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Great show at Igls, where this morning & egrave; went to the scene the sixth round of the World Cup Women's Skeleton. The race today & egrave; was characterized by a thrilling final which saw the British excel Elizabeth Yarnold author of a stunning comeback in the final descent.
Saturday 7 February 2015 7 minutes reading time
Olympic champion fact & egrave; become the protagonist of a test worthy of a movie, try doing enthusiasts a succession of emotions that have kept in suspense until the athlete's Last downhill race. Yarnold quest''oggi who had to win to keep alive the hope of confirming the World Cup won last season, he heard for the first time the weight of pressure from the result, and during the initial heats & egrave; stumbled upon a wasted chance for un''atleta of his caliber, spilling its skeleton outside the channels starting leaving many cents on the ice.
The twenty-five English & ograve; reacted quickly and the central part onwards has literally created a vacuum by closing the first fraction in fourth position just 11 cents from the leader Janine Flock. In the final run Lizzy as it is commonly called, has given spettaccolo disputing a test to the limit of perfection that has enabled it to print clearly the best time of the day. With this monstrous descent Yarnold put big pressure to the last three athletes from, that had to be content with a place on the podium.
With this success the fourth season the ninth of his career, the skeletonista Bath falls overwhelmingly on course in the fight against Crystal Ball, bringing to 68 lengths of delay from the top spot when there are still two races to the end of the season. Delays well content if you think that the talented British had to skip the 'appointment of Calgary for a problem of headaches, without which it would probably be in command of the ranking Cup.
Behind the winner of 18 cents is detached & egrave; placed an increasingly & ugrave; convincing Elisabeth Vathje. The Canadian real revelation this season is also quest''oggi & egrave; well untangled in short gut Austrian, proving to be able to adapt quickly to for her little-known European basins. The twenty year old from Calgary fact until last year was mainly taking place in the North America Cup circuit, and no one could imagine on the eve of this season, this young athlete would be able to go up to 4 times on the podium at his debut in the Cup circuit World. & nbsp;
Third place by the bitter taste for Janine Flock. The 'Austrian front of the large home crowd after playing a wonderful first descent & egrave; dall''emozione got caught in the heats decisive, even threatening to scupper fifth. The white-red winner two weeks ago in St. Moritz will have & agrave; now try to quickly forget this little disappointment and find the right concentration in view of the test tomorrow, where avr & agrave; the possibility & agrave; to redeem himself and promptly confirm the European title won last year at Koenigssee.
With the third place today Flock took the lead in the overall World Cup, beating by one point the German Tina Hermann quest''oggi that ended in fifth place just three cents from the third step of the podium.
Best race of his career for Switzerland Marina Gilardoni quest''oggi that has benefited from the particular shape of the gut Igls to win an extraordinary fourth place at a single penny from the podium. The 'Swiss as usual printed the incredible intermediate in the boost phase that allowed it to benefit greatly on rivals until the final two splits, before giving the final step to the top three of the class.
Another convincing evidence for the young Canadian Jane Channell author of the second part-time during the descent's Last 'brought to equal seventh place Sankt Moritz his best finish in the maximum circuit skeleton.
Race to forget for the two German Anja Huber-Selbach and Sophia Greibel that with the tenth and thirteenth place today say goodbye to the struggle for the conquest of the World Cup. Bad day for the 'Russian army on a track that traditionally favorable to materials made in Schneider quest''oggi have collected his best result a twelfth position with Elena Nikitina. & Nbsp;
The next round of the World Cup Women's Skeleton & egrave; scheduled for tomorrow morning always on gut Igls, where andr & agrave; staged the recovery of the race of La Plagne which will assign & agrave; well as the European titles.
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