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Altenberg under a violent snowfall & egrave; raised the curtain & nbsp; on the 32nd edition of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh. Today's race that had its climax in the battle between the favorites Francesco Friedrich and Oskars MelbÄrdis, will come & agrave; for & ograve; remembered for the historic podium & nbsp; South Korean won dall''equipaggio piloted by & nbsp; Yunjong Won and pushed by & nbsp; Youngwoo Seo.
Saturday 28 November 2015 5 minutes reading time
The association of South Korea has in fact surprised everyone in this first seasonal, revealing evident improvement is being driven & nbsp; that especially in driving, with Won capable of pulling trajectories worthy of the most immaculate & ugrave; strong pilots currently in circulation.
Fourth after the first run, the Korean in the final heat & egrave; He was able to free herself well along the difficult curves dell''impianto of Saxony, in the circumstance by printing the third part-time. With this splendid performance Won has climbed to third place in the German Nico Walther, becoming not only the first Korean to reach the podium in a World Cup race, but also the first representative of Asia & nbsp; to accomplish such a feat.
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The historical results today & egrave; son dell''attenta planning policy & nbsp; sponsored by the Korean Olympic Committee that allowed its athletes to grow following a workout plan specific and at the same time has put a & nbsp; available a bob & nbsp; designed and built dall''azienda German & nbsp; Wimmer Carbontechnik, the same one that provides toboggans Felix Loch, Natalie Geisenberger and Wendl-Arlt, whose design & egrave; It was funded by major sponsors like Korean Hyundai and Korean Air. There will be no & agrave; pi & ugrave; surprising, therefore, if the next two seasons of up to the Games to Pyeongchang in 2018 we will see constantly the flag of South Korea in the top positions of this discipline.
Next to the amazing Won, the race & egrave; was characterized dall''ennesimo duel between Francesco Friedrich and Oskars MelbÄrdis that & ograve; on this occasion & egrave; It lasted only a descent. & nbsp; If in the first round the two contenders were virtually paired with the Baltic who was driving with only 12 cents on the German, in the final run the two-time world champion pulled out of the hat of the perfect trajectories that accompanied the best time push allowed him to trim to rival the beauty of 58 cents.
Friedrich gets cos & Igrave; his fifth victory in the World Cup, the second of his career in Altenberg and launches an important signal to Melbardis, which ques''oggi saw on the field marked progress that the twenty-five of Pirna and his brakeman Thorsten Margis have made in fundamental departure.
Fourth position for another two German pilots, the gi & agrave; quoted Nico Walther and Maximilian Arndt who finished behind the podium with the same time, while the sixth is & egrave; placed Justin Kripps making it the best in North America. & nbsp;
Instead disappoint veterans Alexander Kasyanov, Beat Hefti and Steven Holcomb who finished respectively in the tenth, eleventh and twelfth. Little more & ugrave; back you & egrave; ranked the blue bob piloted by Simone Bertazzo and Francisco Costa, who & egrave; joint fourteenth.
The next round of the World Cup two-man bobsleigh & egrave; scheduled in seven days in Winterberg.
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