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The ruler of the last 4 editions of the World Cup triumphs at the first race of the season and is a candidate for re-monopolize the top step of the podium in the remaining races.
Saturday 30 November 2013 5 minutes reading time
In Calgary Martins Dukurs, after a first round ended with a margin of 23 cents on the historic Tretyakov rival, fell in the second run with a greater determination on the final avoiding those minor niggles committed during the first descent and has signed a new record of track. The Latvian has thus made it clear things dimostando all his enormous talent in the section headed gut Canadian pulling over the first seven tenths of rivals.
The Baltic champion race after race is rewriting the history of this specialty, this'' today Dukurs got his twenty-sixth success in the World Cup, the twentieth in the last twenty-two races of the maximum circuit skeleton. These numbers alone explain'' the immensity of this great champion unfortunately not considered by the international media.
In second place was placed as usual Alexander Tretyakov. The Russian in both runs has established a new record for twice the thrust of the Canada Olympic Park but against a Dukurs of this level is not enough. Tretyakov has nevertheless proved a cut above the other participants and the'' impression is that if the Russian had not met on his way the Latvian champion at this time would be to celebrate the exploits of twenty-eight native Krasnoyarsk.
The podium was completed by surprise'' English'' Dominic Paerson that quest today he got his career-best. Paerson third after the first run, the second run was good at keeping the position of the first run and contain a furious comeback Tomass Dukurs author of the third fastest time in the final test.
Great result for Canadians Eric Neilson and Dave Greszczyszyn. The two hosts have legitimized their full qualification in the trails of October getting the fifth and the sixth.
The disappointment of the day came from Germany instead. The German team closes the first competition of the season with only one man in the top ten, Alex Gassner. The other two most titled team members Frank Rommel and Alexander kroeckel have completed their performance today only in the eleventh and eighteenth position. The Teutonic will have to work hard in the boost phase since only in this fundamental accused a gap of more than 40 cents from the first two of the class.
Try also disappointing for the'' only Italian representative in the race Maurizio Oioli. The skelettonista Domodossola has tried to limit the damage at the start but in the section headed was not flawless closing the first test in twenty-fifth place and did not qualify for the final run.
The next round of the World Cup men's skeleton is diputerà this weekend in Lake Placid in the United States.
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