BobsleighBob - Altenberg
The Bobsleigh World Cup starts from Altenberg where andr & agrave; staged the first European round of the calendar. The gut of Saxony will host & agrave; the third act of the maximum circuit World bob, and you rientrer & agrave; after a period of absence.
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THE TRACK
Begun in 1981 by the will & agrave; the Security Minister Erich Mielke who wanted to give force to the movement of the sport of gut dell''allora East Germany, the DKB-Eiskanal Rennschlitten und Bobbahn Altenberg & egrave; was officially opened in 1983. The first tests on the track gave to & ograve; fail and curves 11:12 just realized were torn down and rebuilt again.
New changes all''impianto allowed to receive in 1986 the 'approval by the International Federations bobsled, skeleton and luge for hosting international competitions. The first competition of world-class bobsleigh you & egrave; held the 'following year with the dispute of the Bobsleigh World Cup men. On that occasion, the star was the East German Wolfgang Hoppe that prevailed in both the two-man bobsleigh competition in that of four-man bob. The women made their debut in Saxony only in 2004 with the victory of the hostess Cathleen Martini authentic specilista this gut.
Altenberg also hosted three editions of the World Championships in bob (1991, 2000 and 2008) and as many editions of the European Championships (1994, 2005 and 2012).
In 2012, on the occasion of the World Championships in luge, the 'electrical system and the cooling system of the gut were completely rebuilt possible to bring down the operating costs of the facility and to ensure un''ottima condition of the ice.
The track & egrave; characterized by four key points where the athletes can make a difference: the 'Omega the series of curves 3,4 and 5, the maze (four corners in quick succession), the kreisel of 320 degrees and finally the ZielKreisel a second kreisel leading to the finish line.
THE BACKGROUND IN BOB FEMALE
Will women to open the dances of this first weekend of European World Cup. Friday & Igrave; to 12.30 andr & agrave; staged the first descent, while the second heat scatter & agrave; starting at 14:00.
The 'American Elana Meyers-Taylor presenter & agrave; at the starting gate of Altenberg strong two consecutive wins in the first two races of the season, but on a track cos & Igrave; technique as that of Saxony, things could change. The fact the US & egrave; all''impresa called, she does her strength pushing but as a driving skills still seems to be a step below than the twice Olympic champion Kaillie Humphries. Quest''ultima not seem to be able to find the right replacement for Heather Moyse as a companion to the crew, but in the basin German start would not affect the factor cos & Igrave; much as in the two previous rounds.
The two North American need for & ograve; pay a lot of attention towards dell''autentica Queen of this track: Cathleen Martini. The thirty-two of Zwickau is & egrave; set 4 times out of 6 races run on this system, and quest''anno the German presenter & agrave; pi & ugrave; agguerita than ever, as to be at the start of the race of the house had to show at the national championships to prove to the German technicians to be in great condition, earlier in the season that she was taken out of the team.
Among the possible outsider to fight for a podium place, must be taken into consideration also the 'American Jamie Greubel-Poser and Anja Schneiderheinze.
Two seasons ago was the German-two, with the hostess Cathleen Martini that prevailed before the compatriot Sandra Kiriasis, while the third concluded Kaillie Humphries.
DATES
FIRST PLACE
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SECOND PLACE
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THIRD PLACE
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04/01/13
Cathleen Martini - SCHNEIDER Stephanie
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Sandra Kiriasis - BERTELS Franziska
& Nbsp; The GER & nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
HUMPHRIES Kaillie - VALOIS Chelsea
& Nbsp; & nbsp CAN; The & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
06/01/12
Cathleen Martini - TISCHER Janine
& Nbsp; GER II
Sandra Kiriasis - LAMMERT Petra
& Nbsp; & nbsp GER III; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & Nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp; & nbsp;
MEYER Fabienne - SCHENK Hanne
& Nbsp; ON & nbsp; The
19/12/09
HUMPHRIES Kaillie - MOYSE Heather
& Nbsp; I CAN
Helen Upperton - Jennifer Ciochetti
& Nbsp; CAN II
Shauna Rohbock - Michelle Rzepka
& Nbsp; The USA
06/12/08
Sandra Kiriasis - Berit Wiacker
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Cathleen Martini - TISCHER Janine
& Nbsp; GER II
Shauna Rohbock - MEYERS Elana
& Nbsp; USA & nbsp; II
27/01/06
Cathleen Martini - TISCHER Janine
& Nbsp; & nbsp GER; The
SCHRAMM Claudia - POLIFKA Patricia
& Nbsp; GER II
Nicola Minichiello - DAVIES Jackie
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The first run is disputer & agrave; FRIDAY January 9 at 12:30 pm Click here for live streaming
The second run is disputer & agrave; FRIDAY January 9 at 14.00 click here for live streaming
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BOB IN THE PREVIOUS TWO MEN
The men will make their season debut in Europe in the early afternoon Saturday. At 12:30 & egrave; in fact planned the first run, while the final descent scatter & agrave; at 14.00.
Altenberg the underdogs are inclined more to the German Friedrich Francis, authentic phenomenon of baby bob that only twenty-two years & egrave; won the world title in St. Moritz in 2013. Friedrich in Saxony has already & agrave; won in 2013 and the 'exceptional state of the form shown in this first part of the season could allow him to prevail on the main rivals, beginning from Oskars MelbÄrdis the one with which it shares the championship lead of the World Cup.
Alongside the two young reality & agrave; bob the world will try to shine veterans Beat Hefti and Steven Holcomb, with quest''ultimo eager for redemption after a disappointing trip to North American.
In Germany make & agrave; his debut in the World Cup, the Italian team for the 'occasion Schierer & agrave; two crews, respectively driven by Simone Bertazzo and Lukas Gschnitzer. In light of the results obtained so far in the modest context of the European Cup, we should not expect much from the two blue reiterated that as pi & ugrave; sometimes exploit this season as a test to find the right solutions in view of the coming years.
Nell''ultima edition held in Altenberg were Germans Thomas Florschuetz and Francesco Friedrich to dominate, while the third closed Manuel Machata that complet & ograve; a podium Teutonic. The bobsledder who has written pi & ugrave; Sometimes your name nell''albo of 'gold of this competition & egrave; the East German Wolfgang Hoppe you & egrave; won the tender for 4 times.
DATES
FIRST PLACE
NATION
SECOND PLACE
NATION
THIRD PLACE
NATION
01/05/13
Florschuetz Thomas - Kevin Kuske
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Manuel Machata - POSER Christian
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; III
01/05/13
FRIEDRICH Francis - B & auml; CKER Jannis
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
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& Nbsp; - & Nbsp; & nbsp;
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07/01/12
Florschuetz Thomas - Kevin Kuske
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
ARNDT Maximilian - HueBENBECKER Marko
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; II
HEFTI Beat - Thomas Lamparter
& Nbsp; & nbsp SWITZERLAND; The
19/12/09
LANGE Andre - Kevin Kuske
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
Florschuetz Thomas - Marc Kuehne
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; II
Ivo Rueegg - GRAND Cedric
& Nbsp; & nbsp SWITZERLAND; II
06/12/08
LANGE Andre - Kuske Kevn
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
Steven HOLCOMB - Justin OLSEN
& Nbsp; & nbsp UNITED STATES; II
HEFTI Beat - Thomas Lamparter
& Nbsp; & nbsp SWITZERLAND; The
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The first run is disputer & agrave; Saturday, January 10 at 12:30 pm Click here for live streaming
The second run is disputer & agrave; Saturday, January 10 at 14.00 click here for live streaming
BOB THE BACKGROUND IN FOUR
The competition bobsleigh four-completer & agrave; the long weekend of races in Altenberg. Sunday, January 11 at 10.00 scatter & agrave; the first descent, while the second heat & egrave; scheduled for 11.30.
The race for the bob pi & ugrave; big promises much more & ugrave; interesting than the two-man bobsleigh for the 'large number of candidates to victory. The favorite seems to be the number one German Maximilian Arndt won the first round of the season was staged in Lake Placid, but the world champion that beginning with this race you will dedicate & agrave; only in this specialty & agrave; leaving aside the two-man bobsleigh, will have & agrave; pay particular attention to the Latvian Melbardis with which it shares the leadership of the overall standings, and compatriot Friedrich appeared in net growth well into the four-man bob.
To keep an 'eye and the performance of Russian Alexander Kasyanov and & nbsp; Nikita Zakharov very positive in the first two rounds and dell''intramontabile Americans Steven Holcomb ranking technique that on a track like that of Saxony could come up with something good.
Even in the four-man bob 'Italian Schierer & agrave; two crews. Simone Bertazzo andr & agrave; hunting for a placement close to the top ten, while Lukas Gschnitzer will try & agrave; to get the first points of the World Cup of the season.
Nell''ultima edition held in Altenberg was German hat-trick with Maximilan Arndt on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium, Manuel Machata in second and third was Thomas Florschuetz. On this track the major multi-winners are the East German Wolfgang Hoppe and German Andre Lange who have established themselves three times. Arndt if successful could both reach the summit at this particular ranking.
DATES
FIRST PLACE
NATION
SECOND PLACE
NATION
THIRD PLACE
NATION
06/01/13
ARNDT Maximilian, HUEBENBECKER Marko, ROEDIGER Alexander, Martin PUTZE
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Manuel Machata, MANN Alex, Jan SPEER, POSER Christian
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; III
Florschuetz Thomas, BREDAU Andreas, Kevin Kuske, Thorsten Margis
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; II
08/01/12
ARNDT Maximilian, HUEBENBECKER Marko, ROEDIGER Alexander, Martin PUTZE
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; II
Alexander Zubkov, Philipp EGOROV, TRUNENKOV Dmitry, Nikolay HRENKOV
& Nbsp; & nbsp RUSSIA; The
Thomas Florschuetz, Ronny Listner, Kevin Kuske, Thomas Blaschek
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
20/12/09
LANGE Andre, HOPPE Ren & eacute ;, Kevin Kuske, PUTZE Martin
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
HOLCOMB Steven, Justin OLSEN, Steve Mesler, Curtis TOMASEVICZ
& Nbsp; & nbsp UNITED STATES; The
POPOV Yevgeny, MOISEYCHENKOV Denis, Yurkov Andrey, Alexey Kireev
& Nbsp; & nbsp RUSSIA; III
07/12/08
ANGERER Karl, Andreas Udvari, Juhart Matej, Bermbach Gregor
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; III
LANGE Andre, ROEDIGER Alexander, Kevin Kuske, PUTZE Martin
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07/12/08
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Alexander Zubkov, Oreshnikov Roman, TRUNENKOV Dmitry, Dmitry Stepushkin
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29/01/06
Alexander Zubkov, Sergei Golubev, SELIVERTSOV Alexey, Alexey Voevoda
& Nbsp; & nbsp RUSSIA; The
Matthias Hoepfner, Marc KUEHNE, Ronny Listner, Andreas Barucha
& Nbsp; & nbsp GERMANY; The
POPOV Evgeni, MAKARTCHUK Piotr, EGOROV Filipp, ANDRYNIN Alexey
& Nbsp; & nbsp RUSSIA; II
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The first run is disputer & agrave; Sunday, January 11 at 10:00 am Click here for the live stream
The second run is disputer & agrave; Sunday, January 11 at 11:30 am Click here for the live stream
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