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Olympic champion Jon Montgomery and two-time winner of the World Cup Mellisa Hollingsworth, were not selected by the head coach Canadian Duff Gibson for the first races of the world circuit maximum skeleton.
Wednesday 30 October 2013 4 minutes reading time
The technician has matured this decision after the results of the two trails of qualification, which were played in the last two weeks and have awarded five other athletes in addition to the already qualified Sarah Reid.
Montgomery and Hollingsworth, after an initial'' third and second place in the test'' s opening which took place in Calgary, have disappointed'' in the last (and this decisive point) appointment of Whistler, where they are both classified in fifth place.
The final results of the trials has in fact condemned the two big skeleton world that are the first results of the excluded. The strict rules of selection took the Canadian Federation, have thus promoted at the World Cup an athlete of thirty-four years with no experience in the world as Dave Greszczyszyn maximum circuit, a young and inexperienced in the international arena as a senior Robynne Thompson, raising several concerns .
Jon Montgomery and Mellisa Hollingsworth will be diverted in the series Intercontinental Cup, where currently taking part in the first two races of the calendar and then later on the basis of their results and those of teammates, engaged in major circuit, you will see whether or not to amend the training team World Cup.
Bobsleigh & Skeleton Canada has also announced the qualification system of the next Olympic Games. The place within the Canadian team will be conquered with four wins in the Intercontinental Cup'' or hitting four results in the top six of the World Cup circuit,'' the important thing is that one of these placements to take place in 2013 season -2014.
In key at the moment only two Olympic athletes, Reid and Hollingsworth, and an athlete, Eric Neilson, have achieved these results in the past season.
Canada for the upcoming World Cup:
Female
1) Sarah Reid
2) Cassie Hawrysh
3) Robynne Thompson
Male
1) Eric Neilson
2) John Fairbairn
3) Dave Greszczyszyn
Canada for the upcoming Intercontinental Cup:
Female
1) Mellisa Hollingsworth
2) Jane Channell
Male
1) Jon Montgomery
2) Patrick Rooney
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