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Second win of the season for the British Lizzy Yarnold, which quest''oggi in Koenigssee you & egrave; won the fourth round of the Skeleton World Cup.
Friday 16 January 2015 4 minutes reading time
Olympic champion & nbsp; probably still "smarting" from second place a week ago in Altenberg, today were not & egrave; spared pulling out all his charisma, & nbsp; setting the stage for the success of the fourth intermediate forward thanks to the lines that have flirted perfection. The British printed in both races in the program the best references chronometric crossing the finish line with a margin of more than 7/10 of advantage on the first beat. Today's victory, the first of his career in Koenigssee, also allows Lizzy to recover a lot of ground in the ranking of the World Cup, taking sixth place just 100 points off the pace.
Behind the winner is & egrave; placed Germany's Anja Huber Selbach-author of the best performance of the last 12 months. The thirty-one of & nbsp; Bischofswiesen fact did not rise to the podium in a competition of the World Cup since the first race in Lake Placid last season, when he closed in second place & nbsp; behind Noelle Pikus-Pace. The veteran of the German team finally played a worthy test of his coat of arms, which she in the first three seasonal appointments had always been beaten by pi & ugrave; young fellow national. & nbsp;
Second consecutive podium for & nbsp; Maria Orlova that in Koenigssee won an excellent third place. The twenty-six of St. Petersburg & egrave; demonstrated once again the best of the young Russian team, confirming the good indications shown during the month of December in the races valid for the Intercontinental Cup circuit. In Russia for House & ograve; there is also the bad quid dell''attesa Elena Nikitina that & egrave; sunk in twelfth position. & nbsp;
Fourth place with a great comeback in the final run for Sophia Griebel, which thanks to the second part-time & egrave; rising from ninth on the first descent. The German preceded by a few cents' austria Janine Flock and compatriot Tina Hermann who continues to lead the Cup standings.
Among the positive notes of the race today we note the seventh dell''olandese Joska Le Conte who got the best result of his career. A Koenigssee not involved in the Canadian Elisabeth Vathje that following a nasty blow remedied Altenberg preferred to take a weekend stop and return to the races in the fifth round of the series to be held & agrave; in a week on the track at St. Moritz in Switzerland.
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