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On Tuesday, the gut Oberhof went on stage the first of three trails of selection, which decreed the formation of the German luge team that will take part in the next edition of the World Cup.
Thursday 10 October 2013 4 minutes reading time
In the area of ​​women, absent the Olympic champion Tatjana Huefner still struggling with the now usual back problems, Natalie Geisenberger has dominated the race. The holder of the crystal ball in a recent interview said they fear much competition in key Russian Olympian, has trimmed a gap of about half a second against the young athlete home, Dajana Eitberger.
In the men, there has been a race far more balanced. Andi Langenhan (pictured), one of the world's best athletes in the boost phase, has made full use of its workhorse and preceded by only 5 cents a master of the last two seasons Felix Loch.
The track in Oberhof continues to be indigestible for Wendl-Artl. The two "Bayern-Express" in fact, were again defeated by the younger team-mates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. In Thuringia, Eggert-Benecken have ended with a margin of 13 cents ahead against the world champions in charge.
The head coach of the German team, Norbert Loch remained impressed by the performance of its athletes in this first real test of the season, "Men have already been shown to be in good condition. Want to compliment especially with athletes who have positioned themselves behind the two big, such as Julian Von Schleinitz who finished in fourth place. A mention should be made also for Chris Eissler to debut in the senior category has finished his test at only 16 cents from the winner. "
The coach said he was greatly pleased with the performance also highlighted by the double, "Now the gap between our two best double was reduced considerably. Want to emphasize, however, that even the third place Rothamel-Foertsch have proven to be very fast and I think that in the future will approach a lot to Wendl-Artl and Eggert-Benecken. "
The next selections in the house Germany, will be held Friday, October 18 at Koenigssee as conclusive proof will be organized in Altenberg later this month. The trails will allow you to define the rose of the athletes who will play the next World Cup. The German contingent may use 5 men, 4 women and 3 doubles.
The BSD has, however, stated that the trails go, the world champions of their respective specialties of law will be enrolled at the opening test of Lillehammer and that they take part in the week of testing in Sochi scheduled in the first week of November.
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