Zubkov increased their lead in the second round of the two-man bobsleigh. Bertazzo remains fifteenth

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Not a track much more damaged than the other competitors that'' preceded it, has stopped the race for gold medal'' Alexander Zubkov. The nearly forty Bratsk has indeed clocked the fastest time in the heats again in the second run today, bringing to more than three-tenths of their lead against the first of its rivals, the'' Swiss Beat Hefti.

Sunday 16 February 2014 11 minutes reading time

Zubkov paired with Voevoda turned in a second run practically perfect, improving the time to push the previous drawing and then precise trajectories that have allowed him to benefit greatly in terms of lap times. With this performance the five-time winner of the World Cup four-man bob and Vancouver Olympic bronze medalist in the specialty of two-man bobsleigh, you start to conquer the most prestigious medal in the discipline which prefers less. Behind athlete'' s detached house of 32 cents was placed Beat Hefti. The Swiss, as usual, has been among the fastest in the start-up phase, but then nothing has been against the excessive power of Zubkov inexorably losing ground against the leader of the race. Hefti can still smile despite everything, because in this one he has recovered well beyond first two positions Cory Butner and then Steven Holcomb. Quest'' last must regret for a top speed of his not bob'' s height of the first two of the league especially in the final stretch that led to'' close third. The pilot of Park City still has a delay of only 4 cents from the'' silver medal and tomorrow Hefti could break out between him and a great fight for the place of honor''. The second drop-down today has literally upset the ranking of the first round. At the edge of the podium was dealt a surprising Justin Kripps, the third of Canadians at the start and especially the least expected of the North American team. Kripps fact beyond'''' s amazing victory in the last race of the World Cup boasted impressive results not known, yet quest'' today thanks to a second run without smudging particular has gained ground against those who preceded him in ranking rising to 8 cents from bronze. Behind the Canadian finished the truly great protagonist of this second descent Alexander Kasyanov. The Russian eleventh at the end of the first round, took full advantage of the opportunity'' to go in the second round with a pectoral better than the big diciplina, snatching the second-best part-time which allowed him to recover as many as six in one fell swoop placings. With this recovery the pilot of Russia 2 is back in the running for medals since it is located just 11 cents in the third step of the podium. Continue to cultivate dreams of medal also the author of Latvia Oskars Melbardis the third time in the heats and the German Friedrich Franz oddly inaccurate in the second descent who are respectively the sixth and seventh place overall. However, anyone who is called out of the podium positions is the'' American Cory Butner, who from third place in the first moto crashed'' s eleventh accomplice vistosissimo a mistake in the final stretch of the track. The top ten is completed by two Canadians and Spring Rush and German Thomas Florschuetz. '' The only way the blue crew, entrusted to the leadership of Simon Bertazzo and driven by the brakeman Simone Fontana still does not impress. The partnership is Italian fifteenth and at the moment can be glimpsed large room for improvement since the separation from those who precedes the blues continues unabated to increase rather than decrease. It is hoped that the following day the Venetian pilot is able to find those good feelings which he said he had tried in the days before the race. Tomorrow starting at 15:30 will start the third round. Ranking bob two men after two rounds 1 20 3 RUS Russian Fed 1 56.57 12:00 1 1:52.82 12:00 2 17 2 ON Switzerland 1 56.68 +0.11 = 3 1:53:14 +0.32 3 19 1 USA United States 1 56.84 +0.27 8 1:53:18 +0.36 4 15 10 CAN Canada 3 56.70 +0.13 6 1:53:26 +0.44 5 10 13 RUS Russian Fed 2 56.60 +0.03 2 1:53:29 +0.47 6 13 12 LAT Latvia 1 56.68 +0.11 = 3 1:53:30 +0.48 7 16 4 GER Germany 1 56.88 +0.31 10 1:53:38 +0.56 8 11 9 CAN Canada 2 56.77 +0.20 7 1:53:43 +0.61 9 14 7 CAN Canada 1 56.87 +0.30 9 1:53:48 +0.66 10 12 8 GER Germany 2 56.89 +0.32 11 1:53:52 +0.70 11 18 5 USA United States 2 57.11 +0.54 16 1:53:56 +0.74 12 8 14 ON Switzerland 2 56.68 +0.11 = 3 1:53.64 +0.82 13 9 6 USA United States 3 57.07 +0.50 15 1:53.80 +0.98 14 7 11 GER Germany 3 56.92 +0.35 12 1:53.90 +1.08 15 6 16 ITA Italy 1 57.02 +0.45 13 1:54:08 +1.26 16 5 15 LAT Latvia 2 57.22 +0.65 19 1:54:33 +1.51 17 2 18 FRA France 1 57.04 +0.47 14 1:54:48 +1.66 18 4 22 ROU Romania 1 57.19 +0.62 17 1:54:58 +1.76 19 3 17 KOR Korea 1 57.20 +0.63 18 1:54.61 +1.79 20 1 21 MON Monaco 1 57.30 +0.73 20 1:54.80 +1.98 21 22 23 NED Netherlands 1 57.46 +0.89 21 1:55:00 +2.18 22 23 19 AUT Austria 1 57.74 +1.17 22 1:55:31 +2.49 23 21 25 GBR Great Britain 1 57.81 +1.24 25 1:55:35 +2.53 24 24 30 CZE Czech Republic 1 57.75 +1.18 23 1:55:47 +2.65 25 25 20 KOR Korea 2 57.76 +1.19 24 1:55:54 +2.72 26 28 27 AUS Australia 1 57.99 +1.42 26 1:55.95 +3.13 27 26 26 POL Poland 1 58.07 +1.50 27 1:55.97 +3.15 28 27 24 JPN Japan 1 58.21 +1.64 28 1:56:12 +3.30 29 29 29 SRB Serbia 1 58.56 +1.99 29 1:56.87 +4.05 30 30 28 JAM Jamaica 1 58.81 +2.24 30 1:57:23 +4.41

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