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In the third session of the selection trials of the Russian team of sledding, played last week on the track of Sochi, were beaten all records of the new Olympic facility.
Thursday 24 October 2013 6 minutes reading time
No surprise in the men's and women where the two leaders Ivanova and Demtschenko confirmed their superiority, winning the third consecutive.
The two-time European champion has once again race if, improving by more than four-tenths the track record set last February by Natalie Geisenberger and trimming the best placed, Natalia Koreva, a gap more than half a second. The twenty-two of Chusovoy, launches a clear signal to the main rivals, who in the first week of November will have to discover all the secrets of the Olympic track if you want to keep intact the dreams of a medal at the next Olympics.
The podium of the women's category is comprised of the same three athletes who had risen in the second qualification. In third place in fact, she finished the dicianovenne Ekaterina Katnikova that with this result is closer and closer to the call for the next season of the World Cup. Still not digest the Olympic track, the daughter of Albert Demtschenko Victoria, which once again ended the trials in sixth and last place. For the sixteen year old daughter'' s art rimbocarsi need to give up their sleeves and bottom of all the energies in the next two trials, otherwise the dream to compete in the Olympics at home with his father might fade soon.
In the area of ​​the old male lion Albert Demtschenko, has struggled more than which is suitable for rinconfermarsi at the top of the Russian team. The forty-two, that at the end of the Games in Sochi will leave the'' competitive activity, preceded by just 60 thousandths Semen Pavlichenko that for the first time in these three qualifying was able to get on the podium. Behind him, he finished as fast as the inconsistent Alexandr Peretjagin that despite the track record established in the first run, turned in a second test is not all'' height of the best paying a total detachment of 257 thousandths behind the winner. Down from the podium Victor Kneyb that the first two rounds had collected a second and a third place.
Between the double-win Bogdanov Medvedev that the third appointment interrupt the streak of success of Denisyev-Antonov. Quest'' last, on this occasion were not able to even get on the podium allowing opponents to gain a lot of ground in the standings. In Sochi the podium was completed by Yuzhakov-Mahnutin, which finally were put on display after the first two tests opaque, and Nevmerzhitskiy-Prokhorov.
The fourth round of qualifying in the five program, wanted by coach Walter Plaikner, will be held later this month in Sigulda.
Ranking women's luge after 3 rounds:
1) Tatiana Ivanova 250 *
2) Natalia Koreva 205 *
3) Ekaterina Katnikova 167 *
4) Alexandra Rodionova 162 *
5) Svetlana Tiunova 140 *
6) Victoria Demtschenko 125
* Virtually qualified athletes
Ranking the men's single luge after 3 rounds:
1) Albert Demtschenko 250 *
2) Viktor Kneyb 180 *
3) Semen Pavlichenko 175 *
4) Alexandr Peretjagin 167 *
5) Evgeniy Voskresenskiy 148 *
6) Stefan Fedorov 125 *
7) Maksin Aravin 119
8) Vladimir Pitilimov 109
* Virtually qualified athletes
Ranking luge men's doubles after 3 rounds:
1) Denisyev Antonov-210 *
2) Medvedev Bogdanov-190 *
3) Yuzhakov-Mahnutin 185 *
4) Nevmerzhitskiy Prokhorov-177 *
5) Grosev Prokhorov-160
6) Kuzmich-Kuryshkin 120
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