SkeletonSkeleton - Koenigssee
This afternoon at Koenigssee scatter & agrave; the fourth event in the calendar of the World Cup 2014-2015 skeleton.
Friday 16 January 2015 7 minutes reading time
THE TRACK
The gut Bavarian, built in & nbsp; 1959 & nbsp; & egrave; one of the historical places of the sport. The track, in the context of the natural park of & nbsp; Berchtesgaden, in 1968 & egrave; been equipped with a system of & nbsp; & nbsp artificial refrigeration, ice and & egrave; became part of the circuit & nbsp; Skeleton World Cup men's & nbsp; from season & nbsp; 1987-1988. In quell''occasione & nbsp; they imposed the 'Austrian & nbsp; Andi Schmid in front of the Swiss Alain Wicki and the West German Fred Markl. & Nbsp; The Women's Skeleton & nbsp; & arriv ograve; in Bavaria only in 1997 with the triumph of the German Steffi Hanzlik Jacob that preceded a young Mellisa Hollingsworth and Michelle Kelly.
In & nbsp; 2010, in just 11 months, the route of the South & nbsp; & nbsp Bavaria; & egrave; completely & nbsp; & nbsp renovated, and equipped with a modern refrigeration system, in time to host the & nbsp; Luge World Cup & nbsp; and & nbsp; world bobsled and skeleton in January 2011.
This gut & egrave; famous for some & nbsp; his passes: the series of curves 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, which is called the & nbsp; Schlangengrube & nbsp; (in Italian labyrinth) and the & nbsp; Turbodrom & nbsp; the famous bend to 320 degrees which is referred to in technical terms & nbsp ; Kreisel. Quest''ultimo point & egrave; was seriously damaged by a & nbsp; & nbsp accidental fire; you & egrave; developed during ristutturazione dell''impianto in & nbsp; 2010.
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FEMALE SKELETON IN THE BACKGROUND
Will the girls to open the dances in this fourth weekend of & nbsp; the World Cup. The first round will be held & agrave; this afternoon & nbsp; at & nbsp; & nbsp 14:00; (click here to follow the Test Live) while the second scatter & agrave; starting at & nbsp; & nbsp 15:30; (click here to follow the Test Live).
Last year in Koenigssee prevailed Noelle Pikus-Pace that he obtained in Bavaria his latest career success. The US preceded the 'Austrian Janine Flock you laure & ograve; European champion, and the 'English Shelley Rudman.
The race is shaping today's rather interesting to see if the values ​​shown in the previous round will be reappointed. The big favorite sar & agrave; Once again the 'English Yarnold, but after trying to Altenberg rose strongly quotations of Russian Maria Orlova and Elena Nikitina respectively first and third in Saxony. Next to the two Russian Olympic champion will have & agrave; pay particular attention to the descents of the German Hermann and Griebel that the home track could aspire to a place on the podium. Not sar & agrave; the game instead, & nbsp; Elisabeth Vathje second in the overall standings, that following a head injury reported during the last appointment he preferred to take a period of stop and go back in the race in St. Moritz. & Nbsp; & nbsp;
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Background THE SKELETON IN MEN
In the first pomeriggo & nbsp; of Saturday, January 17 will race the boys skeleton. The first heat & egrave; scheduled at 13 (click here to follow the trial live), while the second will start & agrave; 14.30 (click here to follow the Test Live).
In the last edition in Koenigssee prevailed Martins Dukurs front of his brother Tomass and the landlord & nbsp; Frank Rommel. Quest''anno things should not change much, since so far the two brothers Baltic have collected three shotguns in the first three races. Martins has also targeted the conquest of the thirty-fifth career win and the track Bavarian goes well with its technical features. To spoil the party to the two Latvians there prover & agrave; Olympic champion Alexander Tretiakov third all''esordio seasonal Altenberg, which as usual prover & agrave; to make a difference in the initial section. Possible outsiders for a place on the podium to be considered young Germans Von Schleinitz and Jungk & nbsp; and Russian Tregybov.
In Bavaria for the second time this season, the Italian team Schierer & agrave; via the two blues: Mattia Gaspari and John Mulassano. The first after the 'excellent fourteenth place in Altenberg will try & agrave; to be confirmed in the Top15, while the second punter & agrave; to a top-twenty of the list.
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