BobsleighBob - Lake Placid
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Opens in the sign of Francesco Friedrich the 31st edition of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh. The German driver quest''oggi in Lake Placid in the first act seasonal showed all his class during the second run crossing the line ahead Oskars MelbÄrdis and Nick Cunningham.
Friday 12 December 2014 5 minutes reading time
The reigning world champion has built success in today's final round in which & egrave; managed to squeeze the most of the difficult middle section of the casing of the state of New York, closing with a margin of 17 cents on the first beat. Friedrich also found in the brakeman Thorsten Margis a great team mate that allowed him to gain further ground in boost phase, crucial that until last year penalized the baby German phenomenon. For the twenty-four of Pirna is the second triumph in the circuit of the World Cup, the first in the territory outside Europe. (Official standing)
Behind Friedrich & egrave; placed Latvian Oskars MelbÄrdis author of the best race of his career in the specialty & agrave; the two-man bobsleigh. The Baltic authentic phenomenon departure for quest''oggi & ograve; you & egrave; highlighted for his driving skills, which have enabled it in the final run of sopravvanzare ranking in the 'American Nick Cunningham. Quest''ultimo home track had even managed to close the first run the command with the same time of Francesco Friedrich, but in the final heats the sample US push has committed some trimming too much at the top, which prevented him from celebrate the first victory of his career. For today's Cunningham & egrave; the third consecutive podium finish on Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Bobsled Run Lake Placid.
At the foot of the podium & egrave; placed the 'Swiss Beat Hefti that than on royalties & egrave; was the author of two heats full of errors that prevented him to fight for a place set within the topthree. Behind it & egrave; ranked compatriot Peter Rico who had a good second run that allowed him to equal fifth place in Koenigssee in 2013 his best finish in the World Cup.
Only the sixth 'idol Steven Holcomb true master in the brush the difficult middle section of the American track, but rather appeared in trouble & agrave; in the boost phase. The holder of the Crystal Ball has in fact suffered a delay in this crucial totaling 37 cents, un''enormit & agrave; if you think that Hefti has accused & nbsp; a gap of 36 cents from the winner in the calculation of the total of the two rounds.
The big surprise of the day comes from South Korea. The 'crew Seo Won-gi & agrave; he set to light last year in North America Cup and recently in the European Cup has an interesting grabbed eighth place that represents the best result of a Korean in the maximum circuit bob. Won tenth after the first round has capitalized the most of the knowledge of this track (his traditional training ground) in the final run, recovering two placings and closing with the same time of Maximilian Arndt.
The next round of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh & egrave; scheduled in seven days in Calgary. Most athletes today sar & agrave; still engaged Sunday in the first test of the season four-man bob.
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