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It is closed in accordance with the prediction of the first day of competition female skeleton. At the command after the initial two runs is English Elizabeth Yarnold, ahead of the 44 cents the great rival of the season World Cup Noelle Pikus-Pace, and 55 cents the hostess Elena Nikitina.
Thursday 13 February 2014 11 minutes reading time
Yarnold as usual has been very strong in the upper part of the gut Olympic, clocking the second fastest time in the boost phase, guaranteeing immediately an important margin of safety to protect the stretch that led to her most difficult. The English facilitated by the shape of the Olympic Sliding Sliding Center, which with its initial climb favors large starters, finished the first run with 25 cents on Pikus-Pace set a new track record, while the second further down the British gained ground outpacing the main opponent of the other 19 cents.
Thanks to these two excellent performances Elizabeth Yarnold start tomorrow with a substantial margin of advantage against other competitors and the impression is that this track English is hard to beat since it is virtually impossible to make a difference in the most ; technique.
In second place, as mentioned earlier, has entered Noelle Pikus-Pace, who, as usual, has distinguished itself in the most complex system giving driving lessons to the opponent, Yarnold included, but were not enough to recover the heavy delay charged at startup. Pikus-Pace that at the end of this competition should definitavamente skeleton hanging on a nail to devote full time to the role of mother has been very strong in the second round in the provisional standings bypassing Russian Elena Nikitina second at the end of the first round.
Nikitina European Champion 2013 Igls, this season had aroused great impression in the North American trip but then it was always hidden specific materials just trying to do well in the event Five Rings. The Russian author of the record push has led to great positioning in the first round only 5 cents from Yarnold in the second round but was not able to keep pace with the two favorites finishing in third place with 11 cents of virtual delay from silver. Nikitina tomorrow at the age of 21 will be asked to play two rounds capital both from the competitive point of view and from that mental as only 21 years old will have to withstand the pressure of having the eyes of an entire nation on her.
In fourth place was beautiful collecata Katie Uhlaender to compete on the same time of the first in the initial round, she starting with bib number 15 has dropped a track with much more ruined. The U.S. is still in the running for a place on the podium as he has a lead of just 14 cents from the podium, a margin still unbridgeable in the last two runs in the program.
Good performance also for the other two Russians in the race Potylitsina Olga and Maria Orlova fifth and sixth, respectively, demonstrating the excellent preparation of the materials produced by German coach Willi Schneider. The two hosts, however, seem cut out for the fight for medals but if they were to confirm the performance of today would close a positive experience at Five Rings.
Rounding out the top ten, Anja Huber, Sarah Reid, Sophia Greibel and Marion Thees. The big disappointment of the day comes from Shelley Rudman, the reigning world champion, who has failed to make a difference in the Wizard shipwrecked in eleventh place in the provisional nearly two seconds behind the leader Yarnold.
Tomorrow will be played later in the morning the last two runs that will award the medals.
Ranking at the end of the second heat
Rank
Name
Nation
Run1
Run2
Run3
Run4
Start1
Start2
Start3
Start4
Total
Behind
1
GBR Elizabeth Yarnold
Great Britain
58.43
58.46
4.95
4.97
1:56.89
2
Noelle Pikus-USA PACE
United States
58.68
58.65
5:15
5:16
1:57:33
+0.44
3
RUS Elena Nikitina
Russian Fed
58.48
58.96
4.89
4.89
1:57:44
+0.55
4
USA Katie UHLAENDER
United States
58.83
58.75
5:08
5:05
1:57:58
+0.69
5
Olga RUS POTYLITSINA
Russian Fed
59.00
58.75
5:16
5:03
1:57.75
+0.86
6
RUS ORLOVA Mary
Russian Fed
58.97
59.02
5:02
5:04
1:57.99
+1.10
7
Anja GER HUBER
Germany
59.17
59.13
5:12
5:09
1:58:30
+1.41
8
Sarah REID CAN
Canada
59.14
59.17
5:00
4.98
1:58:31
+1.42
9
GER Griebel Sophia
Germany
59.43
59.20
5:15
5:13
1:58.63
+1.74
10
GER Marion Thees
Germany
59.25
59.42
5:32
5:27
1:58.67
+1.78
11
GBR Shelley Rudman
Great Britain
59.46
59.33
5:14
5:10
1:58.79
+1.90
12
AUS STEELE Michelle
Australia
59.42
59.41
5:02
4.98
1:58.83
+1.94
13
AUT FLOCK Janine
Austria
59.47
59.39
5:16
5:07
1:58.86
+1.97
14
NZL EUSTACE Katharine
New Zealand
59.52
59.46
5:04
5:05
1:58.98
+2.09
15
LAT PRIEDULENA Lelde
Latvia
59.73
59.31
5:06
5:02
1:59:04
+2.15
16
CAN HOLLINGSWORTH Mellisa
Canada
59.68
59.70
5:16
5:11
1:59:38
+2.49
17
AUS Lucy Chaffer
Australia
1:00:16
59.25
5:15
5:15
1:59:41
+2.52
18
ON GILARDONI Marina
Switzerland
59.77
59.79
5:00
4.96
1:59:56
+2.67
19
JPN Nozomi Komuro
Japan
59.94
59.82
5:11
5:11
1:59.76
+2.87
20
ROU Maria Marinela Mazilu
Romania
59.99
59.89
5:11
5:10
1:59.88
+2.99
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