BobsleighSochi - 2014
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Alexander Zubkov continues to lay down the law even in the third round of the two-man bobsleigh. Athlete of the house for the third consecutive run was the quickest, at this juncture establishing a new record in the Olympic Sliding Sanki that he himself held.
Monday 17 February 2014 4 minutes reading time
The Russian pair with Voevoda, as on the previous day was literally unbeatable in the central part of the Olympic track, bringing the bob Russia 1 to the more top speed and completing its test with a margin of more than half a second on the exact , immediate pursuer.
With this additional test of strength, Zubkov already puts Olympic gold safe, a result that is unlikely to be overturned at the next descent and that if completed would have a great historical significance for Russia.
Behind the ruler, has confirmed the Swiss Beat Hefti, as always among the best in the boost phase and second only to Zubkov in terms of clean lines but unable to cope with the superiority of the athlete home in the most ; technique. The former Swiss brakeman with this good performance is getting closer to the silver medal, as the direct rival to the place of honor, the American Steven Holcomb, continued to lose ground. The difference between the two is now 19 cents and the USA's big pre-race favorite now abandoned dreams of glory, will have to think now looking back since Justin Kripps that continues to tallonarlo in fourth place with a delay of only 9 cents the last step of the podium.
Continue to nurture some hope for the Olympic bronze medalist, including Russian and Latvian Melbardis Kasyanov who are tied for fifth place at just 14 cents from Holcomb. Who called you out of the fight for the podium is the world champion Francesco Friedrich who has lost further ground in this descent, coming close even now threatened by the Canadian author Christopher Spring of a good test.
Rounding out the top ten the winner of the 2013 World Cup two-man bobsleigh Lyndon Rush and the Swiss Rico seventh thanks to Peter who has recovered some part-time positions.
Slightly improves the performance of the blues Simone Simone Fontana Bertazzo and that thanks to the disastrous run of disappointing German Arndt-Roediger retrieve taking a position in fourteenth place. The crew of Italian 1ha signed his best run is being pushed to that level lap, but he has relentlessly continued to lose ground against the top ten which has become virtually unattainable.
The fourth and decisive round will start from 17.30 Italian.
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