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Martins Dukurs does not stop pi & ugrave; and it dominates his way even in Whistler in the sixth round of the World Cup skeleton. & nbsp;
Saturday 23 January 2016 5 minutes reading time
The Baltic champion on this occasion he found the older brother Tomass a worthy opponent resulting in a challenge to the sound of records that has allowed to raise the level of the show. If Martins in the first downhill practice has hurried to success trimming heavy detachments to all those who, in the final round & egrave; He climbed into the chair with a test that Tomass masterpiece & egrave; He could uncork his brother the primacy of the track by signing the best part-time.
With this success Martins Dukurs & nbsp; continues to maintain its imbattibilit & agrave; this season, since in these first six games the Baltic not & egrave; never step down from pi & ugrave; top of the podium. For more & ugrave; skeletonista largest of all time than today & egrave; the forty-third World Cup victory, the second of his career on the track in Whistler, while the family Dukurs and for Latvia comes the twelfth-two of the story.
At the end of two runs, the two brothers Baltic closed spaced only 28 cents, leaving far behind the rest of the competition. The podium fact & egrave; It was completed by the South Korean Yun who paid a gap of 93 cents from the peak. The young Asian as often happens & egrave; It was exceptional in the boost phase disputing a good part driven, but quest''oggi could not do better because the "Dukurs Brothers" were unapproachable. & nbsp;
Fourth place with a little '' Matthew Antoine of regret that in the second run did not & egrave; He could face the formidable competition of Yun who had finished the first race behind him. The 'American has indeed committed some trimming too much in the middle section of the second run being passed rather sharply from Asian rivals, still giving themselves the best result of the season. & Nbsp;
Dell''anno best race and in his case also the career, for the veteran David Greszczyszyn that in front of the home crowd got a beautiful fifth place. Try to forget for the young German Axel Jungk, the third place a week ago in Park City & egrave; sunk in for him anonymous ninth & nbsp; marred by a bad mistake in the final heat.
Seventeenth final position for the 'blue Joseph Cecchini sixth attempt that finally manages to qualify for the second run. The 'athlete originally from Calgary as he always highlighted the excellent qualities of drive and on this occasion & egrave; He was able to find some pretty good lines that allowed him to capture the best performance of the season.
After the trip to the North-American, the World Cup skeleton now takes a week off, the maximum circuit will resume & agrave; In fact, the first weekend in February on the track of St. Moritz where Dukurs might already & agrave; raising to heaven his seventh career Crystal Ball.
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