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Will the skelettonisti to open the 2013-2014 season World Cup bobsled and skeleton which kicks off tonight from Calgary.
Friday 29 November 2013 9 minutes reading time
At 20.00 Italian, from the starting gate of Canada Olympic Park will start the first heat of the men's skeleton. In this first demonstration the headlights of course will be focused on the champion Latvian Martins Dukurs (pictured). The strongest skelettonista of all time, this season will have as its main aim is to win the'' single bay is still lacking in its rich bulletin board: the Olympic title.
Dukurs, however, take to the track in each round of the major circuit of the skeleton as always giving our best and certainly will not be a surprise to see him constantly on the top step of the podium in every event. The twenty-nine of Riga this season, could reach Top 30 hits in the World Cup that would take more than 20 wins the'' Swiss Gregor Staehli second in this special classification.
Latvia also expects to celebrate a large number of shotguns since last year's older brother Martins Dukurs, Tomass, closed in second place in the overall standings. Tomass Dukurs unlike most celebrated Martins has a greater thrust but very often his races are characterized by an exceptional heat accompanied by an'' other very disappointing. For this reason, the largest of the brothers Dukurs has only a success in the maximum circuit skeleton.
The main opponent of Latvian, will be Alexander Tretyakov. The Russian is a graduate of the recent world a little'' surprise world champion partially removing the epithet of'' eternal second. Tretyakov fact, compared with 31 podium finishes in the World Cup has got only 4 hits while Dukurs with the same podiums won in 25 occasions.
Russia to counter the dominance of four-time winner of the crystal ball has deployed its main athletes in the first races of the North American Cup that allowed Tretyakov Chudinov and to make contact with the track in Calgary.
Among the protagonists of this 26th season of the skeleton must be balanced against the Germans Frank Rommel, Alexander and Alex Kroekel Gassner. Quest'' last fall in the maximum circuit skeleton thanks to the good performance put on display during the selection of trails, which have pink ousted from the World Cup Christopher Grotheer. Rommel also, with the success of Whistler last season, has prevented Martins Dukurs might acquire all 9 prevviste races in the calendar of the World Cup.
L'' Italy will be represented by Maurizio Oioli who will try to repeat the'' encouraging start last season in Lake Placid when he caught his best career result coming in ninth.
At 21:15 Italian will start the first round of the women's circuit. Unlike the male competition characterized by a single ruler, among women the number of possible winning is much higher. In the last edition of the World Cup in fact, as many as 6 different athletes have excelled in the 9 races on the program and this season it is expected that the trend will not change.
In Calgary will not be attending the'' home athlete Mellisa Hollingsworth most anticipated, as a result of the disappointing qualifying trails has been excluded from the maximum circuit skeleton and hijacked along with Olympic champion Jon Montgomery in Intercontinental Cup
Canada will therefore rely on the young Sarah Reid fifth last year in the World Cup, which this season has limited the number of runs on the ice to prevent the onset of migraine problems.
The United States will rely as usual Katie Uhlaender and mother Noelle Pikus-Pace steering wheel. Quest'' last returned to competition last year and the surprise of all won 2 wins and 3 podiums in the World Cup, in addition to the extraordinary iridescent silver Sankt Moritz. Pikus-Pace said for some time that his main goal will be the Olympic Games in Sochi and at the end of this event will come back to do the full-time mom.
Among the most anticipated protagonists should not forget the British Shelley Rudman and Elizabeth Yarnold. Rudman'' after a subdued start of last season he dominated the World Championships giving the country its first world title in this discipline the female, Yarnold instead will start among the favorites on the track'' s'' in Alberta since the last edition held Calgary has hit his second career success.
Germany finally not stand idly by and will line up at the start of the first two in the overall standings last season's Marion Thees and Anja Huber. Teutonic The two authors of great performances in the early part of the last edition of the World Cup will have to do treasure of the disastrous end to the season where they have completely missed the'' appointment with the podium at the world championships and have played a role in recent comprimarie appointments.
TELEVISION
Both the World Cup men's and the women's skeleton will be broadcast live from streaming youtube channel of the International Federation.
To watch live the first run of the skeleton MEN click here
To watch live the first run of the skeleton FEMALE click here
To watch live the second run of the skeleton MEN click here
To watch live the second run of the skeleton FEMALE click here
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