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In Altenberg the fourth world title in 4-man bobsleigh, 11th overall for one of the greatest champions in the history of winter disciplines. In the monobob the triumph of the American.
Sunday 14 February 2021 4 minutes reading time
An immense Francesco Friedrich hits the fourth consecutive world championship in the bob at 4, the eleventh overall. Race dominated far and wide by the phenomenon of Pirna on his favorite track, that of Altenberg, thanks to the usual powerful thrust phase and clean lines throughout the track, ingredients that serve to annihilate the competition, guided today, as always by a splendid Benjamin Maier. For the Austrian two perfect descents that allow him to take home the first world champion medal of his career and to confirm a definitive rise to the top positions achieved this season.
Third step of the podium for Johannes Lochner, with the Bavarian not completely satisfied with his performance. Down from the podium, confirming the positions of the first day of competition, the Latvian Oskars Kibermanis and the Canadian Justin Kripps. The blue crew made up of Baumgartner / Fantazzini / Ughi / Bilotti concludes in 15th place, with the two today's descents stained by some imperfections.
In the women's monobob race, on the other hand, an unattainable Kaillie Humphries gives an encore and after last week's success in the classic 2-way bobsleigh race, she also wins the first historic world championship edition of this discipline, crushing the competition by virtue of the two descents perfect today, in which he repeatedly stamps the record of the Saxon track. The Teutonic hosts have to settle for the remaining places on the podium with Stephanie Schneider preceding Laura Nolte, and above all the latter can complain for the many mistakes that have characterized her today's descents, while the other Germans finish in fourth and sixth place , respectively with Jamanka and Kalicki; among them the Canadian Appiah who further lowers the thrust record set yesterday bringing it to 5 ”92.
Even today on the very difficult Altenberg track the athletes made several mistakes, including the overturning in the third downhill for the Russian Makarova and for one of the favorites on the eve, the Australian Breeana Walker, who, following the disastrous accident, preferred not to take part in the final run, as well as the second reversal in two days for Elana Meyers-Taylor in the fourth run. With today's races the curtain falls on this edition of the bobsleigh and skeleton world championships from Altenberg, an event initially scheduled on the Lake Placid circuit, but moved due to covid-19 in the Saxon town.
Matteo Collodoro
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