Marion Thees won the first German trials in Winterberg

The holder of the Crystal Ball, despite a departure tutt'' nothing but impeccable made the difference in the section headed'' Hochsauerland of the track, setting the best lap times in both runs references in the program. The impetus seems to be the real Achilles heel'''' s former Miss Trott,'' tant is that no later than two weeks ago, the winner of three World Cups had been heavily criticized by head coach'' Jens Mueller. Thees, preceded by more than half a second, the vice-world champion junior Sophia Greibel, thanks to an excellent second run'' has recovered two positions in the final standings. The podium was completed by eighteen-year Jaqueline Lölling who had the merit to put their shoulders to the people most noble of her to begin with Katharina Heinz and Anja Huber. Quest'' last has been greatly hampered by a sprained knee that did not allow her to drive to better their own skeleton. Huber despite the handicap'','' showed a good second time in the final round that allowed her to quit anyway in the top five. Jens Mueller, on this occasion he wanted to congratulate the winner of the trails and the third place, "I was pleasantly surprised by the performance of Marion and Jacqueline.'' Sophia during the summer worked very athletic level and the results in terms of thrust are'' under the eye of everyone. Anja kicked off with a small aciacco with new materials and, therefore, its performance is not to be evaluated negatively. Yet that today was only the first of the trails in the program.'ll see how these athletes will behave in the next round to be held in a week in Koenigssee. " In the men, Alex Gassner made the most of home advantage, winning his home race. The driver of the BSC Winterberg clocked the best lap times the references in each sector of the track closing out their test with a lead of 27 cents on the falling Christopher Grotheer. Frank Rommel, one of the Germans to be sure of a place in the team next season, is ranked in third place trailing by 41 cents from the winner. It did not take off Alexander Kröckel still struggling with the tendon problem. At the end of the event the head coach of the German team has released the following statement: "I am very pleased with what has been seen. Athletes have worked hard and competed in extreme conditions since the temperatures were above 13 degrees centigrade. The performance of Alexander and Christopher Gassner Grotheer have made me really happy. temperatures With these men have traveled on times higher only 3 tenths to record and this is very comforting. Frank Rommel has competed with new materials and seems be very satisfied by the performance of new technical solutions. " The trails of Winterberg has been characterized by the presence of'' crowded athletes in the race. The skeletonisti who competed on the track of North Rhine were a total of 31, 16 and 15 within the male in the female. These figures once again show how Germany was the country of reference to the world as far as sports gut. The next round of selections in the house Germany will take place on the track at Koenigssee, while the'' final act of qualifying for the next World Cup will be held later this month in Altenberg.