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Extraordinary showdown Elizabeth Yarnold in the third round of the World Championships of skeleton in progress in Winterberg. & Nbsp;
Saturday 7 March 2015 4 minutes reading time
The British turned in a nearly perfect heat that 'led her to re-sign the best part, taking just 3 cents from the primacy of the track that she had established in the first run yesterday. With this tempone Olympic champion has put great pressure on the main rival for the title, the Canadian Elisabeth Vathje, that after the first two heats followed her just 7 cents. & Nbsp;
The 'athlete of Calgary right after the start he has committed a small crush that prevented her from making a difference in the upper part of the track dell''Hochsauerland & nbsp; starting to lose important cents by the second intermediate to the finish. The North American cos & Igrave; closed his performance with 49 cents from late leader provvissoria slashing of fact out of the fight for the medal 'gold.
The 'opaque third descent Vathje has actually reopened the games for the position of' honor, since the German Jacqueline Loelling and Tina Hermann took advantage to make up ground. Hermann in particular & egrave; was the star of the third part of the day that has allowed at once overcome fourth Canadian Channell and take just 4 cents from bronze virtual prisoner at the time by compatriot Loelling. Quest''ultima in the first half today recovered well & nbsp; 22 cents to Vathje & nbsp; proving extremely strong even from the psychological side, an aspect that should not be underestimated at a rally where you assign medals. & Nbsp;
In this descent & egrave; Janine Flock highlighted one of the suitors for the world crown that for & ograve; in the first two rounds had deeply disappointed. The 'Austrian fresh winner of the World Cup, snatched un''eccezionale 57 "56 which enabled it to pass dall''undicesimo in sixth place in the provisional rankings. A remarkable achievement that for & ograve; hardly enable & agrave; to aspire to a medal since the gap between her and the podium & egrave; about 6/10.
The fourth and decisive round scatter & agrave; starting at 11:35 and will & agrave; You can see it live streaming at the following link.
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