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Last weekend the famous basin on the outskirts of Innsbruck Igls has been awarded the national title of the Austrian men's two-man bobsleigh. This discipline in fact was not included in the weekend of the championships in Austria at the end of December, which at that time had seen the triumph in the women's bobsleigh Christina Hengster and four-man bob Benjamin Maier.
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Maier (pictured) also in this last race of the season started with the underdogs to the point that the Austrian federation in the days before the competition had already unbalanced to appoint champion for the second year in a row, instead of the field has devoted the young Lukas Kolb class 1991 in pair with brakeman Christian Smetana is a graduate of the Austrian national champion for the first time.
Kolb this season has taken part in several races of the Cup circuit, taking turns at the helm of Europe and the role of bobsleigh brakeman, capital has played a game in which he scored the best references lap times in both races scheduled ahead just 18 cents Maier. This third after the first run, during the final descent was able to climb to 10 cents Markus Treichl completing a podium characterized by detachment rather content.
At the end of the race the winner interviewed dall'addetto release of his federation was quite elated, "I'm supercontento for this result. I never thought to get so high in my first full season in the world of bob. I think I made the most of home advantage given that many of my opponents were in Sochi for the Olympics while I have been able to study better the path. "
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