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Thriller final in Altenberg in the women's race valid for the skeleton world championships. With an extraordinary fourth descent the German Tina Hermann managed in the difficult undertaking to reassemble the 66 cents of gap that divided her from the leader of the provisional classification Marina Gilardoni and to confirm herself once again world champion.
Saturday 29 February 2020 4 minutes reading time
The almost 28-year-old Cologne native after leaving the field free to the surprising Gilardoni who for three quarters of the race seemed to have firmly around the world gold, has faced the fourth and final round of absolute champion, finding perfect lines and printing at the moment the new track record is more appropriate. The adversary, warned at the starting gate of the great performance of the German, suffered the pressure, and in the more technical part of the gut of Altenberg went to commit big burrs that made her incredibly retreat to the place of honor .
When Gilardoni crossed the finish line in second position, Tina Hermann literally exploded with joy being praised by the large home crowd. With this incredible success, Hermann becomes the most successful woman ever in a world skeleton event, further extending the streak of consecutive gold medals from Germany that has not lost a world title since 2015.
Third place and bronze medal for the Austrian Janine Flock detached by 1 "21 from the top, good not to be reached by the new World Cup winner Jacqueline Loelling seemed not so competitive on the Saxony track. Fifth position for the Russian Nikitina authored as usual the push records but not very precise on the driven, sixth Sophia Griebel and seventh Anna Fernsteadtova.
In Casa Italia the seventeenth place of Valentina Margaglio is the only blue to qualify for the fourth descent, and the twenty-second of Alessia Crippa. If it is an excellent result for Ossola, which suggests a really positive season in which it has shown continuous growth that is good for the venture seasons, instead of Alexandria something more was expected, not so much from the result. final in itself but in terms of speed performance. The blue that has its strength in the thrust, has shown in a technical track like that of Altenberg that is still far from the big ones of the circuit especially in the driven, and the 5 seconds gap from the winner confirm this impression. The Piedmontese still has great potential and in guts where the power is rewarded the most she can continuously have her say.
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