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The thirty-six Swiss Beat Hefti has respected the underdogs and clearly won the fourth race of the season in the Bobsleigh World Cup which took place at 2 in Koenigssee, clocking the fastest time in both the first and second rounds. & Nbsp;
Saturday 17 January 2015 4 minutes reading time
The 'Swiss, medal' silver in Sochi, got the second consecutive victory after victory last weekend in Altenberg, taking off gi & agrave; at the end of the first round ended with 24 cents ahead of German Nico Walther and 56 cents on the Russian Alexey Stulnev. It was finished only eighth German Francesco Friedrich 1 second net Hefti and even more & ugrave; behind the leader of the World Cup, the Latvian Oskars MelbÄrdis, spaced 1 second and 2 cents by the Swiss.
A nothing & egrave; worth a great second run of Melbardis, which eventually & egrave; only had to settle for fifth place. Latvian & egrave; down from the podium for the first time this season, having ranked among the top three in both the two-man bobsleigh in that bob to 4 in all three races of the World Cup gi & agrave; played. Francesco Friedrich & egrave; ranked only seventh after the race, losing points in the Cup standings both Melbardis that Hefti.
Once again, the twenty-eight Canadian Justin Kripps has shown to have a special feeling with this track. After the surprise victory of last season, also quest''anno & egrave; managed to get a placing in the top three centering the step pi & ugrave; the bottom of the podium after having gained two positions compared to fifth place in the first heat.
The twenty-four German Nico Walther has confirmed the excellent results obtained last weekend in Altenberg, when he hit the third place in the two-man bobsleigh and the victory in the four-man bobsleigh.
Today Walther & egrave; came in second, with the second time in the first run in the second and third time, ahead of 51 cents Kripps and dreaming un''altra decisive victory before the descent of the Swiss Hefti.
The 'Swiss has for & ograve; strolled over rivals by clocking the fastest time in the heats also decisive. and at the finish line clocked a time of 52 cents less than the runner-Walther. Hefti & egrave; cos & Igrave; went to climb over the Latvian Melbardis ranking specialty & agrave ;, which now reads: Hefti first to 842 points, according to Melbardis 829 and Friedrich third at 787.
As for the Italians engaged in this race, Lukas Gschnitzer has finished in sixteenth place, worsening five places the result of the first round. Patrick Baumgartner & egrave; Instead ranked twenty-fourth failing to center the 'access to the second round. & Nbsp;
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