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Fifth race of the season and fourth different winner in this very uncertain edition of the World Cup Women's Skeleton. Quest''oggi in Sankt Moritz & egrave; sets the 'Austrian Janine Flock that preceded of 4 cents a tiny surprising Elisabeth Vathje and 24 the British Laura Deas.
Saturday 24 January 2015 7 minutes reading time
The vibrant today's race has offered several twists with the famous track Olympia Bob Run entirely made with natural ice that gave great show. Just chilling ice has played an important role on the final result, as the latest athletes as they had to pay particular attention to the long nell''affrontare initial stretch, trying to follow in the footsteps of those who had fallen earlier to avoid ending up against the side rails. Similarly skeletoniste had to carefully choose their own materials to address high speed & agrave; the long final section. These two components have allowed to balance the values ​​in the field, allowing to limit the gaps between the various protagonists.
A win as mentioned in the opening & egrave; was & nbsp; Janine Flock who led a race characterized by a slow start followed by un''ottimo central section, which has enabled it to reach the last curves they place on the finish line with the pi & ugrave; High speed & agrave; peak recovering every meter around the detachment immediately above and to pass the 'last photocell with the best reference lap. The twenty-five Tyrolean & egrave; successful cos & Igrave; to defend dall''attacco imparted by twenty Elisabeth Vathje that during the second run has established by far the best time of the day.
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The success of Janine Flock & egrave; because of historical & egrave; never before the day today un''atleta Austrian was imposed in a competition valid for the World Cup Women's Skeleton. The 'Austria becomes cos & Igrave; the seventh nation to ever step onto pi & ugrave; top of the podium, in a discipline that traditionally has always excelled athletes of Canada, Britain, Germany, Russia, Switzerland and the United States.
Behind the winner is & egrave; placed Elisabeth Vathje that after the stop precautionary Koenigssee & egrave; back to esprirmersi on excellent levels of early season where he obtained a podium and a victory. Third position for the 'English Laura Deas that continues the series of five consecutive podiums in Britain, partly mitigating the disappointment of England fans after the disappointing performance of Elizabeth Yarnold you & egrave; surprisingly placed sixth. The Olympic champion has in fact committed several smudges in the final stretch losing much speed & agrave; and having to cos & Igrave; settle for a position of being tucked.
The consideration of Yarnold allowed the young German Tina Hermann, quest''oggi fifth, to continue to maintain its leadership in the general classification, although the Teutonic second after the first run should complain to the mistakes made in the opening of the final descent, without which he could earn a lot of ground in the fight against Crystal Ball. Fight that currently sees six athletes still in contention all enclosed in a space of 126 points when there are still three events at the end of the season.
The two big surprises of the day are both from Canada, with thirty-five Lanette Prediger getting a surprising fourth place in what is effectively & egrave; his first season in the maximum circuit of the skeleton, and with compatriot Jane Channell which sits in seventh place.
If the country from the leaf 'Maple & pu ograve; smile, Russia comes from the trip to St. Moritz with broken bones. The Russian team quest''oggi gets a seventeenth, a twentieth and twenty-first place respectively with Nikitina, Orlova and Vasilyeva, results well below expectations after three podium finishes in the last three races of the season. The Russian squadron in recent seasons not & egrave; never expressed on large levels of this track and gi & agrave; the next event on the calendar will return & agrave; almost certainly in the top positions.
The next round of the World Cup Women's Skeleton & egrave; scheduled in seven days in La Plagne in France.
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