LugeTobogganing - Altenberg
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With a superb second run, the German champion Felix Loch wins comeback race in Altenberg, eighth note of a World Cup luge track and artificial rises in the sky with a proof of'' advance its third Crystal Ball's career.
Saturday 18 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
The Bavarian twenty-four second after the first descent, he annihilated the competition in the final round ripping off an incredible 54 "295 that allowed him to trim in one shot more than half a second to the first of rivals. Loch has once again made a difference in the final part of the track, using the best materials skillfully prepared by Georg Hackl and crossed the finish line with a total margin of 302 thousandths of Demtschenko.
Olympic champion with this victory, the fifth season of the eighteenth of his career, achieved with certainty the third consecutive World Cup, surpassing in number of trophies and becoming the largest Hackl in only twenty-four years, Germany's most successful ever in the general classification.
At his shoulders as noted above, was placed veteran Albert Demtschenko great star of the day. '' The ultra-forties Russian led the standings at the end of the first descent, inflicting heavy detachments against all other opponents except Loch, and mortgaging of fact the podium after the first fraction. Demtschenko has also played a great final round closing'' behind'' s furious rival, but far ahead of all other participants. The performance of Russian is an important consideration because it comes less than a month after the Olympic competition, an event that Demtschenko and the staff of Russian technicians primarily the'' Italian Walter Plaikner, are treating their best and that surely will athletes home in great form.
The podium was completed by Andi Langenhan that for the second consecutive race has managed to hit the top three. The twenty-nine of Suhl finally showed his talent by confirming the German engineers that he deserved the call on the field Olympic and who knows what this result does not give him the charge to return to battle for the'' Olympic gold in Sochi, he just on the track scored his last victory in the World Cup.
Fourth position for David Moeller which ended at the edge of the podium for only 50 cents. The two-time world champion can still be satisfied, since thanks to the third part-time signed in the final round, he recovered a placement with respect to the first descent.
Worst race of the year'' for the color blue. After the predictable ko than a week ago in Oberhof,'' quest today Altenberg expected a speedy redemption by the Italian band instead has managed to further a step backwards compared to the great performances shown at the beginning of the season. Dominik Fischnaller in fact, was nothing short of disastrous, committing the blunders during the shut down even before the thirtieth and penultimate place. In the final run of the twenty Mühlbach was not exciting, marking the thirteenth part-time and earning only two positions. The cousin Dominik, Kevin Fischnaller succeeded in finishing thirtieth even worse while David Rieder Emanuel Mair and closed, respectively, in the twentieth and twenty-second position.
The disastrous test tricolor was mitigated in part by the fifth place in the final round Armin Zöggeler that he could not confirm the fourth part, coming from sopravvanzato Moeller. The phenomenon of Foiana preceded Ranked Edney, the Canadian author of a great second run and the Swiss Gregory Cariget the third consecutive result'' s inside the top ten.
Rounding out the top ten eighth Johannes Ludwig, Chris Mazdzer ninth and tenth Norwegian Norbech.
'' The last act of the Luge World Cup will be held in a week in Sigulda.
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