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Alexander Tretyakov is the new Olympic champion skeleton. The twenty-eight Russian leader at the end of the first three rounds, the final descent was able to keep calm and not get caught by'' emotion completing a two-day races practically perfect.
Saturday 15 February 2014 21 minutes reading time
'' The athlete Krasnoyarsk has dominated the event in Five Rings by subverting the prediction from the first run that saw the big favorite Martins Dukurs. The Russian made the most of home advantage, we should not forget that it is in fact Tretyakov that the other teammates have done extensive testing on this circuit, finding the ideal set-up'' by drawing lines and details in the first part of the intestine that have made the Unlike skelettonista allowing the home to get a huge advantage.
Tretyakov, that beyond the world title last year, had so far played a career essentially eternal placed marked by many podium finishes in the World Cup but with only 5 statements, responded to this in the'' most important event of life an athlete'' s Olympics and did it in front of their home crowd into a frenzy.
The world champion, did not take a particular risk in this final descent, wisely deciding not to force too much in the boost phase and to control the race. A race tactics copy that not only allowed him to successfully close the competition but that also allowed to print again the fastest time in the heats and further increase their lead against the main rival. Tretyakov who was already entered in the history of Russian skeleton having won the first medal in Vancouver in five circles of Russia,'' quest becomes today the first Olympic champion of his country in this discipline.
Behind the winner, trailing by 81 cents closed the greatest of all time skelettonista Martins Dukurs. The Latvian phenomenon has nothing to reproach himself because as he said yesterday at the press of his country, he can not comprehend this sudden competitiveness of its historic rival. Dukurs in the fourth round ventured a sprint start to try to catch up but not totally useless since Tretyakov continued to gain. Continues the curse of the Olympic Baltic, which for the second time in a row is mocked by an athlete who ran on his home track.
The bronze medal went to American'' Matthew Antoine thanks to a shrewd race took home an important result for the United States Olympic men did not climb on the podium since 2002 when it imposed Jim Shea. The twenty-eight U.S. has been facilitated by the disastrous final descent of countryman John Daly only athlete who could lay a trap for the Olympic bronze medalist. Daly genuine surprise of the competition wanted to overdo it in the boost phase leading his skeleton out of the right track with the result that the slide began to veer first toward the left side and then to the right, causing loss to the North American all the advantage gained previously, and he sank back to fifteenth place.
Fourth position for the elder of the two brothers Dukurs, Tomass, ahead of a penny, and three Russian Chudinov a great Nikita Tregybov that in just 19 years and the first real experience at a senior level has exposed a class crystalline portends great things for the future.
Completing the top ten, the seventh Canadian John Fairbairn, the'' ultra-forty-eighth Kristan Bromley English, German kroeckel ninth and tenth British Parsons.
The'' blue Maurizio Oioli has completed its race in eighteenth position being overtaken on the final'' by Australian John Farrow that despite the prosthetic ankle was able to gamble on a par with the athletes "able-bodied" giving themselves a splendid seventeenth Olympic place.
Final Standings male skeleton
1 RUS Tretyakov, AlexanderTotal: 3:44:29
RUN1
4.47 19.10 30.96 39.09 49.40 55.95 (1) 131.10 51.70 76.50 129.60RUN2
4.47 19.08 31.02 39.21 49.54 56.04 (1) 130.20 51.80 76.70 130.70RUN3
4.47 19.16 31.10 39.28 49.67 56.28 (2) +0.02 129.60 51.60 76.30 127.70RUN4
4.47 19.15 31.00 39.17 49.51 56.02 (1) 130.40 51.70 76.30 130.10
2 LAT DUKURS, MartinsTotal: 3:45:10 + 0.81
RUN1
4.57 19.26 31.18 39.35 49.64 56.18 (2) +0.23 130.00 51.30 76.40 130.30RUN2
4.58 19.27 31.24 39.43 49.81 56.37 (2) +0.33 130.20 51.20 76.40 129.50RUN3
4.57 19.26 31.21 39.41 49.75 56.26 (1) 130.20 51.40 76.40 130.90RUN4
4.59 19.28 31.17 39.35 49.72 56.29 (2) +0.27 130.30 51.20 76.40 129.50
USA ANTOINE 3, MatthewTotal: 3:47:26 + 2.97
RUN1
4.68 19.54 31.60 39.85 50.29 56.89 (3) +0.94 128.40 50.40 75.70 129.30RUN2
4.66 19.47 31.51 39.78 50.28 56.95 (5) +0.91 127.50 50.60 76.00 128.50RUN3
4.67 19.50 31.49 39.71 50.10 56.69 (4) +0.43 128.50 50.50 75.80 129.10RUN4
4.67 19.47 31.44 39.67 50.10 56.73 (6) +0.71 129.20 50.70 76.00 129.00
4 LAT DUKURS, TomassTotal: 3:47:58 + 3:29
RUN1
4.67 19.51 31.57 39.85 50.39 57.03 (6) +1.08 128.30 50.50 75.70 128.10RUN2
4.64 19.42 31.44 39.73 50.37 57.06 (12) +1.02 128.60 50.80 75.90 126.90RUN3
4.66 19.50 31.49 39.72 50.16 56.75 (5) +0.49 128.90 50.50 75.80 128.80RUN4
4.65 19.44 31.41 39.65 50.11 56.74 (7) +0.72 128.90 50.80 75.90 127.70
5 RUS Chudinov, SergeiTotal: 3:47:59 + 3:30
RUN1
4.67 19.58 31.64 39.91 50.37 56.98 (5) +1.03 128.50 50.20 75.40 129.80RUN2
4.66 19.50 31.55 39.86 50.38 57.04 (11) +1.00 128.10 50.50 75.80 127.70RUN3
4.66 19.56 31.59 39.82 50.27 56.86 (6) +0.60 129.20 50.40 75.20 129.50RUN4
4.64 19.48 31.47 39.71 50.13 56.71 (5) +0.69 129.30 50.60 75.70 129.80
6 RUS TREGYBOV, NikitaTotal: 3:47.62 + 3:33
RUN1
4.78 19.81 32.00 40.32 50.84 57.44 (13) +1.49 126.90 49.70 74.70 128.60RUN2
4.78 19.71 31.74 39.96 50.36 56.96 (7) 49.80 75.40 128.50 +0.92 128.80RUN3
4.73 19.63 31.64 39.82 50.11 56.57 (3) 50.20 75.30 129.70 +0.31 130.80RUN4
4.75 19.64 31.56 39.72 50.08 56.65 (3) 50.00 75.40 128.70 130.70 +0.63
7 CAN Fairbairn, JohnTotal: 3:48:13 + 3.84
RUN1
4.75 19.68 31.72 40.10 50.68 57.34 (11) +1.39 123.80 50.10 75.40 127.90RUN2
4.73 19.63 31.66 39.91 50.34 56.92 (4) +0.88 129.10 50.20 75.60 128.90RUN3
4.71 19.62 31.69 39.95 50.34 56.91 (7) 50.30 75.50 129.30 +0.65 129.20RUN4
4.75 19.70 31.74 39.97 50.35 56.96 (10) 50.00 75.30 128.60 126.00 +0.94
8 GBR BROMLEY, KristanTotal: 3:48:17 + 3.88
RUN1
4.82 19.75 31.80 40.09 50.62 57.24 (10) +1.29 125.60 49.80 75.60 128.20RUN2
4.78 19.65 31.64 39.86 50.37 57.02 (9) 50.00 75.70 130.00 +0.98 127.90RUN3
4.80 19.72 31.82 40.10 50.58 57.17 (12) +0.91 128.00 50.00 75.40 128.80RUN4
4.75 19.60 31.52 39.72 50.12 56.74 (7) +0.72 127.30 50.20 75.70 128.50
9 GER kroeckel AlexanderTotal: 3:48:29 + 4:00
RUN1
4.82 19.87 32.00 40.27 50.67 57.21 (8) +1.26 128.40 49.50 74.70 130.30RUN2
4.77 19.77 31.85 40.11 50.64 57.36 (17) 129.20 +1.32 49.80 74.90 126.80RUN3
4.77 19.78 31.89 40.15 50.52 57.03 (10) 129.30 +0.77 49.90 74.90 130.50RUN4
4.73 19.61 31.55 39.74 50.13 56.69 (4) 50.30 75.40 129.70 130.50 +0.67
10 GBR PARSONS, Dominic EdwardTotal: 3:48:36 + 4:07
RUN1
4.68 19.53 31.61 39.91 50.51 57.23 (9) +1.28 128.50 50.50 75.70 126.70RUN2
4.66 19.47 31.50 39.79 50.38 57.17 (15) +1.13 128.40 50.70 75.90 125.50RUN3
4.66 19.48 31.51 39.79 50.31 57.00 (9) +0.74 129.10 50.70 75.80 127.40RUN4
4.68 19.53 31.51 39.77 50.28 56.96 (10) +0.94 129.20 50.60 75.70 127.10
GER 11 ROMMEL, FrankTotal: 3:48:47 + 4:18
RUN1
4.85 19.84 31.91 40.16 50.57 57.19 (7) 49.70 75.00 129.00 +1.24 128.80RUN2
4.80 19.73 31.75 39.99 50.38 56.95 (5) +0.91 129.60 49.90 75.30 130.00RUN3
4.84 19.85 31.97 40.26 50.73 57.33 (15) 129.20 +1.07 49.60 75.00 128.40RUN4
4.85 19.81 31.85 40.07 50.42 57.00 (13) 49.80 75.30 129.60 129.80 +0.98
12 TAKAHASHI JPN, HiroatsuTotal: 3:48.74 + 4:45
RUN1
4.72 19.60 31.75 40.10 50.75 57.53 (14) +1.58 127.60 50.30 75.60 126.10RUN2
4.73 19.58 31.63 39.91 50.43 57.10 (13) +1.06 128.90 50.20 75.60 127.90RUN3
4.74 19.61 31.63 39.87 50.42 57.13 (11) 128.30 +0.87 50.30 75.50 127.00RUN4
4.73 19.58 31.56 39.80 50.27 56.98 (12) +0.96 129.10 50.40 75.70 126.90
13 CAN NEILSON, EricTotal: 3:48.77 + 4:48
RUN1
4.74 19.68 31.82 40.13 50.68 57.41 (12) +1.46 128.30 50.00 75.30 126.50RUN2
4.73 19.62 31.68 39.94 50.41 57.01 (8) +0.97 128.40 50.20 75.40 128.80RUN3
4.81 19.80 31.87 40.12 50.55 57.25 (14) 125.70 +0.99 49.60 75.10 126.70RUN4
4.75 19.66 31.64 39.92 50.38 57.10 (14) +1.08 125.90 50.20 75.40 126.40
14 AUT Guggenberger, MatthiasTotal: 3:49:00 + 4.71
RUN1
4.75 19.78 32.02 40.39 50.98 57.70 (17) 127.40 +1.75 49.90 74.80 127.30RUN2
4.71 19.61 31.71 39.99 50.49 57.12 (14) +1.08 128.70 50.30 75.50 128.10RUN3
4.73 19.69 31.85 40.16 50.62 57.24 (13) 127.20 +0.98 50.10 75.30 128.10RUN4
4.72 19.61 31.61 39.85 50.29 56.94 (9) 50.30 75.60 127.50 128.90 +0.92
15 U.S. DALY, JohnTotal: 3:49:11 + 4.82
RUN1
4.63 19.41 31.44 39.68 50.25 56.91 (4) +0.96 129.30 50.80 75.90 127.90RUN2
4.64 19.45 31.46 39.68 50.09 56.67 (3) +0.63 129.50 50.80 75.70 129.30RUN3
4.68 19.54 31.60 39.85 50.35 56.99 (8) +0.73 128.90 50.50 75.70 127.60RUN4
4.77 20.44 32.67 41.00 51.70 58.54 (20) +2.52 127.50 47.20 72.50 124.20
16 KOR YUN, SUNGBINTotal: 3:49:57 + 5:28
RUN1
4.66 19.55 31.80 40.17 50.79 57.54 (15) +1.59 127.00 50.40 75.40 126.40RUN2
4.65 19.48 31.57 39.86 50.38 57.02 (9) +0.98 128.70 50.60 75.60 128.20RUN3
4.69 19.61 31.78 40.10 50.91 57.90 (20) +1.64 127.70 50.30 75.40 121.90RUN4
4.72 19.60 31.65 39.94 50.43 57.11 (15) 50.30 75.50 127.60 128.50 +1.09
AUS 17 FARROW, JohnTotal: 3:50.67 + 6:38
RUN1
4.94 20.05 32.25 40.58 51.17 57.84 (19) +1.89 127.60 49.00 74.70 127.70RUN2
4.90 19.95 32.09 40.39 50.96 57.73 (19) +1.69 128.60 49.30 75.00 126.00RUN3
4.94 20.04 32.22 40.56 51.09 57.75 (16) +1.49 127.70 49.10 74.80 128.00RUN4
4.91 19.94 32.01 40.29 50.75 57.35 (16) 49.40 75.00 129.10 128.50 +1.33
18 ITA Oioli, MaurizioTotal: 3:50.68 + 6:39
RUN1
4.82 19.85 32.07 40.43 51.03 57.69 (16) +1.74 128.30 49.60 74.90 127.40RUN2
4.77 19.71 31.81 40.11 50.65 57.27 (16) 129.80 +1.23 50.00 75.30 128.20RUN3
4.83 19.87 32.02 40.34 51.02 57.85 (19) +1.59 128.50 49.50 75.00 125.00RUN4
4.86 19.87 31.94 40.23 50.96 57.87 (19) 49.50 75.20 123.30 129.50 +1.85
19 AUT MAIER, RaphaelTotal: 3:50.86 + 6:57
RUN1
4.92 20.01 32.21 40.54 51.14 57.83 (18) +1.88 128.10 49.10 74.90 127.20RUN2
4.84 19.83 32.00 40.35 50.88 57.51 (18) +1.47 127.70 49.60 75.30 128.40RUN3
4.91 20.00 32.21 40.57 51.22 57.95 (22) +1.69 127.50 49.20 74.80 126.60RUN4
4.91 19.95 32.09 40.39 50.92 57.57 (17) 49.30 75.10 128.00 128.90 +1.55
NZL 20 SANDFORD, BenTotal: 3:51:21 + 6.92
RUN1
5.06 20.24 32.38 40.70 51.32 58.00 (22) +2.05 123.70 48.40 74.50 128.50RUN2
5.04 20.16 32.25 40.54 51.09 57.75 (20) +1.71 128.10 48.60 74.70 128.80RUN3
5.02 20.16 32.29 40.63 51.16 57.79 (18) +1.53 124.30 48.60 74.70 131.60RUN4
5.02 20.11 32.11 40.39 50.96 57.67 (18) +1.65 124.60 48.80 74.80 129.40
21 USA tress, KyleTotal: 2:53.74
RUN1
4.85 19.92 32.13 40.49 51.14 57.85 (20) 127.70 +1.90 49.40 74.80 126.60RUN2
4.85 19.88 32.06 40.43 51.22 58.13 (23) +2.09 127.30 49.50 74.90 123.10RUN3
4.87 19.95 32.11 40.46 51.06 57.76 (17) 49.40 74.70 126.80 126.60 +1.50
22 JPN Sasahara, YukiTotal: 2:54:20
RUN1
4.88 19.95 32.14 40.48 51.26 58.22 (24) +2.27 127.80 49.30 74.80 123.20RUN2
4.86 19.89 32.08 40.43 51.23 58.07 (21) +2.03 127.70 49.50 75.10 124.50RUN3
4.88 19.95 32.12 40.45 51.15 57.91 (21) 49.30 74.90 126.50 128.40 +1.65
23 GRE Kefalas, AlexandrosTotal: 2:54.75
RUN1
4.94 20.07 32.41 40.80 51.43 58.20 (23) +2.25 127.50 49.10 74.40 125.30RUN2
4.95 20.05 32.52 40.91 51.55 58.33 (24) +2.29 127.20 49.20 74.60 125.40RUN3
5.00 20.14 32.38 40.68 51.28 58.22 (23) +1.96 127.90 48.70 74.80 122.50
24 KOR LEE, HANSINTotal: 2:55:17
RUN1
4.76 19.77 32.08 40.53 51.42 58.41 (25) +2.46 125.20 50.00 74.80 122.60RUN2
4.79 19.80 32.10 40.54 51.28 58.12 (22) +2.08 122.50 49.80 74.90 124.30RUN3
4.82 19.86 32.15 40.58 51.57 58.64 (25) +2.38 126.50 49.70 74.80 120.20
25 ROU Velicu, DorinTotal: 2:56:07
RUN1
4.82 19.92 32.32 40.81 51.76 58.72 (27) +2.77 125.00 49.70 74.60 122.10RUN2
4.85 20.05 32.34 40.77 51.59 58.44 (25) +2.40 126.20 49.10 74.00 124.40RUN3
4.81 19.84 32.08 40.71 51.85 58.91 (27) +2.65 123.60 49.70 74.80 120.80
26 ESP Mirambell, AnderTotal: 2:56:10
RUN1
4.93 20.09 32.44 40.89 51.71 58.58 (26) +2.63 126.50 48.90 74.60 124.60RUN2
4.93 20.03 32.33 40.86 51.80 58.72 (26) +2.68 123.40 49.10 74.70 123.10RUN3
4.94 20.16 32.46 40.87 51.81 58.80 (26) +2.54 126.50 48.40 74.40 122.20
27 IRL GREENWOOD, SeanTotal: 3:01:32
RUN1
4.80 19.84 32.10 40.48 51.19 57.99 (21) +2.04 127.80 49.70 74.80 126.10RUN2
4.79 19.73 31.89 42.07 56.71 1:05.11 (27) +9.07 119.00 49.80 75.40 102.70RUN3
4.89 20.00 32.25 40.64 51.42 58.22 (23) +1.96 126.60 49.20 74.40 125.10
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