BobsleighIn Innsbruck German hat-trick
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In Innsbruck in the first races of the German bobsleigh teams triplet leaving only crumbs to the opponents.
Tuesday 16 February 2016 5 minutes reading time
A first weekend dedicated to bob in Igls & ndash; Innsbruck & ndash; in the World Championships, one of the last seasonal appointments. In the men's two-man bobsleigh was the moment of revenge against opponents but especially against bad luck for the German Friedrich Francesco, excluded too early from the race to the World Cup quest''anno.
On the Austrian track reigned a great balance, with the top five of the rankings within half a second and Friedrich who staged a fantastic comeback, marking narrow compatriot Johannes Lochner, who eventually finished second. After a first round closed in third place, with the 'Austrian Oskars MelbÄrdis head, Francesco Friedrich and brakeman Thorsten Margis were up test after test, coming to the street's Last Test at the same time with compatriot Lochner. And the fourth downhill saw Francesco Friedrich did not make any mistakes and finish the race with +0.17 sull''altra German couple, while in third place closed Swiss Hefti and Baumann at +0.22, ahead of 2/10 the British Tasker / Fearon, with the hosts Melbardis / Drieskens house (seconds a year ago) slip to fifth.
Less well-balanced, but full of surprises, however the women's race which saw one of the favorites of the eve couples, Canadian Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz, not confirm the seasonal domain in the World Cup and settle for a 'silver medal can not memorize options meet them. Especially because & eacute; the American duo had always chasing, with a third time in the first heat and then three second places that have made close to +0.33 from trionfatrici, the German Anja Schneiderheinze, cool in the 'European champion and the second a year ago, accompanied by the young brakeman Annika Drazek. For them an almost perfect test, with the first time in the first three rounds and a slight shift to empty into the fourth, where they have most & ugrave; what else checked and finished third, enough to secure the 'gold. In third place American Elana Meyers / Lauren Gibbs, others disappointed after the 'gold a year ago in Winterberg, which close at 49 cents. Fourth, but more than a second, the other German Schneider and Buckwitz.
Finally, the event team that mixes bobsled and skeleton has seen German rule again with Axel Jungk (skeleton men), Anja Schneiderheinze / Franziska Bertels (bob women), Tina Hermann (skeleton women) and Johannes Lochner / Tino Paasche (bob men) which confirmed that seen in the first two days and won by 65 cents ahead of the Russian team, formed by Alexander Tretyakov, Alexandra Rodionova / Yulia Shokshueva, Elena Nikitina and Alexander Kasyanov / Maxim Mokrousov, with the third Austrian team at 1 & rdquo; 46 .
Now meeting from Thursday on igrave ;, when happening the male and female tests skeleton and four-man bob that shut & agrave; These World Championships in 2016.
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