Fabienne Meyer and Gregor Baumann are new champions Swiss bobsleigh

In today's day in the gut of Sankt Moritz in the Canton of Grisons, ended the championship races Swiss two-man bobsleigh. The track of the famous Swiss resort, is famous for being the'' single basin, part of the World Cup not to be equipped with a system of artificial refrigeration and by tradition the first official races that are held on the'' Olympia Bob Run the laurels national award.

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In the women's race, the title went to surprise'' s crew of Fabienne Meyer (pictured) and the brakeman Tanja Mayer preceded by over a second and a great favorite of the eve of the national crown holder Caroline Spahni. The podium was completed by Edith Burkard who finished almost three seconds behind the winner. For thirty-two of today's Willisau is the first national laurel of his long career. In the field of men's, did not take part the'' undisputed idol of the movement Swiss Beat Hefti. The most successful winner of the title and main protagonist of the Swiss bobsleigh world has preferred to give up the national competition to focus more on preparing for the Olympic Games in Sochi where the tip bluntly to a medal. Hefti at the site of his federation, said: "In these four years we have worked hard to prepare as well as the Olympics. Our goal is to medal, so we need to get to February in top condition. I decided to skip the national championships to allow my brakeman Thomas Lamparter not to force too much recovery time since last summer suffered the rupture of the Achilles tendon''. " Absent Hefti, the struggle for the victory came on between Gregor Baumann and Peter Rico. At the end of the'' won the day for thirty Schwarzenbach that preceded the rival of only 30 cents. Far behind the third classify Luke Schumacher who finished more than two seconds behind the winner. Unlike in the Swiss league 2013-2014 was played on the distance of two rounds instead of the usual four.

Alessandro Genuzio

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