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Tuesday and Wednesday of next week in Altenberg, Germany, will stage the trails English qualification at next year's World Cup. The English Federation of skeleton announced to the media that at the time the athlete'' only safe place within the British team, is the reigning world champion Shelley Rudman.
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"I am very happy to have received this special treatment from my federation," said Rudman, "so that I can concentrate solely on next season, starting with the week of testing on the track in Sochi and especially preparing well for the first appointment of Calgary . Me and my coaches are working hard in order to allow me to get very fit at the start of each round of the World Cup circuit, "concluded his wife Kristian Brombley.
The Director of the British team racing, Nigel Laughton has motivated so this decision: "Past experiences have convinced us to continue on the path of internal selections, because many of our athletes have achieved great benefits from this competition. Yet in the case of Shelley we preferred to give greater flexibility and peace of mind, since during the past season has been proving his class. "
The British trials will take place over a distance of four rounds, and as is the case during the world championships and the Olympics, the four run will be spread in'' span of two days. At the end of the races will be selected three men and two women (since Rudman has already qualified) that comporanno the England team from 2013 to 2014 World Cup.
British skeleton has announced that in view of the Olympic Games in Sochi the three best placed athletes in the World Cup standings in each category after the test Igls, will carry an additional trials that will decide the representatives of the English skeleton in Russia.
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