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It is closed this week'' today test organized by the International Federation of the sled (FIL), to allow the various national get to know the track next February will award the Olympic medals.
Friday 8 November 2013 5 minutes reading time
'' Despite the appointment Russian had purely valence test and no influence in terms of rankings, Felix Loch, Natalie Wendl Geissenberger and double-Artl have literally demolished the previous record of'' Sanki Olympic Sliding Center, launching a clear signal strength to the main rivals.
In Russia we expected a very competitive home team can even scare the squadron Teutonic, since the hosts have used the track in Sochi for three interior selections which are added over two months of evidence between the end of last and the beginning of the'' current'' season.
Instead, the responses lap times were right back to Germany, which, with its dream team has put everyone in line despite the weather conditions were really prohibitive with temperatures between 18 and 20 degrees centigrade.
Olympic champion Felix Loch led the new track record for the first time under the wall of the 52 seconds of almost four tenths improving the previous record by Albert Demtschenko. There have been even less Wendl-Artl who filed the previous record by three tenths of the track. Among women, where the Olympic Games will be no more fighting for the gold medal'' than the other two disciplines of the sled, Natalie Geisenberger with its 50.416 marked a new record of improving the track just 41 thousandths time Tatiana Ivanova.
"The week of rehearsals was very well organized by the FIL," said a satisfied Norbert Loch to the site by their federation adding, "Despite the high temperatures, the ice conditions were good. Our boys fell on the ice giving realizing the maximum between the'' other record time and proving once again the best in the discipline. "
Vladimir Antonov Antonov-Russian duo Denisyev was impressed with the show of force demonstrated by Wendl-Artl but was also surprised by the performance of other doubles, "The Americans'' this year have benefited from new economic investment and their sleds I am really very efficient. "
In Sochi were obviously also present the Blues, who have taken advantage of the training week to focus mainly on the trim work. In Russia, in fact the only Dominik Fischnaller clocked times of note while the'' expert Armin Zöggeler (pictured) continued to search for the right set-up of his sled. At the Russian withdrawal was also attended by: Kevin Fischnaller, Emanuel Rieder, David Mair, Sandra Robatscher, Andrea Vötter, Sandra Gasparini, Oberstolz-Gruber, Rastner-Rieder and Fischnaller / Schwienbacher.
After completing the test, the various national will move to Norway in Lillehammer, where there are less than 10 days will begin the 2013-2014 edition of the'' World Cup luge.
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