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All according to script in Winterberg in the first heat of the men's skeleton competition valid for the world championships. The favorite of the eve Latvian Martins Dukurs, closed head sharply in the first half of the race by a margin of 30 cents against the historical rival Alexander Tretyakov.
Thursday 5 March 2015 4 minutes reading time
The master of the last six seasons of World Cup played as usual a run practically perfect, extremely clean drawing lines that have allowed him to print immediately the new record of the German track. The Baltic in particular & egrave; did very well to limit the gap in the boost phase yielding only 2 cents to Tretiakov, gaining the leadership of the race starting from the second intermediate forward, making a difference in the pi & ugrave; Technical gut dell''Hochsauerland.
Second place for Alexander Tretiakov which there & egrave; able to affect how he should start, essential that at the Sochi Olympic race allowed him to resist the return of Dukurs. The Russian will have to now & agrave; try to redeem himself promptly starting with the next descent if vorr & agrave; still be the match for the medal 'gold.
Complete the provisional podium the eldest Dukurs, Tomass, that & ograve; & Egrave; spaced over six tenths off the pace and has a lead of 31 cents by Tretiakov. The Latvian career in non & egrave; never finished on the podium in a World Championships will have & agrave; Now look back by the Germans and Jungk Grotheer fourth and sixth respectively, and by the young Nikita Tregybov fifth that without some smudges could be ahead of the Baltic.
Try a little '' below expectations for the two blue in the race that at the time would not have qualified for the final round both being outside the top20. The young & nbsp; Mattia Gaspari after a good start he committed several errors in the pi & ugrave him; congenial that technique losing several cents that have earned the twenty-second momentary & nbsp; position. The twenty-one Cortina & nbsp; still has not completely compromise the run-up to the coveted Top15 having a lead of just 20 cents from Kyle Tress current fifteenth.
Manche decidedly negative for the new champion Italian & nbsp; & nbsp Joseph Cecchini, who is only twenty-seventh trailing by almost three tenths from the threshold of qualification to the final run. The 'Italian-Canadian will have & agrave; now roll up their sleeves to try to grab the twentieth place & nbsp; given that the gap between him and the coveted position & egrave; still quite large.
Take the second heat & agrave; off starting from 11:40. For those wishing to see the race live streaming click here. & Nbsp;
Standings after the first run
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