LugeTobogganing - Sochi
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Felix Loch (pictured) affixed puts things in the second round of the men's luge, showing the world his class. The German phenomenon, defending Olympic title has demolished the track record of Sochi establishing an incredible 51 "964, the only athlete in the race to get under the psychological wall of the 52 seconds, which allowed him to overtake the leader of the first round Albert Demtschenko and above all to make a serious claim the victory.
Saturday 8 February 2014 6 minutes reading time
Loch was just perfect, improving immediately in the boost phase and becoming unplayable in the central portion of the Russian track key point of the gut, which allowed him to close the finish line with nearly three-tenths ahead of the first of its rivals.
In the second moto Albert Demtschenko as often happens committed some minor niggles'' s beginning of the middle part of the home track, losing precious milliseconds that has not been able to fill in the final race despite a sled by far the fastest of that Loch.
The Russian, however, further increased their lead against'' s blue Armin Zöggeler, bravo to improve the time of the descent but helpless in the previous stand comparison with the first two of the league.
The "Cannibal" can still be satisfied with this first day of competition since the podium now seems more and more a certainty because its main rivals fight for third place were pretty much called out in the second run. The Austrians and Reinhard Egger Wolfgang Kindl in fact, have failed to confirm the excellent performance made during the first run receding in fifth and ninth with gaps greater than 3/10 from Zöggeler.
The policeman Foiana gets closer and closer to a historic sixth consecutive Olympic medal increasingly becoming a legend in the world of sports and not just winter sports.
In this second heat, it should be noted the great time registered by Andi Langenhan that allowed him to recover four positions relative to the first round and to place themselves at the foot of the podium. Good test for Dominik Fischnaller that after not flawless inaugural race in which probably has suffered'' s inappropriate media pressure, has spoken about the level of his competence tearing the fifth best datum, rising to eighth place'' and inserting in fight for the coveted little "wooden medal."
The'' blue at the moment is always preceded by the two young Russians who are disputing Pavlinchenko and Peretjagin their best race of his career.
Continue the moment no David Moeller after the consideration of the first descent, the second round was the author of a resounding failure'' s entrance of the central part of the track that has slowed down considerably and that'' s'' has precipitated in fourteenth place overall.
The third race in blue Emanuel Rieder, reaffirmed the result of the first round finishing in seventeenth place.
Tomorrow from 15:30 Italian will share with the third round with starting order based on the'' reversal of the ranking of the first day will start at 17.40 while the'' final and decisive final descent.
Standings after two rounds
1 F. LOCH 52,185 (2) 51,964 (1) 1:44.149 +0.0002 A. Demchenko 52,170 (1) 52,273 (2) 1:44.443 +0.2943 A. Zöggeler 52,506 (3) 52,387 (3) 1:44.893 +0.7444 A. Langenhan 52,707 (8) 52,480 (4) 1:45.187 +1.0385 R. EGGER 52,564 (4) 52,630 (11) 1:45.194 +1.0456 S. Pavlichenko 52,660 (6) 52,593 (10) 1:45.253 +1.1047 A. PERETYAGIN 52,675 (7) 52,590 (9) 1:45.265 +1.1168 D. FISCHNALLER 52,729 (9) 52,540 (5) 1:45.269 +1.1209 W. KINDL 52,586 (5) 52,714 (13) 1:45.300 +1.15110 S. EDNEY 52,783 (14) 52,546 (6) 1:45.329 +1,180
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