, he played a quest'' Today'' colorless final round where it marked the nineteenth part-time ex-aequo with the South Korean Won. Obviously, the doping affair which involved a member of the Italian team did not help, but most likely things would not have changed much in view of the disappointing results of the season. In light of all this it is evident that something in the system tricolor of the bob should be modified, perhaps starting with a change at the top of the technical guidance and considering the possibility of giving more attention to young talents at the moment seem to be overshadowed.
Final Standings four-man bob
1 RUS-1 Zubkov - / NEGODAYLO - / TRUNENKOV - / Russian Fed VOEV 54.82 55.37 55.02 55.39 4.79 4.77 4.78 4.80 3:40.602 MELBARDIS LAT-1 - / DREISKENS - / VILKASTE - / ST 55.10 55.13 Latvia 55.15 55.31 4.77 4.75 4.79 4.78 3:40.69 +0,093 HOLCOMB USA-1 - / TOMASEVICZ - / LANGTON - / Fogt United States 54.89 55.47 55.30 55.33 4.75 4.79 4.78 4.78 3:40.99 +0,394 RUS-2 Kasyanov - / huzîn - / BELUGIN - / Russian Fed PUSHKARE 55.11 55.41 55.29 55.21 4.85 4.84 4.83 4.83 3:41.02 +0,425 GBR-1 JACKSON - / BENSON - / TASKER - / FEARON Great Britain 55.26 55.27 55.31 55.26 4.79 4.81 4.80 4.79 3:41:10 +0506 GER-1 ARNDT - / HUEBENBECKER - / ROEDIGER - / PUT Germany 54.88 55.47 55.47 55.60 4.84 4.86 4.87 4.89 3:41.42 +0,827 Florschuetz GER-3 - / BLUHM - / Kuske - / POSER Germany 55.06 55.42 55.50 55.53 4.80 4.81 4.82 4.83 3:41.51 +0,918 HEFTI SUI-1 - / BAUMANN - / EGGER - / Lamparter Switzerland 55.21 55.34 55.60 55.60 4.77 4.79 4.79 4.81 3:41.75 +1,159 CAN-2 RUSH - ;/ BROWN - / BISSETT - / WRIGHT Canada 55.35 55.43 55.60 55.38 4.82 4.84 4.86 4.83 3:41.76 +1.1610 GER-2 FRIEDRICH - / BAECKER - / Bermbach - / MARG Germany 55.15 55.43 55.81 55.41 4.78 4.79 4.84 4.82 3:41.80 +1.2011 NED-1 VAN calker - / VAN DER zijde - / JANSMA Netherlands 55.55 55.57 55.82 55.75 4.83 4.81 4.86 4.83 3:42.69 +2.0912 CUNNINGHAM USA-2 - / OLSEN - / QUINN - / ROBINSON United States 55.61 55.48 55.97 55.64 4.81 4.83 4.85 4.87 3:42.70 +2.1013 CAN SPRING-1 - / RANDALL - / MCNAUGHTON - / Barne Canada 55.50 55.70 55.88 55.76 4.84 4.86 4.89 4.88 3:42.84 +2.2414 LAT-2 KIBERMANIS - BROKS ;/ - / Lüsis - / LEIBOMS Latvia 55.68 55.52 55.97 55.81 4.81 4.81 4.84 4.83 3:42.98 +2.3815 ZAKHAROV RUS-3 - / Moiseev - / KHRENKOV - / Russian Fed Mokro 55.74 55.53 55.88 55.91 4.87 4.88 4.91 4.92 +2.4616 3:43:06 VRBA CZE-1 - / SUCHY - / DVORAK - / Vacek Czech Republic 55.95 55.47 55.95 55.80 4.88 4.87 4.91 4.88 3:43.17 +2.5717 COSTERG FRA-1 - / HEINRICH - / RIBET - / LEFORT France 55.82 55.68 55.91 55.77 4.94 4.94 4.96 4.94 3:43.18 +2.5818 BERTAZZO ITA-1 - / FONTANA - / ROMANINI - / COTE Italy 55.78 55.73 56.06 55.88 4.91 4.95 4.95 4.94 3:43.45 +2.8519 GBR- 2 DEEN - / BAINES - / MATTHEWS - / SIMONS Great Britain 55.91 55.60 56.06 55.95 4.85 4.86 4.89 4.84 3:43.52 +2.9220 KOR-1 WON - / SUK - / JUN - / SEO Korea 56.12 55.97 56.25 55.88 4.92 4.91 4.92 4.92 3:44.22 +3.6221 AUT-1 MAIER - / Withalm - / Heufler - / Somov Austria 56.25 56.11 56.27 4.94 4.92 5.05 2:48.6322 SPENCE AUS-1 - / NICHOLS - / HARVEY - / MATA Australia 56.20 56.21 56.23 4.99 4.98 4.97 2:48.6423 GODEFROY FRA-2 - / Baillard - / RICARD - / BOUTHE France 56.37 56.27 56.35 4.99 5.00 5.05 2:48.9924 NEAGU ROU-1 - / OTAVA - / Muntean - ;/ CRACIUN Romania 56.25 56.16 56.62 4.89 4.89 4.93 2:49.0325 JAGNESAK SVK-1 - / NAROVEC - / KOZIENKA - / mokra Slovakia 56.56 56.37 56.51 5.00 5.00 5.02 2:49.4426 SUZUKI JPN-1 - / Kuroiwa - / SATO - / MIYAZAKI Japan 56.41 56.42 56.63 5.00 5.02 5.03 2:49.4627 Kupczyk POL-1 - / ZALEWSKI - / Kasperowicz - / MR Poland 56.57 56.45 56.47 4.93 4.96 4.95 2:49.4928 KOR KIM-2 - / KIM - KIM ;/ - / OH Korea 56.98 56.77 56.89 5.04 5.04 5.04 2:50.6429 BINDILATTI BRA-1 - / Pessoni - / MARTINS - / GONC Brazil 56.86 56.74 57.11 4.91 4.90 4.88 2:50.7130 KRIPPS CAN-3 - / LUMSDEN - / Demetre - / RINHOLM Canada 55.17 59.91 55.72 4.76 4.76 4.83 2:50.80
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