LugeArtificial Sledding
Jürgen Waßmuth / FIL Luge
Under a dense snowfall that has strongly influenced the 'final outcome, he arrived in Koenigssee the second podium of the season for the Italian national toboggan on artificial track.
Sunday 6 January 2019 7 minutes reading time
In today's men's race, disputed on the distance of one race due to the lack of visibility, the 'blue Dominik Fischnaller has indeed hit the second place just 20 thousandths from the winner, the' Austrian Reinhard Egger. For the almost twenty-six Carabiniere of Maranza it is a small joke because without the small smear committed on the final part of the track could have returned to success at a distance of almost a year since his last statement in the World Cup. Only twelfth the other blue in the race Kevin Fischnaller who could not find the track on a track very slowed by fresh snow.
The heavy snowfall, Fischnaller aside, has reduced the values in the field giving many compimari great satisfactions and relegating the big circuit to the back-up positions. The same winner Reinhard Egger who is still playing the best season of his career has in fact obtained the first success in the maximum circuit of sledges, and also the third classified the German Sebastian Bley (class 1995) has hit the race of life climbing for the first time on the podium in the World Cup.
Among the usual protagonists of the series, only the Russian Repilov was "saved", who finished in fifth position gaining important points in the fight against the Crystal Sphere that has become increasingly heated. Felix Loch's tenth place today, the eleventh of Wolfgang Kindl and especially the twentieth of the leader of the general classification Johannes Ludwig further shortened the classification, with Ludwig leading now with only 28 points of advantage over Repilov, 37 on Kindl, 43 on Loch and 52 on Egger.
The snow also strongly affected the women's race held on Saturday. The success, the second of his career, went to the very young German Julia Taubitz, the only one of the big names in the Teutonic squadron to save Germany from a great debacle. The almost 23-year-old from Annaberg managed to defend herself in the first descent closing in sixth position, then in the second run she made the difference by printing the best lap time grabbing the first place and especially the seventh podium in as many races, reaching only 17 points from the World Cup leadership. Not bad for a girl who grew up in the shadow of the three blasonatissime national teammates Geisenberger, Hufner and Eitberger.
Second position for the American Summer Britcher detached 420 thousandths from the summit, third the surprising daughter of 'Art Hannah Prock who took advantage of the bad weather to climb for the first time on the podium in the World Cup. Bad accident instead for the 'other daughter of' Art Victoria Demtchenko, who overturned in the final stretch of the first round has reported various bruises throughout the body.
Taubitz aside, the Koenigssee race was a real Caporetto for the German national team, with the world champion Natalie Geisenberger only eighth, Dajana Eitberger fourteenth and Tatjana Huefner fifteenth. In Casa Italia there is the tenth place of Andrea Voetter and the thirteenth of Sandra Robatscher.
A few surprises in the doubles where, Eggert-Benecken have again ruled the law on the home track of the eternal rivals Wendl-Arlt. The Thuringian association has closed the match since the first descent where it has over 3 tenths to its compatriots. Third position for the "usual" Steu-Koller who take the fifth podium of the season, keeping the second place in the general classification even if now in cohabitation with Wendl-Arlt to 109 lengths of delay from the leaders Eggert-Benecken.
The sixth place of Rieder-Rastner is in the blue, after the first round, tenths of the young Ivan Nagler and Fabian Malleier who have affected the fifth place of their first heat with a not brilliant second descent. Twelfths instead, Emanuel Rieder and Simon Kainzwaldner.
Finally, second consecutive victory for Germany in the relay team. Teutonic Julia Taubitz, Sebastian Bley and Eggert-Benecken had no rivals, finishing with 2 tenths of an advantage over Austria, while the third place went to the United States. Only Italy was eighth.
The next round of the World Toboggan Cup is scheduled for 7 days on the Sigulda track in Latvia.
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