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Martins Dukurs (pictured) also dominates the'' last event of the 2013-2014 season of the skeleton, winning in'' during its fifth consecutive World Cup and his fifth European title of his career.
Saturday 25 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
The twenty-nine of Riga, as from five years to this part of the case, made the race if trimming heavy detachments to the principal adversaries. The phenomenon has mortgaged Latvian success today already at the end of the first descent, snatching the best time to push and leading the race from the first meters. In the final round Dukurs then further improved the reference clock by signing the new track record Bavarian, taking home the fifth consecutive win in this, 2014, the sixth of the season.
The Baltic champion now can be considered in all respects one of the greatest sports ever winter sports, given that quest today'' raised to heaven his fifth consecutive World Cup, bringing to 31 the share of successes in the maximum circuit of the skeleton and also taking advantage of the fifth continental title. Dukurs also takes home the'' check for 100 thousand Euros payable to the winner of the Triple Trophy, trophy created to reward the'' athlete capable of triumphing in all three "classic" World Cup Igls, St. Moritz and Koenigssee.
The great day of Latvia is completed by the second place Tomass Dukurs that for the fourth time this season gives the Baltic country and the family Dukurs a splendid double. The older brother of Martins, it was perfect in the upper part of the track, gaining a lot of ground against a furious Frank Rommel in the final stretch of the gut was a breeze. Tomass Dukurs with this result and especially thanks to the absence of'' illustrious Alexander Tretyakov, it closes for the second consecutive year at the place of honor'' in the final standings of the World Cup.
The third step of the podium went to the German Rommel author of the best races in the final race of the season which has regained a position.
Fourth place went to Matthew Antoine, second after the first run, he committed several barbs during the descent decisive losing two positions, but bringing home a great result, however, which allows him to look forward with optimism to the next Games in Sochi where to start among the favorites for a podium place.
On the home track, it was the German magazine, which in addition to the podium Rommel took the other two placings in the top ten. In fifth place was in fact concluded, while Alexander kroeckel'' s eighth Alexander Gassner.
The big surprise of the day comes from'' English Kristan Bromley who finished in sixth place after recovering the beauty of 10 positions during the final round! Great team performance even for Japan for the first time in the history of the square two of its representatives in the top ten. Sasahara Yuki Takahashi Hiroatsu and closed respectively the ninth and tenth.
Decent performance for the'' blue Maurizio Oioli, that after the disappointing results early in the season, he hit for the first time in this edition of the World Cup'' s access to the second run, finishing in twelfth place. The'' other Italian at the start, John Mulassano, closed in twenty-fifth place.
At today's race did not take part as well as Tretyakov'' s other Chudinov Russian and Canadian John Fairbairn.
Final Standings World Cup skeleton
PosAtletaNatPunti
1
Dukurs, Martins
LAT
1720
2
Dukurs, Tomass
LAT
1608
3
Antoine, Matthew
USA
1529
4
Tretyakov, Alexander
RUS
1415
5
Rommel, Frank
GER
1288
6
Kroeckel Alexander
GER
1160
7
Fairbairn, John
CAN
1136
8
Daly, John
USA
1082
9
Chudinov, Sergei
RUS
1076
10
Takahashi, Hiroatsu
JPN
1054
29
Oioli, Mauritius
ITA
270
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