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In recent days in Lake Placid is been made the U.S. team for next season. Great news within the U.S. national team that next year will be presented to cable devoid of three components, among which stands out the name of Kate Hansen.
Saturday 24 May 2014 6 minutes reading time
The talented athlete Californian who last season has surprised the whole world first, winning the national title with a fractured foot and then winning the final race of the World Cup in Sigulda, decided to take a year off to complete his studies at Brigham Young , University of Salt Lake City.
The same applies to the colleague doppista Preston Griffall, which temporarily abandon mate Matt Mortensen which from next year will couple with Jayson Terdiman.
Final withdrawal instead for Christian Niccum. The thirty-six of Minnesota has decided to end his long career. Niccum'' s beginning of his adventure in the world of luge made steady with Matt McClain with which it is removed several soddifazioni. The association Niccum-McClain has in fact awarded it 4 consecutive editions of the World Junior, but mostly it entered the history of the sport in November 1996, when in Lillehammer is the couple became more youngest ever to win a race at the World Cup!
The two subsequent seasons have continued to stay on the crest of wave'' adding to their palmares two wins and two podiums. Following the withdrawal of McClain, Christian Niccum competed with results significantly modest at first with Dan Joye and in recent seasons with Jayson Terdiman with which to Winterberg in December 2010 rose for the last time'' on the podium at the World Cup, setting a new record. Never before had an'' athlete had fasted more 12 year old again before completing a race in the top three places in the standings.
Closed the long and necessary brackets leavers, we speak now of the athletes who will continue his career in the gut. '' For the eighth consecutive year, the American women's team will rely on Erin Hamlin true point of reference for the team stars and stripes. The twenty-seven Lake Placid restart next year with the grades of captain, three months ago that she gave the United States the first female Olympic medal in the sport.
Along with Hamlin will be part of team USA also confermatissima Summer Britcher (author of three piazziamenti in the top ten last season), the veteran Julia Clukey and falling Emily Sweeney large pink excluded from the World Cup from 2013 to 2014, which will a great opportunity to rebuild, only two seasons ago that she seemed about to explode finally also at the senior level.
Between the double, in addition to the already Mortensen-mentioned new pair Terdiman will be the match Jake Hyrns (winner of the World Cup junior 2010-2011) and the young Anthony Espinoza. Both Espinoza Hyrns that are waiting to see their future as they are both currently without a partner.
In the men's team is nothing new. Chris Mazdzer will called to confirm his best season ever, enhanced by two splendid second place in the World Cup and fifth place in the overall standings. The young Tucker West (born 1995) is was again confirmed in the team A even if it is not completely excluded even see him compete in the junior field.
The other components of the training will be the American male: Aidan Kelly and Taylor Morris.
As usual, the athletes take place in October of trails that will define the selection of pink for the next season. Only Hamlin, Clukey and Mazdzer under the good results obtained in the last two seasons will be exempt from these trails.
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