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The world championships in Altenberg see the German triumph again with a real feat, ahead of Loelling and Nikitina. Great chances for the Azzurri tomorrow in the team test.
Friday 12 February 2021 3 minutes reading time
In the end, the predictions of the eve were respected and Tina Hermann manages to sit on the top step of the podium, for an amazing poker world champion in the skeleton.
The 28-year-old German needed two optimal heats, fast and clean in both, to complete the comeback that started yesterday in the second run, after she fell to eleventh place in the first, overtaking Jacqueline Loelling, second in all four partials. of the race, which must be satisfied with the place of honor and, given the final 11 cents that separate it from the title, can complain about some small imperfections in the decisive run.
The one who really risked throwing the medal in the air was the Russian Elena Nikitina, due to a disastrous third descent seasoned by Marchiani errors throughout the track; to save her in the end will be only the two cents that separate her from the two comeback, the other Russian Tararychenkova and the German Greibel, paired in fourth place: sixth is the veteran stars and stripes Katie Uhlaender to precede the last of the Germans, junior world champion Hannah Neise. The test of the blue is stained by some errors, in the case of Valentina Margaglio in the fourth heat, with the Piedmontese at the end just out of the top ten (12th), while for Alessia Crippa, at the end 22nd, it will be the third run to preclude them from '' access to the final descent.
Saturday (9.00) great anticipation for the team competition, which in the last edition gave the Azzurri a historic bronze with Mattia Gaspari and Valentina Margaglio.
Matteo Collodoro
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