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The second race of the World Cup and second one-two for the brothers Martins and Tomass Dukurs that quest & rsquo; today in Calgary did not have rivals.
Saturday 20 December 2014 5 minutes reading time
The two Latvian gi & agrave; the first two positions of the standings after the first run, in the final run did not have problems to annihilate the competition. In the first position, as usual, you & egrave; placed the pi & ugrave; younger of the two brothers Baltic Martins, that in the absence of rival Tretiakov has trimmed astronomical detachments to major rivals. The champion native of Riga but based in Sigulda & egrave; was the author of the best run times unplugging of 9/10 brother Tomass, seizing cos & Igrave; his thirty-third success in the World Cup.
Dukurs brothers apart from the star of the race today & egrave; was undoubtedly the South Korean Sungbin Yun. The twenty year old Seoul disqualified last weekend in Lake Placid to be party a red light after closing the first run in the fourth position, Quest & rsquo; today has shown all its enormous potential by climbing on the third step of the podium. The skeletonista Korean who has in his skills as a strength & rsquo; excellent technique in the boost phase turned in a capital race especially in the final descent which allowed him to bypass rather distinctly German Grotheer third after the first run. Yun with this podium goes right into the history books not only the skeleton but the three disciplines of the gut, because & egrave; never before today an Asian had been able to get on the podium in a race of the World Cup bobsled, skeleton and luge.
At the edge of the podium & egrave; placed German Christopher Grotheer that preceded compatriot Axel Jungk and a matt Matthew Antoine seemed less convincing than a week ago in Lake Placid.
The big disappointment of the race today & egrave; undoubtedly l & rsquo; English Dominic Parsons that after completing the first fraction in the third position and wrecked in the final run for losing four positions and finishing seventh.
Sixteenth place for the & rsquo; blue Joseph Cecchini from which perhaps we both could expect something more & ugrave; after the first descent discreet. L & rsquo; Italian-Canadian on his home track had it printed a good time during the initial run that placed him in fifteenth position just 13 cents from the top ten. In the final run for Cecchini & ograve; botched a bit & rsquo; too losing a placing and closing at 2 & rdquo; 52 & rdquo; by the winner.
For the North American of Italian passport, that today might have been his last race in the World Cup of the season, in mid & agrave; January in Altenberg in the next round of the Italian team should deploy Mattia Gaspari and John Mulassano that so far they took part in the Intercontinental Cup circuit.
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