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Russia's supremacy in the Skeleton World Cup continues. In Altenberg in the third round of the season, the Russian team got the second double thanks to the victories of Alexander Tretiakov and Elena Nikitina.
Sunday 6 January 2019 3 minutes reading time
In the men's test the 2014 Sochi Olympic Champion had virtually no rivals, closing with a margin of 57 cents on the winner of the last Sungbin Yun Crystal Ball. To complete the triumphant Russian day we thought the young Nikita Tregubov who grabbed the third place finish although detached of 84 cents from the most experienced national teammate.
With this success the second consecutive, Tretiakov also stretches in the World Cup standings. The Russian now has a margin of 25 points ahead of Tregubov and 32 out of Yun. For Russia instead, the positive streak of successes began in Sigulda with Tregubov's first career victory.
If Russia smiles, Latvia and in particular the Dukurs family continues to cry. Also in Saxony the champion Martins Dukurs has continued to reveal evident difficulties closing again very far from the podium in an anonymous for him seventh position.
On the other hand, for the 'blue Manuel Schwaerzer that after having overcome for the first time the cut of the first twenty of the classification after the first run, in the second descent has further improved by catching the eighteenth place final.
Among the women, Elena Nikitina is a strong show who, thanks to two exceptional starts, managed to make the difference in both the scheduled heats, preceding the German favorite Jacqueline Loelling on the podium and her compatriot Julia Kanakina at the first top three of her career. For Nikitina comes the second seasonal seal and especially the leadership of the general classification that now leads with 23 points ahead of Loelling and 40 on Tina Hermann (fourth in Altenberg n.d.r.).
Twentyth place for the 'blue Valentina Margaglio that at the second exit of the career in the world circuit was able to print an encouraging eighteenth time in the second heat.
The next round of the Skeleton World Cup is scheduled for 7 days on the Koenigssee gut.
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