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It closes in Winterberg in the fifth round of the men's two-man bobsleigh'' s unbeaten Steven Holcomb. Quest on the track today'''' s Hochsauerland the first European to win the maximum circuit bob was the'' Swiss Beat Hefti.
Saturday 4 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
The Swiss couple with brakeman Alex Baumann has built its success today thanks to a masterful first run that allowed him to benefit from a large safety margin against the nearest rival. In the final run the'' ex-brakeman Ivo Rueegg managed the great advantage gained, taking the first win of the season and finishing with a margin of 46 cents on the first beat of Alexander Zubkov.
The Russian sixth after the first run was the author of the best part-time in the final run which enabled him at once to recover four positions and to climb for the first time this season on the podium in this specialty.
The top three was completed by'' American Cory Butner surprise that he managed to wrangle a capital trial in an environment away from the shareholders boundaries. The bearer of the United States'' quest today showed great character and without getting caught by too many emotions has completed its test for the second time this season on the third step of the podium at a single cent from the square'' s honor. The "States" could celebrate a'' Another great team performance if Nick Cunningham, fourth at the end of the first half, he had not messed up in the final run, closing only in twelfth position.
At the foot of the podium closed the first two crews home. The veteran Thomas Florschuetz has become the protagonist of'' an excellent comeback in the second round that allowed him to recover four positions and to climb over the young team-mate Francesco Friedrich of just 6 cents.
The overall leader Steven Holcomb quest'' today accused the blow from the first run in a closed position for him anonymous ninth. In the final round the phenomenon of Park City aboard his bob made by BMW could save guadagando two placings and winning the seventh place behind the Canadian Lyndon Rush. '' The American thanks to the series of four consecutive victories in the first four outputs easily maintained leadership in the World Cup though now the margin of advantage against Hefti has drastically thinned and is 103 lengths.
The top ten is completed by the Latvian Oskars Kibermanis eighth and author of a decent second run, by Canadian Chris Spring and Oskars Melbardis.
In Italy continues the house of Simon Bertazzo disappointing season that ended only in fifteenth position. The pilot of Pieve di Cadore in the quest'' pair today with Francesco Costa once again failed to bring out the full potential from Bob Ferrari-cones revealing obvious difficulties not only in the boost phase but also on the part of him more , congegniale or getting one led for the fifth time in a row a result clearly outside the top ten. Bitter debut for the youth Olympic champion Patrick Baumgartner on track in Winterberg has not gone beyond the twenty-fourth place.
The next round of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh male is scheduled in a week to gut the historic St. Moritz in Switzerland.
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