BobsleighBob - Sochi
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Will start tomorrow evening at 17.30 Italian first four rounds of the four-man bob. Quest'' Today the riders at the end of the last rehearsals took part in the award ceremony of the chest.
Friday 21 February 2014 4 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.
Tomorrow's race will see a single favorite big landlord Alexander Zubkov which will take effect at the start of the third, in what probably will be the'' last race of his career where he will try to seize a historic double, repeating the success of the two-man bobsleigh in the specialty of which is perhaps the number one performer''.
Will be taken into great consideration the evidence of the world champion Maximilian Arndt that will need to redeem a disappointing Olympics so far bob German, the defending champion and Olympic Steven Holcomb. The Teutonic and the'' American will start with bib number 1 and 2 respectively, while outsiders to be counted among the possible Oskars Melbardis Latvian, Russian Kasyanov, the Canadian Spring and the Swiss Hefti.
'' The Italian, after the sad story doping which involved the brakeman William Frullani, start with bib number 17, with a crew consisting of the pilot and brakeman Simone Simone Bertazzo Romanini, Simone Fontana and Francesco Costa. The blue team will be looking for a placement close to the top ten.
The second will start to run from 19.00.
Starting List first run
Arndt GER Germany 1 1 1 2 2 1 USA United States Holcomb 3 3 1 Zubkov Russian Fed RUS GER Germany 3 4 4 5 5 Florschuetz CAN Canada Spring 6 1 6 RUS Russian Fed 2 Kasyanov LAT Latvia 7 7 8 8 1 Melbardis GER Germany 2 Friedrich 9 9 CAN Canada Rush 2 10 10 CAN Canada 3 Kripps SUI Switzerland 11 11 1 12 12 Hefti GBR Great Britain 1 13 13 Jackson USA United States 2 Cunningham NED Netherlands 1 14 14 15 15 Van Calcker RUS Russian Fed Zakharov 3 LAT Latvia Kibermanis 16 16 2 17 17 1 ITA Italy Bertazzo 18 18 GBR Great Britain Deen 2 19 19 CZE Czech Republic Vrba 1 20 20 1 Suzuki JPN Japan KOR Korea 1 Won 21 21 22 22 23 23 FRA France 1 Costerg AUS Australia 1 Spence 24 24 AUT Austria Maier 1 25 25 26 26 ROU Romania 1 Neagu POL Poland Kupczyk 1 27 27 28 28 BRA Brazil 1 Bindilatti SVK Slovakia Jagnesak 1 29 29 30 30 KOR Korea 2 Kim FRA France 2 Godefroy
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