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Will start officially tomorrow night with the running of the first round of tests, the adventure'' in five circles of skelettonisti. A crucial event for athletes who will benefit from these workouts to sharpen the best choice of materials and revise for the'' last time curves of the gut of Krasnaya Polyana.
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The schedule includes two practice sessions that will be spread over three days. Tomorrow will begin the women followed in the immediate'' by male colleagues. Saturday, February 8 girls will be back again on track for the'' last round of workouts while men will complete the trials on Sunday.
Timed workouts though obviously not decreed the'' order of departure of Olympic events, although it is important to emphasize that the Olympics the Starting List is established in a different way than traditional competitions of the World Cup. In fact, athletes better placed in the FIBT ranking will have the great advantage of being able to choose the starting number of the first of four rounds in the program, deciding whether to go with pectoral pectoral with low or high, a possibility not to be underestimated, especially in the case of uncertain weather conditions.
In the second run the athletes come down with the'' reversal of the provisional ranking of the top twenty in the third heat will start according to the list while in the partial final round will return all'' reversal of the winds.
Program tests
Wednesday, February 5th 19:00 to 20:25 (local time): Skeleton female;
Wednesday, February 5th 20:30 to 22:35 (local time): Skeleton men;
Saturday, February 8th 11:00 to 12:30 (local time): Skeleton female;
Sunday, February 9th 08:00 to 10:00 (local time): Skeleton men;
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