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Arrives in Lillehammer fifth podium blue in this edition of the Luge World Cup. Quest''oggi win & egrave; was the 'Austrian Wolfgang Kindl that thanks to two runs practically perfect preceded a surprising 54 thousandths Semen Pavlichenko and 146 of the' South Tyrolean Dominik Fischnaller.
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The twenty-one original of Mühlbach but grew strongly competitive in Maranza, after five races decidedly negative & egrave; finally returned to express high levels competing in two rounds worthy of his coat of arms. Fischnaller second after the first run, he faced the final heat with much more & ugrave; attacking more oomph in the initial part where & egrave; managed to hold the delay against those who preceded him, then for & ograve; began gradually to lose thousandths important especially in the fast final part that prevented him to confirm the result of the previous descent.
The 'blue has cos & Igrave; closed the second round with the third part-time being overtaken in rankings as well as Semen Pavlichenko author of the best race of life. For Fischnaller comes anyway fourth podium of the season on the tenth of his career, which only partially relieves the disappointment lack of success today. On this track in fact the 'blue only 14 months ago had won his first triumph in the World Cup and probably quest''oggi if he played better the first run could happen again.
Fischnaller now will have & agrave; start from this excellent result to prove to all of a definitive exit from the crisis period started in Calgary, trying to be confirmed at the top of the standings gi & agrave; over the next important commitment of the World Cup calendar of Sigulda.
The star of the race today & egrave; was undoubtedly the 'Austrian Wolfgang Kindl. The white and red which boasted only 24 thousandths ahead of Fischnaller after the first run, you & egrave; did take dall''emozione drawing even in the final round perfect lines along the 1365 meters dell''impianto Norwegian, printing nell''occasione the best time to run.
Kindl that from now boasted a best result of second place in the maximum circuit of the sled, then get their first win in the World Cup, bringing the 'Austria on the top step of the podium at a distance of nine years dall''ultimo triumph white and obtained from Markus Kleinheinz Altenberg in November 2005.
In place of 'honor trailing by just 54 thousandths from the winner & egrave; placed an extraordinary Semen Pavlichenko, who for the first time in the career can be on the podium of a senior competition of the World Cup at the junior level he had obtained great satisfaction.
Best attempted by the Americans and West Mazdzer that complete the top five, and for the young Austrian David Gleirscher sixth that gets her personal best in the World Series.
Who comes out with broken bones from this event & egrave; the very strong German national. The Teutonic team has never enjoyed racing at this track, given that its technicians have never been able to find the right set up the slides and quest''oggi the results are seen. Felix Loch head-Cup standings and so far dominated the season, finished only in eighth disputing two runs with no obvious smudges but strongly influenced by peaks of speed & agrave; much more & ugrave; lower than the competition. Race to forget for Andi Langenhan, Johannes Ludwig and Julian Von Schleinitz who finished respectively in tenth, eleventh and thirteenth.
Try undertone to the other three blue engaged in competition today. Kevin Fischnaller after surprising fourth place in Winterberg & egrave; returned to the levels shown in previous races finishing in sixteenth position. Behind closed Fischnaller Emanuel Rieder while veteran David Mair & egrave; placed only at the twenty-fourth place.
The next round of the Luge World Cup men's & egrave; scheduled in three weeks at Altenberg in Germany where disputer & agrave; well a Sprint Race. Meanwhile, the protagonists of the sport will be engaged in half & agrave; February at the World Championships in Sigulda.
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