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Elena Meyers closed to command the first day of competition of the women's bobsleigh. The American'' in tandem with the phenomenal brakeman Lauryn Williams has established in both races in the new program record thrust Sanki Olympic Sliding Center in Krasnaya Polyana.
Tuesday 18 February 2014 6 minutes reading time
Thanks to these two extraordinary departures l'' 1 crew of the United States has now made the difference from the initial stretch up to about half of the track, where the two have gained important U.S. cents against the main enemy printing twice the best time to run.
Meyers actually not impressed by clean lines, but the great talent acquired in the first part of the gut Olympic enabled her to close the first day lead with 23 cents on the number one favorite for winning and defending Olympic title Kaillie Humphries. The Canadian Historical driven by teammate Heather Moyse, has committed a minor imperfection in the first drop-down list where you intravversata paying slightly in the first round after a delay of 10 cents which is more than doubled in the second run.
Humphries after all was the'' only athlete in the race capable of keeping up'' s frenzied Elana Meyers and tomorrow in the last two rounds will still say its for the gold medal''. If the fight for the most precious metal is now restricted to only two athletes, bronze seems to be already at the neck of the second U.S. crew at the start, entrusted to the leadership of Jamie Greubel and Aja Evans.
Greubel authentic revelation of the season, confirmed today the quest'' great progress highlighted in the different stages of the World Cup, playing two very good runs and finishing in third place with 56 cents detached from the leader. '' The American, however, has the great merit of being able to build a margin of safety against the fourth ranked (49 cents) except that sensational surprises should be enough to preserve tomorrow'' s last step of the podium.
The virtual and unwelcome wooden medal is currently assigned to the phenomenal Belgian driver Elfje Willemsen, that despite the significant delay suffered in the boost phase has, as usual, gave driving lessons to all of them in the most technical, drawing perfect lines that have allowed him to go down in the'' final stretch of the first two times on the same class. Tomorrow'' s crew Belgium1 least try to keep this incredible location in order to be ready to exploit any serious errors of one of the three teams ahead of him in the rankings to be able to dream of the Olympic podium.
The big disappointment of the first day which comes from Germany after two rounds is already pretty much cut out of the fight for the medals. The champion Kiriasis fifth quest'' today, it seemed like a distant relative of the pilot who until two seasons ago dominated the length and breadth of the discipline, making mistakes and smudges never seen before. Also hurt Cathleen Martini and Anja Schneiderheinze found even in the eighth and ninth overcome even by'' Dutch Esme Kamphuis and Russian Olga Stulneva. At the end of the descent of their crews, the chief coach of Germany Christopher Langen appeared quite upset'' and the impression is that German engineers are not able to find the right set-up of material on this particular track. What rather worrying in view of the men's four-man bob test where Maximilian Arndt will be looking for a likely medal.
The top ten is completed by'' Swiss Fabienne Meyer that preceded the third U.S. bobsled at the start in the race led by Jazmine Fenlator and the star of'' athletic Lolo Jones.
Tomorrow starting at 17:15 will take place the third round, while the descent decisive will start at 18:25.
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