LugeSledding - Altenberg
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Were held in the early afternoon today to Altenberg sprint the last three races of the season 2014-2015 of artificial luge track.
Sunday 22 February 2015 6 minutes reading time
First to review the record of the competitions & egrave; duty to make a short introduction. Quest''oggi & egrave; staged one of the pages pi & ugrave; controversial in the history of the sport. The regulation of this new race format in fact not & egrave; yet clear to insiders and what pi & ugrave; serious to major national federations, who still have not understood how they are chosen 15 athletes eligible for the Sprint Race. In fact, reading the manual provided by the International Federation and looking at the previous two events played with this format (Igls and Calgary), quest''oggi were to participate only the best 15 tobogganists in the overall World Cup, however, between the general surprise l '' entry list took into account only the Top15 of the races of the weekend at Altenberg.
This criterion has actually cut some of the main protagonists of the World Cup as the 'blue Dominik Fischnaller that having ranked last in nineteenth place could not take part in the competition today losing several positions in the overall standings. With a lot of chances & agrave; the 'South Tyrolean quest''oggi would not have been in contention for the win and his presence for the final result would not have changed much, for & ograve; its exclusion could create a precedent that goes to open a big crack in the regulation of this format. Fischnaller If such had been in the running for the Crystal Ball his absence today would have completely distorted the 'whole season. In light of this situation, the FIL should definitely revise the regulation of these races that frankly could well be abolished.
In the women's race & egrave; sets the 'American Erin Hamlin who won his first career success in a competition of the World Cup, that she had graduated in 2009 world champion. The US has preceded the German Dajana Eitberger and winner of the Crystal Ball Natalie Geisenberger. With this result Eitberger earn several points in the fight for second place in the overall standings as its direct rival Tatjana Huefner finished only sixth. The blue & nbsp; Andrea and Sandra Voetter Robatscher were placed respectively in twelfth and thirteenth position.
Among men clear victory for Felix Loch who gets his seventh win of the season, the second in this race format. The German trailing by 116 thousandths Canadian Samuel Edney and 169 of the surprising Latvian InÄrs Kivlenieks who gets his second career podium in the World Cup after the one won in February 2012 in Sigulda. Race colorless to blue in the two race David Mair and Emanuel Rieder who finished in thirteenth and fifteenth position.
Nell''attesa race doubles important success for the ranking of the World Cup for Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. The duo of Thuringia fact with this victory and third place with contemporary rivals Wendl-Artl mortgage winning the Crystal Ball, since now the gap between the two associations Teutonic & egrave; 70 points when missing a single appointment at the end of the season. Second place for the Latvian Sics-Sics that consolidate third place in the overall standings, while in Italy come home very disappointing results. Oberstolz-Gruber close noni, Rieder-Gruber-Kainzwalder Rastner tenths and twelfths.
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