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Steven Holcomb continues undeterred to dominate the world bob. The thirty-three of Park City has made its race also taking advantage of today's fourth consecutive victory in the World Cup.
Saturday 14 December 2013 4 minutes reading time
Holcomb also this'' today was unplayable for the rest of the competition, proving to be much higher in the section headed when he drew perfect lines without ever committing a minimal burring. '' The American teamed with Chris Fogt gets the fourth triumph in the two-man bobsleigh season, the sixth in a row if we consider also the bobsleigh four, but above all it has set a new record, never in the 30 previous editions of the World Cup an athlete had won the first four races, only the German Christoph Langen in the 1995-1996 season we had gone around conquering four wins in a row from the second to the fifth round of the maximum range of the bob.
Less than a week after the women's hat-trick, the United States'' quest today celebrate the historic first hat-trick for men. Behind Holcomb were placed in fact Nick Cunningham and Cory Butner detached, respectively, 55 and 66 cents from the winner.
Excellent performance for the German Thomas Florschuetz getting today'' quest to find the best result of the season after the disappointing performance highlighted in Calgary and Park City. The veteran Teutonic was the author of a stunning final round that allowed him to recover three positions and touch the podium for just three cents.
The top five is completed by Zubkov who once again was placed in areas of high ranking. Behind the Russian were ranked in order'' Spring, Arndt and Kripps. The second race was for Francesco Friedrich for the first time this season closes'' s last place among the German crews at the start.
Fourth race to forget for Simone Bertazzo. The Venetian quest'' today in tandem with Francesco Costa ranked fifteenth in coming preceded by two Dutch crews. The pilot of Pieve di Cadore while disposing of a bob created ad hoc result of collaboration between Ferrari and CONI continues to get disappointing results or better in line with what is revealed in the past season. It is hoped that with the return of the World Cup in Europe, the situation will change for the better.
The next appointment with full circuit of the bob is scheduled for the first weekend of January in Winterberg.
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