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Second win in two days for the Latvian Oskars MelbÄrdis you & egrave; Quest won & rsquo; today in Calgary the second bob race four of the season.
Sunday 21 December 2014 7 minutes reading time
The Baltic has laid the foundation for today's success in the first downhill racing a practically perfect race that allowed him to dig a good gap between himself and the main opponents. In the final run the twenty six year old native of Valmiera, granted a few cents to the rest of the group, led by one of the most tender & ugrave; realized without going to take unnecessary risks, going still to win his seventh triumph of his career, & nbsp; the 'eighth in total calculation considering also the victory in the two-man bobsleigh yesterday.
Behind the Latvian trailing by 17 cents you & egrave; placed a positive Francesco Friedrich author of the best time in the heats in the final heat, which allowed him at once to go back two positions, which he had closed the first to fourth. For the twenty-four of Pirna today's & egrave; his best finish ever in a competition of four-man bob that allows him to redeem the ugly flat reversal suffered a week ago in Lake Placid.
The podium is completed by another German Maximilian Arndt. The twenty-seven of Oberhof quest & rsquo; today & egrave; never seemed able to threaten the leadership of Melbardis, indeed & egrave; seemed rather penalized in the boost phase, essential always his heel d & rsquo; Achilles but not pi & ugrave; later than a week ago had not prevented him from returning to triumph in the World Cup. The placement today still allows the pilot of Thuringia to keep ahead in the overall standings although in cohabitation with the same Oskars MelbÄrdis.
Fourth position with much regret for the Russian Nikita Zakharov. The bobbista of Dmitrov had indeed closed the first round in second place conceding a lead of 27 hundredths behind the leader. In the final run for & ograve; Arndt is that especially Friedrich climbed into the chair significantly improving its performance surpassing the Russian pilot in the ranking. For Zakharov still get the best result of his career, a good consolation for the Russian team that relieves the disappointment for the & rsquo; lackluster performance of Kasyanov quest & rsquo; today only eighth.
L & rsquo; other big surprise of the day comes from the British Lamin Deen who finished fifth in a tie with German Nico Walther. L & rsquo; English in his second season as a rider takes off cos & Igrave; a great satisfaction bringing the colors of Great Britain in the top five in the World Cup, a goal which in recent seasons had been centered only from & rsquo; injured John James Jackson.
Other race colorless for the bronze medal in Sochi Steven Holcomb. L & rsquo; American quest & rsquo; seventh today, has revealed obvious difficulty in starting the same that have influenced the previous race of the season. The original pilot of Utah during the Christmas break will have & agrave; try to improve the feeling with his new brakemen if vorr & agrave; again be able to fight for a place on the podium. Bad performance even for l & rsquo; another American Nick Cunningham collapsed from fifth place in the first round to the twelfth final. Disappoint even the Canadian team that the home track got only the best result of tenth place of Chris Spring.
Start with a fifteenth and sixteenth place the long-awaited debut in the world circuit of the four-man bob of Kaillie Humphries and Elana Meyers-Taylor. The two girls from quest & rsquo; year have decided to challenge the men in this specialty & agrave; have not been able to get behind him no crew completely male undergoing respectively a total detachment 1 & rdquo; 3:01 & rdquo; 68 cents. A delay remarkable considering the fact that both practically know by heart every single corner of the track in Calgary and that hardly will come & agrave; reduced in the pi & ugrave; Technical European tracks.
Before condemning the two ladies & egrave; anyway just wait for the next round of the series to be held & agrave; in three weeks in Altenberg.
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