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Martins Dukurs continues to rewrite the history of the skeleton. Quest''oggi the Latvian champion in Park City & nbsp; in the fifth round & egrave; He went to meet his fifth consecutive victory nell''occasione establishing a new record. & nbsp;
Sunday 17 January 2016 7 minutes reading time
In twenty-eight editions apply to the & nbsp; World Cup skeleton & nbsp; it had never happened in fact that one skeletonista could nell''impresa of & nbsp; win all of the first five events & nbsp; of the season, the previous record that for a change belonged just the same Dukurs It was four claims in the first four competitions & nbsp; and was recorded nell''annata 2011-2012.
Record aside, even during the day today Martins Dukurs & egrave; It has been nothing short of dominant. The pi & ugrave; great athlete in this discipline has in fact made the race to head from the first meters, signing nell''occasione is the best references in the boost phase in which those for the final time. Dukurs especially in the final run for you & egrave; invented the perfect lines nell''unico stretch technical gut Utah digging a furrow net against major opponents.
The Baltic has closed almost four tenths ahead of the increasingly positive Sungbin Yun unique among the protagonists of the series that can run for half & agrave; race of times close to those of the star players of Riga. If last year the twenty-one South Korean was surprised, this season the 'Asia is proving to have all the credentials to become in a few years the possible anti-Dukurs , given that at this time, pushing part, & egrave; gi & agrave; the same levels of driving Tretiakov. Quest''ultimo as gi & agrave; happened a week ago in Lake Placid has deserted the second meeting of the American series, remaining in Europe to test with his teammates new technical solutions in the World Championships in Igls.
The podium & egrave; It was completed by the German national champion Axel Jungk. The Teutonic for the second time in career & egrave; He managed to inseriersi set within the top-three advantage to their advantage the characteristics of this system that allow those & egrave; with excellent benefit greatly boost the rest of the group.
Good team performance for the US which ranks fourth in the veteran Matthew Antoine and in fifth place the big surprise of the day Nathan Crumpton. The thirty year old native of Nairobi but US passport, has taken advantage of the factor field to pick from absolute novice in the maximum circuit skeleton a respectable result. The 'American sixth after the first run in the second downhill & egrave; He managed to climb over a disappointing Tomass Dukurs after the 'excellent podium last week in Lake Placid & egrave; back out of the top-five.
Another great performance for Mattia Gaspari that closes his first trip to North American career with a ninth place. The 'top athlete of the Italian movement also quest''oggi showed great character facing hard-nosed a track on which he had never run before. Gaspari particularly in the first descent revealed a surprising clean lines & nbsp; that allowed him to take the lead on the same time Axel Junk. In fact if you go to analyze the gap between the two after the first round, we realize that this gap & egrave; directly attributable solely to the boost phase, fundamental & nbsp; when & egrave; a big heel 'Achilles Gaspari.
With this additional splendid result, the original twenty-two Cortina d''Ampezzo continues its series of consecutive placings in the top-ten began in mid & agrave; December with tenth place in Koenigssee following seven days ago dall''ottava location in Lake Placid. The driver of the Bob Club Cortina in the coming days to & agrave; return to Europe to participate in the Junior World Championships in Winterberg where I will try & agrave; to improve the sixth place in Altenberg in 2015.
Further evidence for Joseph Cecchini undertone that quest''oggi finished in twenty-fourth place does not qualify again for the final heat.
The next round of the World Cup skeleton & egrave; scheduled in seven days in Whistler in Canada.
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