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Not even a heavy snowfall was able to stop the streak of four consecutive wins for Steven Holcomb in this beginning of the thirtieth edition of the World Cup bobsled.

Monday 9 December 2013 5 minutes reading time

Holcomb quest'' in the race today with Tomasevicz, Langton and Fogt on gut Park City has invented a perfect run in the final descent which allowed him to successfully close the home test. The ace'' American on board his Night Train 2 in the second run was unplayable for everyone, signing the best intermediate in the boost phase and especially drawing perfect lines that allowed him to close with a margin of 35 cents against the first of rivals. The performance of'' American'' was superb because the full amount of the benefit has been realized in a single descent, given that at the end of the first round Holcomb led the list with the same time of Arndt and Kasyanov. With this success, the pilot of Park City strengthened its leadership position in the overall standings and exceeds the multi-winners olympus between the four-man bob German Wolfgang Hoppe, becoming the third bobbista most successful ever in this specialty. Behind the phenomenon USA ended the German Maximilian Arndt. The world champion of the four-man bob after an amazing first run, nothing has been against the excessive power of Holcomb getting for the second consecutive race the place of honor''. The Teutonic preceded by a single penny the surprising Russian Alexander Kasyanov who has undoubtedly benefited from the many races of North American Cup played in the last two weeks on the trail of Utah, to win his best result in the World Cup. At the foot of the podium seven athletes were placed in an enclosed plot of just 13 cents. In fourth position'' concluded the Latvian crew piloted by Oskars Melbardis excellent as usual in the boost phase is to be regretted that some minor niggles committed in'' arc of the two runs that cost him two tiny cents, a'' begins but that in so short a ranking deprived him of the joy of getting on the podium. Behind closed Melbardis respectively Zubkov, Kibermanis and Spring. Great performance for the'' English'' John James Jackson quest today ninth, returned to the positions that count despite still recovering from a serious Achilles tendon injury suffered during d'''' s summer that has compromised the delicate pre-season. Continue the negative moment of Thomas Florschuetz. The Teutonic after the disastrous race yesterday completed the race today in an anonymous seventeenth position for him. Another race undertone for the'' blue crew piloted by Simone Bertazzo. The pilot of Pieve di Cadore supported by brakemen Francesco Costa, George and William Berdini Frullani got only a nineteenth place. The next round of the World Cup four-man bob will take place in seven days in Lake Placid.

Alessandro Genuzio

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