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Sixth win in seven races for skeleton champion Martins Dukurs that quest''oggi at Igls in Austria has imposed its law in the seventh round of the World Cup.
Saturday 7 February 2015 8 minutes reading time
The pi & ugrave; strong skeletonista of every age has, as usual, made the race s & egrave ;, destroying competition gi & agrave; during the first descent closed needless to say in first place with a time innavicinabile for the main opponents. Dukurs subsequently uproar in the final run, again by printing the fastest time and partial win his sixth consecutive win on the track in Austria, becoming cos & Igrave; the 'athlete pi & ugrave; victorious ever on this plant.
The Baltic also celebrated with an invitation to 'advance the conquest of his fifth consecutive Crystal Ball, a just reward for one who enjoys this season as the worst result a second place in Koenigssee, while in the other six events played so far & egrave; always climbed to the pi & ugrave; top of the podium. According to rumors Dukurs may now skip the 'final event of the World Cup scheduled in seven days in Sochi, to better prepare the World Championships in Winterberg, where I will try & agrave; to recover the crown rainbow lost two years ago in St. Moritz.
Behind the winner & egrave; placed the Olympic champion Alexander Tretiakov. The Russian who on this track has never won despite the 'Tyrolean facility has all the technical features to facilitate the great starters, has committed some trimming too much during the first descent, allowing the young teammate Tregybov to be able to worry in final run. The world champion, for & ograve; has learned from the mistakes of the previous run playing a good second round which restored the right distance between himself and his compatriot, finishing in second place with a delay of 45 cents from Dukurs.
The second place today allows the twenty-nine of Krasnoyarsk to win her fortieth podium at the World Cup, a result that puts him in second place ever in this particular ranking, statistic that if we & egrave; definitely "cruel" against Tretiakov given that only 6 of these 40 placings in the top three of Russian consist successes.
The podium is completed by nineteen Nikita Tregybov that in his first full-time season in the maximum circuit skeleton gets his second career podium. The young Russian continues to impress for his consistent performance at the top of the list, despite the lack of much experience in a discipline where until a few seasons ago were obtained the best results exceeded trent''anni.
Another great performance for the South Korean Sungbin Yun talented in the boost phase and author of excellent lines that 'have led for the third time this season to close set within the top five. A tie for fifth place the German Christopher Grotheer and veteran Sergei Chudinov author of un''ottima second run that 'drove up two positions allowing Russia to place three representatives in the top five on the rankings.
The pleasant surprise of the day comes from Britain with the seventh place of David Michael Swift who gets his best ever result in the maximum circuit skeleton, he and a few weeks ago in Calgary had raised to the sky the Intercontinental Cup.
The big beat of the day & egrave; instead Tomass Dukurs that closing only in eighth position allowed the brother Martins to win the crystal trophy with a call for 'advance. The larger of the two Dukurs quest''oggi has never convinced, beginning with the boost phase unusually short of their abilities & agrave; and especially did not steal the 'eye in the wizard where he committed several smudges, losing even a placement during the final run.
Good fifteenth place for Mattia Gaspari which continues its series of placings in the top twenty in what & egrave; in effect his first full season in the maximum circuit skeleton. The twenty-one Cortina particularly convinced in the central section of the track in Austria where he lost only a tenth against Martins Dukurs proving that the talent led c '' & egrave; and that if he can & agrave; to work on the boost phase, in the coming seasons could do more & ugrave; some little thought in the top ten.
Twenty-fourth position for the 'Italian-Canadian Joseph Cecchini returned to the World Cup after missing all previous European events of the World Series. The thirty-two dell''Alberta & egrave; was the author of a good first part of the race, but then unlike Gaspari has committed several errors in the stretch pi & ugrave; technical basin Tyrolean losing important cents refusing him the qualification to the second descent.
The next round of the Skeleton World Cup men's & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the Olympic track in Sochi.
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