Thompson and Hawrysh win a tie the Canadian title. Greszczyszyn win the male competition

Thompson e Hawrysh vincono ex-equo il titolo canadese. Greszczyszyn primeggia tra gli uomini
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Thompson and Hawrysh win a tie the Canadian title. Greszczyszyn win the male competition

Yesterday evening in Whistler, the Canadian championships were played skeleton. '' The event not only assigned national titles but had also serve as a second and final round of the selection of the team that will participate in the next edition of the World Cup.

On the runway in 2010 was the site of the Olympic Games in Vancouver, there has been a lot of surprises. In the field of female Robynne Thompson and Cassie Hawrysh have graduated national champion by scoring the same time at the end of the two rounds of competition. The twenty-two Canadian second after the first run was just perfect in the second drop-down list, reference clocking the best lap of the day and recovering 16 cents which divided by the leadership. Hawrysh with the success of Whistler has put a serious threat to the qualification for next season, given that only a week ago in Calgary had won the first selection. Behind the winners has placed the twenty-nine of Calgary, Jaclyn detached LaBerge of 47 cents. Big disappointment for Mellisa Hollingsworth who finished only in fifth place with a delay of more than a second and a half. The two-time winner of the crystal ball has compromised his performance during the first run, clocked a time when high and sinking into sixth place. In the final run, the athlete'' Eckville showed his teeth has stopped the clock in the third position that allowed her to close the national championship in the top five. By Sarah Reid (absent in Whistler) already qualified in law, and Cassie Hawrysh selected in the field,'' the last vacancy within the Canadian team, according to the rules established by Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton (BCS) should be for Robynne Thompson . At the moment the Canadian Federation has not issued any press release about the athletes selected to the next season, as the board of BCS should carefully assess whether oust from the World Cup 2013-2014 a champion of the caliber of Mellisa Hollingsworth. Among men surprise victory of veteran Dave Greszczyszyn thanks to a fast final run has trimmed 35 cents a leader of the first run John Fairbairn and so has won the Canadian title. The podium was completed by Eric Neilson who finished just 3 cents from the square'' s honor. Subdued performance for the Olympic champion Jon Montgomery (pictured), fourth at the end of the first descent, who became overcome in the final round by Patrick Rooney, closing only in fifth place. The men's race has undergone a long stop to allow the medical staff to assist Barrett Martineu that is spilled on the track. In the light of the results of Whistler men's team would consist of: Eric Neilson, John Fairbairn and Dave Greszczyszyn. Even in this case would be excluded from the next season a pezzonovante as Jon Montgomery. Ranking the women's final after the two trials: 1) Cassie Hawrysh 450 2) Robynne Thompson 417 3) Mellisa Hollingsworth 394 4) Lanette Prediger 384 Ranking the men's final after the two trials: 1) Eric Neilson 425 2) John Fairbairn 420 3) Dave Greszczyszyn 409 4) Jon Montgomery 384

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