Maximilian Arndt centers the first victory of the season in Lake Placid and take the leadership in the World Cup

Fourth race of the season and fourth German victory in four-man bob. Quest''oggi in Lake Placid in the first of three events North American calendar is & egrave; imposed rather clearly Maximilian Arndt, that with this success & egrave; past at the top of the World Cup.

Saturday 9 January 2016 7 minutes reading time

Two-time world champion of the specialty & agrave; literally he dominated the race today in signing both run scheduled the best lap times the references. As usual, the twenty-eight of Thuringia made the difference in the hard driven part of the track of the state of New York & nbsp; brushing the better the 'out of turn 12 and was one of the few riders at the start able to control the crush of your bob. & Nbsp ; Arndt quest''oggi that competed together with brakeman Korona, Putze and Heber, with this splendid performance has also been shown to young teammates and Friedrich Walther who had stole the show in the first three races, he had picked up the gauntlet and to be ready to fight to the end to win the Crystal Ball. With this success the second consecutive in Lake Placid the ninth of his career, the 'athlete of Oberhof continues' imbattibilit & agrave; Germany in the four-man bob, since the German team in these first four races of the season has always monopolized the top step of the podium. Behind the winner trailing by 28 cents you & egrave; placed Alexander Kasyanov. The 'expert Russian pilot for the second year in a row & egrave; He managed to shine on the American track giving the Russia's first podium of the season. Kasyanov preceded only 9 cents an extraordinary Justin Kripps who has hired a wonderful fight on the edge of cents with the British and the Swiss Peter Deen for the 'last place of the top-three. & Nbsp; The strong Canadian pilot of 7 cents acquired during the first descent & egrave; able to withstand the final return of the rival Deen ahead of just 4 cents and win his first podium in the four-man bob. Kripps who had previously triumphed in Koenigssee but in the two-man bobsleigh, after nearly two years shows a crew flying the Canadian flag in the top three of the podium, before him the 'last to have succeeded had been withdrawn Lyndon Rush. & Nbsp; The top five is completed by Rico Peter that thanks to a good final heat & egrave; He could sopravvanzare Francesco Friedrich appeared in this circumstance definitely not at ease & nbsp; on the American track. If the pilot turned in a trial to Pirna below expectations who comes out with broken bones from this first event in the "States" & egrave; certainly his teammate & nbsp; Nico Walther that within three weeks & egrave; passed from joy to success in the World Cup to un''anonima thirteenth place. The talented German driver quest''oggi on a track that he knows little, he committed several smears that 'have moved away from the top positions already & agrave; during the first descent. & nbsp; Eleventh position for the 'blue Simone Bertazzo that after the initial heats discrete closed all''ottavo place during the final run & egrave; protogonista been several inaccuracies that have lost three placings. & nbsp; The race today will come & agrave; remembered for the historic debut of an all-female crew & nbsp; in a competition of the World Cup. The Canadian & nbsp; Kaillie Humphries, & nbsp; Melissa Lotholz, Genevieve Thibault and Cynthia Appiah fact have "challenged" men in a traditionally male discipline for getting & ograve; little satisfaction. The four female predictably suffered a heavy detachment gi & agrave; in the boost phase (61 cents gap ed) that during the descent & egrave; It turned into a considerable delay. In the second heat also the 'Canadian crew & egrave; He was involved in a terrible start that almost threatened to slide out the first of four dall''abitacolo frenatrici. Also because of this episode Humphries finished in last place with nearly 5 seconds behind Arndt revealing a delay abysmal even against Jackson that & egrave; He finished ahead. Considering the gap immediately and the spectacle, this debut of the four-man bob female has done nothing but to agree to the skeptics who always were opposed to this discipline. The next round of the World Series of Four-Man & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the track at Park City.