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Not even the second trials staged last weekend in Altenberg has enabled German engineers to determine the final two names to be included in the team that will address this December & agrave; the first round of the World Cup circuit.
Tuesday 18 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
Germany back from the disastrous Olympics in Sochi, where for the first time in the last 50 years has not collected any Olympic medal in the world of bob & egrave; eager to bounce back quickly from the role of the nation of reference of this discipline, which is why the board of the powerful Teutonic league this season has set the standard for selecting more & ugrave; Hard previous years.
This real "New Deal" and took it to the victims excellent, just think that it is the 'Vancouver Olympic silver Thomas Florschuetz the' gold 2011 world champion Cathleen Martini were excluded from the shortlist of the World Cup even before the '' beginning of the trails.
The first round of selection, you & egrave; held two weeks ago in Winterberg, showed the young ace Francesco Friedrich which is first & egrave; imposed sharply in the two-man bobsleigh (click here for the final) and then & egrave; considerably closer to the performance of his compatriot and world champion four-man bob Maximilian Arndt. (Click here for the final). With these excellent performances both drivers immediately snatched the pass for next season and so & igrave; while the rest of the team gathered in Altenberg for the second round of selection, both Friedrich Arndt last weekend took part successfully in the first European Cup.
Similarly, in the feminine, the trials of Winterberg has qualified two teams immediately (click here for the final). Anja Schneiderheinze and & nbsp; Stefanie Szczurek have developed a light an excellent run of form that has now convinced the German technicians, and the two girls have confirmed these good impressions gi & agrave; in the first two rounds of the European circuit, giving Germany two beautiful shotguns. The two bobbiste will be the only riders who will represent Germany in the early part of the season's highest bobsleigh track.
The second round of qualifying as anticipated, it has highlighted a big difference between Manuel Machata and Nico Walther times the two main contenders in hand, for the 'last place in the squad for the World Cup. Machata to return to competitive racing shoes after the storm last February, it & egrave; seemed so & igrave; incisive even in this second round of selection, resulting in little more & ugrave; Fast Walther in the two-man bobsleigh (click here for the final), but more & ugrave; Slow rival in the four-man bob. (click here for the final)
With this uncertainty, coaches Germans wanted to postpone the decision on the top trails on the composition of the men's team.
Although gi & agrave; called the pink female in Altenberg have met again Miriam Wagner and Sandra Kroll who used this event as a training session ahead of the season's European Cup.
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