LugeSledding - Altenberg
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Felix Loch Altenberg dominates the tenth round of the maximum circuit of artificial luge track and conquest with two races' advance his fourth consecutive World Cup.
Saturday 21 February 2015 7 minutes reading time
The German ace quest''oggi had no rivals proving much more & ugrave; stronger than the competition. Two-time Olympic champion in fact, despite being penalized in the first round by a pectoral starting high that the track was gradually ruining could creargli few headaches too, & egrave; was also able to print the best part-time and to close immediately the practice for success.
In the final run Loch not & egrave; spared going to score the second time to run, crossing the finish line with more than two tenths ahead of the first of the beaten. With this success the fifth consecutive Altenberg sixth season, the twenty-five Bavarian mathematically wins his fourth Crystal Ball's career, becoming the third luger pi & ugrave; winner ever in terms of Cups won, special classification that is guided a tie dall''azzurro Armin Zoeggeler and dall''austriaco Markus Prock with 10 trophies each.
If the victory of non Loch & egrave; never been questioned, very different & egrave; was the speech relating to other positions of the top ten. The changing ice conditions have indeed played an important role sull''esito of today's race, favoring both descended the lower pecs. Cos & Igrave; I & egrave; a race born with two faces with many of the usual protagonists forced to run a second comeback after finishing the first run in the reserve positions.
Eventually the podium & egrave; was monopolized by the colors Germans who have placed in the place of 'honor an extraordinary Johann Ludwig the best result of the season and third place Andi Langenhan. Quest''ultimo in the second downhill printed by far the best time of the day recovering the beauty of nine positions and finishing just 12 thousandths from the second step of the podium. For Germany, this is the first hat trick of the season, a result that could even take on the characteristics of poker if Ralf Palik in the final round had confirmed the placement of the previous run.
The top five is completed dall''austriaco Wolfgang Kindl that in these last three races including the world of Sigulda, seems to have found a continuity & agrave; results never highlighted in previous seasons, and the surprising InÄrs Kivlenieks that Altenberg gets his second best result ever in the World Cup, in the 2011-2012 season he was able to climb on the third step of the podium in Sigulda .
If for Germany than today & egrave; was a triumphant day, the same thing is not the pu & ograve; said for the Italian team in Saxony has played one of the worst performances ever in World Cup especially demerit of his two top athletes.
Dominik Fischnaller has once again lived up to the expectations of the day before closing only in nineteenth place. The young South Tyrolean unlike other big sledding & egrave; literally shipwrecked along the 17 curves of the track in Altenberg, playing two rounds negative that won him the twenty-first and twentieth part time. Cousin Kevin & egrave; managed to do even worse, completing the race in twenty-fourth place after finishing the first portion to the twenty-ninth, coming at this juncture overtaken even dall''indiano Keshavan. Race colorless even for Emanuel Rieder fifteenth, while the training veteran David Mair gets his best result of the season and finished in ninth place.
Results quite daunting for a team that many (obviously very attentive to the dynamics of the sled) had been put on a par with the German one, and think that the debacle today could be even more & ugrave; heavy if you had presented the Russian team who preferred to skip the 'German appointment to better prepare the' last race of the season. The after Zoeggeler proves therefore decidedly more & ugrave; harder than expected also because & egrave; except for the weekend of Igls and Lake Placid the 'Italian non & egrave; never was the star of this year's World Cup, which has instead raised the prices of the Russian team.
Try to forget even for colors with American Chris Mazdzer overthrown and with the young talent that West & egrave; finished in twenty-first place.
Race to remember instead the Norwegian Thor Haug Norbech quest''oggi that has rocked podium dreams until mid & agrave; race, before concluding its performance in seventh place his second best result ever in the World Cup.
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