LugeTobogganing - Sochi
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Comes from the second luge medal in this Italian edition of the Olympic Games, and comes to about athlete'' s most anticipated Armin Zöggeler blue (pictured), who in six Olympics gave Italy'' s full six metals.
Sunday 9 February 2014 9 minutes reading time
The champion of Foiana, by far the greatest interpreter of the increasingly artificial luge track, had long prepared for this meeting with meticulous care, and already last year in the pre-Olympic had foreshadowed that'' s event five circles would not have played a role of supporting actor but rather of the main protagonist.
Armin after two seasons in which it is gripped by back problems,'' the threshold of forty years he returned to express at high levels in seizing last edition of the World Cup two hits. With these inezioni of confidence and a slide prepared especially for the event in'' Five Rings, Zöggeler fell on the track in Sochi with the goal of'' hit his sixth Olympic medal of his career.
Since the first race it was understood that against Felix Loch and Albert Demtschenko there would be no contest, but the phenomenon is not blue it is done up in despair and a great champion'' is what has maintained the high concentration in all four heats in the program,'' managing the huge and increasing media pressure drop after drop their lead against rivals for a place on the podium. With his third lap in the final race, Armin Zöggeler crossed the finish line in third position, becoming the first ever athlete in sports history to have won 6 Olympic medals in six consecutive editions.
If Zöggeler quest today'' became a legend, the winner of today's race Felix Loch is a candidate to forcefully enter soon in turn invincible in the exclusive club of the world of sports. The twenty-five Bavarian deservedly gets his second Olympic triumph in his second participation in five circles, a result that had previously been centered only by countryman Georg Hackl and the same Zöggeler.
 Loch after the first run in which he allowed 15 milliseconds to home favorite Albert Demtschenko, climbed into the chair in the second round, where a true champion has shattered the track record of putting the main rival if a substantial margin of safety the eve of the final descent.
The German despite his young age, showed off all his experience and in the fourth heat printed again the fastest time, finishing with almost half a second ahead of the Russian. Loch Thus ends a season'' s gold, in which he won all of the c'' was to win that World Cup, European Championships and Olympic Games and Thursday will go hunting together with his Germany's most valuable coin in the novice team trials.
To complete a regal podium, we thought that Albert Demtschenko'' s last race of life forty-two years and played in front of their party was given the silver medal'', the second of his career that reaches eight years of distance from the first won in Turin. '' For the home athlete this result is due recognition for a career that could have been more successful if he had not found its way into the likes of Zöggeler, Hackl and Prock Loch four of the greatest of all tobogganists times.
Much of the credit of the'' silver medal goes to Demtschenko Italian coach Walter Plaikner that after being expelled from the national team has been married off to Russia in a single season and gave the country organizing this wonderful result. Plaikner great "magician" of materials will certainly also his paw in the next races luge therefore there will not be surprised if in the next few days Russia had to get new medals.
At the edge of the podium, in the fight for the coveted little wooden medal was imposed on the German Andi Langenhan that in the final round overtook the young Russian Pavlinchenko. Nothing to be done for Dominik Fischnaller and his goal of the top five. The'' blue has committed several errors in the central part of performing some sway too and finishing in sixth place with just 16 cents on margin'' another Russian Peretyagin.
The top ten was completed by the Austrians Egger and Kindl and the Latvian Rubenis respectively the seventh, eighth and tenth.
The big disappointment of this Olympic test came from thirty-two David Moeller silver four years ago in Vancouver, and in none of the four rounds in the program is able to be competitive not only for a place on the podium, but not for a top ten finish .
The third race in blue Rieder Emanuel has closed its first Olympic experience in nineteenth position. The twenty year old South Tyrolean second last year at the world junior has played the last two rounds in a slight decrease compared to the first day also losing in the final run a placement.
Final Standings Men's luge
1 F. LOCH 52,185 (2) 51,964 (1) 51,613 (1) 51,764 (1) 3:27.526 +0.0002 A. Demchenko 52,170 (1) 52,273 (2) 51,707 (2) 51,852 (2) 3:28.002 +0.4763 A. Zöggeler 52,506 (3) 52,387 (3) 51,910 (3) 51,994 (3) 3:28.797 +1.2714 A. Langenhan 52,707 (8) 52,480 (4) 52,073 (7) 52,095 (4) 3:29.355 +1.8295 S. Pavlichenko 52,660 (6) 52,593 (10) 51,928 (4) 52,255 (14) 3:29.436 +1.9106 D. FISCHNALLER 52,729 (9) 52,540 (5) 52,007 (5) 52,203 (11) 3:29.479 +1.9537 A. PERETYAGIN 52,675 (7) 52,590 (9) 52,069 (6) 52,161 (7) 3:29.495 +1.9698 R. EGGER 52,564 (4) 52,630 (11) 52,152 (9) 52,160 (6) 3:29.506 +1.9809 W. KINDL 52,586 (5) 52,714 (13) 52,145 (8) 52,218 (12) 3:29.663 +2.13710 M. Rubenis 52,775 (11) 52,560 (7) 52,229 (10) 52,133 (5) 3:29.697 +2.17
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