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It begins in light and dark on the first weekend of 2016 for the Italian national luge on artificial track. A Nations Cup in Sigulda today only 4 of the 6 athletes engaged in traditional Italian's qualifying race Friday & Igrave; They have centered a pass for the test that assigns points for the World Cup.
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In the men's race is & egrave; Russian Semen Pavlichenko imposed on the track, which last year gave him the world title & egrave; back strongly to roar. The European champion showed in fact a very interesting final time that has considerably closer to the record dell''impianto tutt''ora belongs all''azzurro Armin Zoeggeler.
Pavlichenko was trailing by more than three tenths compatriot Fedorov and the two Latvian Darznieks Kivlenieks and demonstrating that the gut Baltic goes well with the materials in use from Russia and Latvia. Sixth for the 'South Tyrolean Emanuel Rieder & nbsp; for & ograve; It suffered a deficit of over 4/10. Nothing to do for the young Theo Gruber joined the first division after a December that 'had seen him involved in the junior circuit. The 'blue has in fact ended ventiquatteresimo place far away dall''ultimo athlete qualified for the World Cup race.
Russia also in great form in the women's competition dominated by the daughter of 'art Demtschenko Victoria. The young Russian has 153 thousandths ahead of her teammate Ekaterina Katnikova and 334 thousandths of the Swiss Martina Kocher. Fourth place for the new champion Italian Andrea Voetter that this & nbsp; & nbsp plant; has hinted he is ready to approach the first top-ten career in the traditional format of the race. It does not qualify instead the 'other blue committed to this Nations Cup, Sandra Robatscher, capsized at about half & agrave; track.
Among the double clear statement to the hosts Sics-Sics that have trimmed more than half a second to the young Austrian Steu-Koller. The second race for the young Italian Gruber-Kainzwaldner who qualified with the sixth fastest time.
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