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Second win in two days for Elizabeth Yarnold that quest''oggi at Igls in the seventh round of the Skeleton World Cup female & egrave; degree for the first time European champion.
Sunday 8 February 2015 7 minutes reading time
Lizzy unlike the previous day when he was caught in a gross error in the boost phase, this morning he played two rounds almost perfect, reaching peaks of speed & agrave; unreachable for the rest of the company in the final stretch, winning without too many worries fourth victory of the season, the tenth of his career. The authentic British dominatrix this season also recovers another 15 points to the overall leader, rising to 53 lengths of delay from the peak when missing a single appointment at the end of this exciting edition of the World Cup.
Yarnold rinconfermare for the title last year, in the final race will have & agrave; point bluntly in first place and hope that simultaneously Janine Flock leader of the ranking and Tina Hermann second in general should be met to a debacle that push respectively over the seventh and fourth place. A hypothesis on paper but highly unlikely that in reality & agrave; not & egrave; cos & Igrave; impossible, especially considering the 'unpredictability & agrave; this discipline that explodes when you race on new tracks like that of Sochi.
In second place is & egrave; placed a combative Janine Flock lifts of 4 positions during the final descent. The 'Austrian un''opaca after first run in which he lost many cents in the initial, decisive in the heat brought out the' pride by drawing lines on the perfect bowl of home that have allowed it to snatch a tempone and conquer his second consecutive European medal after the 'gold last year in Koenigssee. The twenty-five of Innsbruck pu & ograve; also smile for that limited the number of points lost in the general classification, arriving on the top round of the season with great chances of winning.
The podium & egrave; was completed by Rose McGrandle that gives Britain a second European medal. The twenty-eight native of Bath who had started the season by dominating the circuit Intercontinental Cup, quest''oggi played the best game of life, winning the first podium of his career. Are cos & Igrave; three British athletes who this season have hit at least once a placing in the top-three in the World Cup, for yet another demonstration that the skeleton you can & ograve; win even without having a track on its territory provided that behind us is a federation like the English one able to finance itself through a national lottery and can develop valuable synergies with universities and sports centers to recruit and manage the most of their talents.
Fourth place went to Maria Orlova, inexplicably absent the previous day, which quest''oggi threw to the winds a podium committing a great deburring output from kreisel split when the hand was in front of Janine Flock. Behind him detached of 59 cents from the winner is & egrave; placed the German Tina Hermann that this result continues to stay in the game for fighting Crystal Ball.
Historic first placement in the top ten for the twenty-three Romanian Maria Marinela Mazilu that with tenth place today gives Romania the best ever result in the circuit greater skeleton. Rather disappointing race for Anja Huber-Selbach, Elena Nikitina and Sophia Griebel who have closed respectively in eighth, ninth and eleventh.
The test today & egrave; was also characterized dall''assenza forced the Canadian Elisabeth Vathje that refusing to complete the tests of La Plagne, for Regulation could not take part in the competition Austrian recovered just the 'French event.
Lastly, the 'unfortunate incident where & egrave; the victim was' innocent Jane Channell during the first heat. The Canadian right after the start bumped his helmet a broom that a cleaning operator of the track had mysteriously left on the basin. The young North American skeletonista thankfully reported no physical consequences even if their performance & egrave; was strongly influenced by this stupid episode.
The next round of the World Cup Women's Skeleton & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the track in Sochi in Russia.
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