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Peremptory victory for Natalie Geisenberger Altenberg,'' in the eighth round of the World Cup luge on artificial track. The Bavarian dominated the race from the first to the last meter'' ripping the new records and push the casing of Saxony, but above all he could raise to heaven the second Crystal Ball's career with a proof of'' advance.
Sunday 19 January 2014 7 minutes reading time
The twenty-five native of Monaco but stationed in Berchtesgaden, this'' now had no rival annihilating the competition since it first closed down by a margin of half a second on the first beat. In the final round of the reigning world champion, has further increased their lead bringing to 674 milliseconds. A monster performance in part on material from the usual fast that they did touch top speeds far superior compared to rivals, but also guaranteed by a mental maturity that currently allows it to tackle the races without getting caught from too much pressure.
Natalie Geisenberger success with today's increased to seven statements out of eight races held so far, and if the next weekend in Sigulda would rise again on the top step of the podium could set the record for wins in a single season.
Behind the winner has opened up a great fight for the final two podium positions involving the Russian Ivanova and Khoreva, the Canadian McRae and Gough and German Huefner and Wischnewski, all six enclosed in less than two tenths at the end the first round.
At the end to dull was that thanks to Alex Gough fourth fastest time partial recovered the beauty of seven positions to obtain the fifth podium of the season. The big house party Canada has been completed by the extraordinary third place in Kimberley McRae that only twenty-one years'' and his first full season in the maximum circuit sledging rooms on the third step of the podium. The young Canadian with American'' s Kate Hansen is the real great revelation this season and who knows in the future these two athletes can not play the role of main antagonist of the German Armored.
At the edge of the podium off by more than seven tenths behind the winner was a disappointed placed Tatjana Huefner, who after a successful week ago in Oberhof hoped at least to center the top-three. The thirty year old German, however,'' quest today has never worried the historic rival Geisenberger paying a heavy fall in the first gap in purely material level, but in the second we put a lot of his committing too many mistakes that he'' s private fifth podium of the season. Behind him came the young teammate Dajana Eitberger fallosissima in the first run but extraordinary in the second round where he established the best partial and fifteenth finished fifth.
Also noteworthy is the great comeback of'' American Erin Hamlin eighteenth to the end of the first down but able to catch up gradually up position after position close to sixth place. The U.S. with this great race prejudice to the disappointing trip to the national stars and stripes which took only a fourteenth place with Summer Britcher and even a twenty-first with the talented Kate Hansen in the final run has lost as many as 11 positions.
Among the great jokes of the day should be added to the veteran German Anke Wischnewski seventh, and the Russian Ivanova and Khoreva. Quest'' last second and third after the first run, they committed several barbs in the final run that have literally made to sink in the standings. Tatiana Ivanova finished eighth while Khoreva even in fifteenth position. Beyond the final result in the women's field, Russia has proved to be increased considerably as a team in confirmation of what has been seen in the double and single men, so do not be surprised if c'' is already in team trials today the Russian side will go up on a step of the podium.
Try colorless for Sandra Gasparini who has failed to just 62 thousandths'' s access in the top ten. '' The other blue race Robatscher Sandra has compromised his performance during the first twenty-second and final closing in down position.
The next round of the World Cup luge will be held in a week in Sigulda where you assign'' at the European title and where it will close the 2013-2014 international season.
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