SkeletonSkeleton - cup europe
Alessandro Genuzio
And '' taken this morning from the European Cup in Lillehammer skeleton. The circuit Continental has effectively opened the season by major European nations beginning with the Russian squadron and the British who dominated the men's competition.
Friday 21 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
The track that in 1994 hosted one of the most & ugrave; best editions of the Olympic Winter Games, was for most of the contenders a great question because the gut Norway was not part of the circuit for years and skeleton.
Among men, as mentioned previously & egrave; witnessed a duopoly Russia-Britain, with four Russians to the first six of the league and four in the British top ten. Proof & egrave; was dominated (click here for the final) by twenty-two Ruslan Sabitov author of two best references lap times of the day, which has trimmed the beauty of 46 cents a British rival Kenny Howard. Quest''ultimo thanks to a good final descent & egrave; managed to climb one position and to avoid for just ten cents Russian first double of the season. The podium fact & egrave; was completed by another representative of Russia, Vladimir Lebedev twenty-two.
The women's race (click here for the final) instead of & egrave; was decidedly more & ugrave; compelling, with the 'American Kendall Wesenberger that preceded only 5 cents Kim Meylemans, German by birth but become over dell''estate Belgium. The US leader after the first run down the final printed in only the fourth part-time allowing the representative of Belgium to approach menacingly in the first place. Third place finish for the Russian Anastasia Shlapak off 40 cents from the winner.
In Lillehammer made his debut in the world of the skeleton 'blue Chiara Natali (pictured). The twenty-four years after the Marche nell''atletica, decided during dell''estate groped the 'adventure in the ice. Cos & igrave; Clare first made contact with the pistino push Cortina won the first title in the guise of Italian skeletonista, and later attended the course organized by the International Federation pilots to secure a pass to race on icy slopes. The 'blue quest''oggi turned in a test pi & ugrave; fairly good for 2/3 of the race, sailing since then around all''undicesima position, then the end made too many mistakes finishing in twenty-first place. & nbsp;
At the end of the competition Clare is joined by Neveitalia.it & egrave; expressed satisfaction with his debut in the skeleton, "To be dropped only during the pilots would say well seen split times (11) to the curve then I lost 6-7 in the guide but all need to experience it! - the 'blue in this first race tried to cure of clean lines without paying much attention to the comparison with the enemy - "I approached the drive, although I'm focusing more on driving because & egrave; I know that training is pushing me more & ugrave; naturale..e especially given the workouts this week when I lost in the above, today I was very close to the other by improving the guidance in the first part ... And to think that until last week I was leaving from the junior start, & egrave; a big step forward in a more demanding track like this. "
The program of the first round of the European circuit tomorrow offers a second race of the skeleton is male or female.
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