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A phenomenal Felix Loch has swept the test World Cup luge individual who & egrave; held in Oberhof, driving a German hat-trick. The winner of the last four crystal balls showed a superiority & agrave; almost embarrassing competition that allowed him to achieve success with a gap of no less than 385 milliseconds against the runner. & Nbsp;
Saturday 16 January 2016 4 minutes reading time
Two-time Olympic champion has once again confirmed the outstanding results registered in his career on the track of Thuringia getting the sixth consecutive victory in this basin, the same one that gave him the first world title of his career eight years ago.
The 'Bavarian athlete, thanks to the complicity & agrave; excellent materials, has made a difference especially towards the end of the track, reaching speeds & agrave; unreachable for others and gaining tenths advantage over all adversaries. Loch, after the difficulties & agrave; encountered in the early stages of the season, & egrave; back to being a winning machine, and if it were to win the sprint tomorrow's share would rise to 30 successes in the World Cup becoming the fourth man to ever reach this level. Before he succeeded only c''erano Armin Z & ouml; ggeler (with 57 hits), Markus Prock and Georg Hackl (both with 33).
Second place went to Andi Langenhan, which recorded in both runs the fastest time in the heats. For the fourth consecutive year, and the fifth time in six years, the first two places of the maximum dell''appuntamento world circuit sledging held in Oberhof were occupied by the couple Loch-Langenhan.
Third place went to Ralf Palik, good to recover during driving lagging in the push. Both Palik Lagenhan that this is the first podium of the season.
There could even be a German poker in the top four, but Johannes Ludwig made a mistake at the end of the second run that relegated him to sixth.
The first non-German & egrave; It was the Latvian Inars Kivlenieks, who finished at the foot of the podium with a delay of 7/10 net Loch and 221 milliseconds from third place Palik.
Fourteenth place for the American Chris Mazdzer, that 'last year had interrupted Filotto triplets on the German track in Oberhof that lasted from 2006-07 season finishing in third place.
House Italy Dominik Fischnaller finished in thirteenth place, extending his crisis of results, although it should be acknowledged that the basin of Thuringia does not suit his needs. Kevin Fischnaller, after testing the best of the Italian after the first run thanks to a good eleventh place, & egrave; collapsed in the second run finishing in twenty-fourth position. Twenty-sixth Emanuel Rieder.
The athletes will be back on track tomorrow to compete in the sprint race. & Nbsp;
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