SkeletonSkeleton - North America Cup
FB Rhys Thornbury
Last weekend in Whistler & egrave; staged the second leg of the North America Cup skeleton, the continental North American series that is divided along the main guts of Canada and the United States.
Tuesday 1 December 2015 4 minutes reading time
States female protagonists in the two tests, thanks in Savannah Graybill and Katie Uhlaender. The first literally dominated the third race of the season unplugging of 48 cents and 2 "37 cents the Canadian Jacklin Laberge and Mirela Rahneva. In the second race scheduled its voice instead the 'has made Katie Uhlaender & nbsp; who took the' 'opportunity to test the track of British Columbia in the next commitment of the Intercontinental Cup to be held & agrave; just in Whistler & nbsp; next weekend.
World champion in 2012, has as its goal season ranking second international series skeleton, since there & egrave; He failed to qualify for the pi & ugrave; coveted World Cup. The thirty-one US thanks to the two best run times crossed the line ahead again Laberge and Rahneva respectively 37 cents and 1''22 cents. Key in the overall standings, remains firmly in charge Jacklin Laberge that with the two podiums of Whistler and the successes in Calgary in the stage of 'opening drive with a 85-point lead against dell''americana Veronica Day and 113 lengths on Japanese Komuro.
Double victory in the two New Zealand men's competitions. To excel in both tests & egrave; Rhys was twenty-five Thornbury authentic ruler of this second round. The 'athlete originally from New Zealand but now lives in the UK preceded on the podium in race 1 the' Australian John Farrow of 70 cents and almost a second and a half Japanese Katsuyuki Miyajima. In the second test Thornbury beat again Farrow and Miyajima only that on this occasion the 'Asia has overtaken the' Australian on the second step of the podium. In virt & ugrave; of these successes and in the absence of the winner of Calgary Mirambell, the 'athlete New Zealand took the lead of the overall standings with five points ahead of Farrow and 77 on the US Alex Ivanov.
Now the North American series will stop & agrave; for a long time. The next event & nbsp; in fact be held & agrave; only at the end of February in Park City where happening other two tests of male and female skeleton.
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