Tobogganing - National Championships
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I'm John Fannell, Kimberley McRae and Tristan Walker - Justin Snith new standards Canadian luge on artificial track. The four tobogganists have won the national title last weekend in & nbsp; Whistler, the same system that met & agrave; December torner & agrave; to host the World Cup.
Tuesday 3 November 2015 5 minutes reading time
The tests toboggan cars were characterized by the absence of Alex Gough Samuel Edney and the two top athletes of the movement of the North American country. Gough particularly it deserted for the second consecutive year the national competition because & egrave; busy with his studies.
The men's race & egrave; cos & Igrave; twenties who went to John Fannell with two runs is quite interesting & egrave; awarded for the first time in his career the national championship, while achieving the right to participate in the next edition of the maximum circuit sledging. Fannell rose to the news last year for having come out declaring his homosexuality ;, & agrave preceded by just 40 thousandths Mitch Malyk, while the third is & egrave; placed the young & nbsp; Reid Watts trailing by over half a second behind the winner.
Peremptory victory instead for Kimberley McRae in the women's competition. The twenty-three of Calgary & nbsp; now a certainty in the global sledging literally annihilated the competition trimming heavy detachments to the rest of the company. The talented Canadian luge confessed to the microphones of his federation had changed type of pre-season devoted to Taekwondo, a discipline that in his view the 'has helped so much in the coordination of movements, "In luge IS important to have full control of their body and the Taekwondo & egrave; the best way to be in control of the movement. "
Behind him & egrave; piazzatala & nbsp; Arianne Jones, athlete last year after a brilliant third place in Calgary that guaranteed him the first of his career in the World Cup, & egrave; It was an accident during dell''offseason that has a little '' slowed the preparation for this early in the season. Third place for convincing the sixteen year & nbsp; & Brooke Apshkrum athlete who will represent agrave; pasese from the leaf 'Maple next edition of the Youth Olympic Games.
No surprise in the test doubles where Tristan Walker and Justin Snith graduated national champions for the sixth consecutive year. & Nbsp; Beyond the title, the association dell''Alberta convinced especially for interesting times push that allowed him beat twice the record starting dell''impianto dell''British Columbia.
For the first time in many years the championship podium Canadian & egrave; It was completed by two other crews. Second place went up the junior Matt Riddle and Reid Watts while in third place were hoisted & nbsp; Nicky Klimchuk-Brown and & nbsp; Adam Shippit.
Before moving to Europe to take off the first round of the season, the Canadian luge team is allener & agrave; Calgary where he will come & agrave; official contingent that will participate & agrave; the next edition of the World Cup.
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