LugeTobogganing - Calgary
For the second consecutive year will & agrave; Canada Olympic Park in Calgary to host the fourth leg of the World Cup luge on artificial track. & nbsp;
Thursday 17 December 2015 15 minutes reading time
THE TRACK
Canada Olympic Park & ​​egrave; was completed in the spring of 1986 in time to perform the first tests of testing ahead of the Winter Olympics in 1988. The Canadian track & egrave; It consists of 48 sections of concrete and & egrave; with five different starting points to allow the dispute to all disciplines of the gut.
The 'Plant & egrave; It equipped with a refrigeration system which allows to organize the artificial races also at temperatures around twenty degrees centigrade. To reduce the cost of management, in the points of the track pi & ugrave; exposed to solar radiation were applied the appropriate panels that allow you to avoid the melting of the ice.
In 2001 & egrave; opened a pistino thrust indoor adjacent to the gut, allowing Canadian athletes to train even during the long summer break.
The track of Calgary has some characteristic points that athletes will face with particular attention. Among these we must not forget the sequence of curves 6,7 and 8 called Omega that leads into kreisel 270 & deg ;, and the labyrinth or the succession of curves 10,11,12 and 13 leading to the curve of the finish line.
From the 1987-1988 season gut dell''Alberta & egrave; He joined the circuit of World Cup hosting 19 races valid for the maximum circuit sledging. Canada Olympic Park & ​​egrave; It was also theater of three editions of the World Championships in 1990, 1993 and 2001.
PREVIOUS RACE IN MEN
Nell''ultima edition held Samuel Edney regal & ograve; to their audience the first Canadian victory in the history of this specialty & agrave ;. The event last year was quite unusual in that it disput & ograve; the distance un''unica heats due to bad weather. In the sprint race was imposed instead the 'American Chris Mazdzer.
Date Place FIRST PLACE nat SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE nat.17 nat / 12/11 Calgary Andi Langenhan GER LOCH Felix GER MOELLER David GER11 / 12/10 Calgary Armin Zoeggeler ITA KNEYB Viktor RUS LOCH Felix GER21 / 11/09 Calgary Armin Zoeggeler ITA MOELLER David Albert Demtschenko RUS14 GER / 02/09 Calgary Armin Zoeggeler ENG GER LOCH Felix Albert Demtschenko RUS24 / 11/07 Calgary MOELLER David GER EICHHORN Jan Armin Zoeggeler GER ITA
And '' it held by blue champion Armin Zoeggeler the record of victories in the Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The pi & ugrave; great luger of all time & egrave; imposed in 6 editions two pi & ugrave; German David Moeller. The track dell''Alberta has not ever seen the triumph of the two-time Olympic champion Felix Loch who from now & egrave; had to settle for three seconds and a third place.
6 Armin Zoeggeler ITA (1997, 1999, 2002, 2009, 2009 and 2010)
4 David Moeller GER (2003, 2004, 2006 and 2007)
2 Georg Hackl, GER (1989 and 2001)
2 Markus Prock AUT (1992 and 1994)
Germany & egrave; instead the nation that got more & ugrave; success of this gut thanks all''apporto three athletes.
7 Germany (Mueller, Hackl and Moeller)
6 Italy (Zöggeler)
2 Austria (Prock)
PREVIOUS RACE IN WOMEN
The 'last race held in Calgary & egrave; He was won dall''idola home Alex Gough before the German Tatjana Huefner and Russian Tatiana Ivanova. The Canadian who a month ago won the national title at this circuit, missed the first two commitments seasonal to discuss the thesis in engineering but this weekend will & agrave; ready to sell again dearly front of his audience.
Date Place First Place Second Place Nat Nat Third Place Nat16 / 12/11 Calgary Alex GOUGH CAN GER HUEFNER Tatjana Tatjana IVANOVA RUS10 / 12/10 Calgary HUEFNER Tatjana GER WISCHNEWSKI Anke GER HAMLIN Erin USA21 / 11/09 Calgary HUEFNER Tatjana GEISENBERGER Nathalie GER GER WISCHNEWSKI Anke GER13 / 02/09 Calgary HUEFNER Tatjana GER GEISENBERGER Nathalie GER HALDER Veronika AUT23 / 11/07 Calgary HUEFNER Silke Kraushaar Tatjana GER GER GER GEISENBERGER Nathalie
Tatjana Huefner & egrave; Instead the 'athlete who got more & ugrave; victories ever on gut dell''Alberta well 5 and all consecutive. To note that as Felix Loch also the ruler of the women's Natalie Geisenberger has never triumphed at this track.
5 Tatjana Huefner GER (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2009 and 2010)
4 Silke Otto GER (1994, 2001, 2002 and 2003)
2 Gabriele Kohlish GDR / GER (1989 and 1994)
2 Silke Kraushaar GER (1997 and 2005)
Also in female & egrave; Germany, the nation that has the largest number of successes sull''Canada Olympic Park in Calgary. The German won 14 of the 18 editions held so far. To note that the 'Italy thanks to the success of Gerda Weissensteiner in 1993 & egrave; climb on the step pi & ugrave; top of the podium at this track.
14 Germany (Huefner, Otto, Kraushaar, Niedernhuber, Wiedmann and Kohlish)
2 East Germany (Kohlish and Schmidt)
1 Italy (Weissensteiner)
THE BACKGROUND OF THE RACE DOUBLE
The Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt the latest winners on gut Canadian. Twice Bavarian nell''ultima edition held (three seasons ago) preceded on the podium the Austrians Linger-Linger and the current rulers of the World Cup circuit Eggert-Benecken. In the last five editions of the 'Italy has achieved more & ugrave; that flattering with a victory in February 2009 thanks to Oberstolz-Gruber and five podiums, one of which & egrave; was won in December 2010 by Fischnaller-Schwienbacher, association blue retired at the end of last season, which on this occasion has achieved the best result of his career.
Date Place FIRST PLACE nat SECOND PLACE THIRD PLACE nat.17 nat / 12/11 Calgary WENDL Tobias - Tobias GER ARLT LINGER Andreas - LINGER Wolfgang AUT EGGERT Toni - Sascha Benecken GER11 / 12/10 Calgary WENDL Tobias - Tobias GER ARLT Oberstolz Christian - GRUBER Patrick ITA FISCHNALLER Hans-Peter - schwienbacher Patrick ITA20 / 11/09 Calgary LEITNER Patric - RESCH Alexander GER Florschuetz Andr & eacute; - WUSTLICH Torsten GER Oberstolz Christian - GRUBER Patrick ITA14 / 02/09 Calgary Oberstolz Christian - GRUBER Patrick ITA PENZ Peter - FISCHLER Georg Gerhard Plankensteiner AUT - Oswald Haselrieder ITA24 / 11/07 Calgary LEITNER Patric - RESCH Alexander GER Oberstolz Christian - GRUBER Patrick ITA Florschuetz Andr & eacute; - WUSTLICH Torsten GER
Double pi & ugrave; plurivittorioso in Calgary & egrave; one constituted by the Germans Leitner-Resch who have thrived in 6 occasions.
6 Leitner-Resch GER (1999, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007 and 2009)
3 Grimmette-Martin USA (1997, 2004 and 2005)
2 Raffl ITA-Huber (1989 and 1992)
2 Krausse-Behrendt (1994 and 1994)
2 Wendl-Arlt (2010 and 2011)
Even between the double Germany leads the field among nations pi & ugrave; victorious. The Teutonic were awarded the 'appointment dell''Alberta 11 times, while the United States and Italy are paired to share three.
11 Germany (Leitner-Resch, Krausse-Behrendt, Wendl-Arlt and Florschuetz-Wustlich)
3 United States (Grimette-Martin)
3 Italy (Raffl-Huber and Oberstolz-Gruber)
THE TRACK
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The 'Plant & egrave; with a & nbsp; & nbsp artificial refrigeration system, which allows you to organize races even at temperatures around & nbsp; twenty degrees centigrade. To reduce operating costs, the points of the track & nbsp; more & ugrave; exposed to sunlight & nbsp; were applied the appropriate & nbsp; pannelliche allow to avoid the melting of the ice.
In & nbsp; 2001 & nbsp; & egrave; It opened a & nbsp; pistino thrust indoor & nbsp; adjacent to the gut, allowing Canadian athletes to train even during long & nbsp; summer break.
The & nbsp; & nbsp track of Calgary, has certain characteristic points that athletes will face with particular attention. Among these we must not forget the sequence of & nbsp; curves 6,7 and 8 & nbsp; named & nbsp; Omega & nbsp; that leads into & nbsp; kreisel 270 & deg ;, and the labyrinth or the & nbsp; succession of curves 10,11,12 and 13 & nbsp; which leads to curve of & nbsp; the finish.
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