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Will start tomorrow evening at 17.15 Italian first four rounds of the men's two-man bobsleigh. Quest'' Today the riders at the end of the last rehearsals took part in the award ceremony of the chest.
Saturday 15 February 2014 5 minutes reading time
At the Olympics as it happens even to the world, the starting list is not decided on the basis of'' extraction of numbers, but the athletes better placed in the FIBT ranking is granted the privilege to choose the'' starting order for the first run.
As expected the main candidates for the gold medal'' ie, the American Steven Holcomb, the Swiss Hefti, the Russian and the German Friedrich Zubkov start with low numbers to take advantage of the best conditions of the fund since with high temperatures, the track could be damaged easily.
'' The only way the blue crew, consisting of pilot and brakeman Bertazzo Simone Simone Fontana will snap to sixteenth. From the two Italian c'' is not to be expected great things, the World Cup season just past speaks for itself, it would be desirable to at least get close to the top ten, a goal which in the words'' s athlete of Pieve di Cadore might be their flow after the good feelings had during the trials.
In addition, there will also be followed with great sympathy Jamaica which will start with bib number 28. The duo Caribbean Watts-Dixon has been at the center of media attention'' to the story that was involved at the start of Olympics, declared to the press when they arrived in Sochi without racing suits and shoes.
The second will start to run from 18:50 Italian time.
Starting List first run
1
USA
1
Holcomb
2
ON
1
Hefti
3
RUS
1
Zubkov
4
GER
3
Friedrich
5
USA
2
Butner
6
USA
3
Cunningham
7
CAN
1
Rush
8
GER
2
Florschuetz
9
CAN
2
Spring
10
CAN
3
Kripps
11
GER
1
Arndt
12
LAT
1
Melbardis
13
RUS
2
Kasyanov
14
ON
2
Peter
15
LAT
2
Kibermanis
16
ITA
1
Bertazzo
17
KOR
1
Won
18
FRA
1
Costerg
19
AUT
1
Maier
20
KOR
2
Kim
21
MON
1
Servelle
22
ROU
1
Istrate
23
NED
1
Van Calcker
24
JPN
1
Suzuki
25
GBR
1
Deen
26
POL
1
Kupczik
27
AUS
1
Spence
28
JAM
1
Watts
29
SRB
1
Redionovic
30
CZE
1
Vrba
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