Tobogganing - National Championships
Usa Luge
Last weekend in Lake Placid were awarded the titles of the US luge artificial. As usual, the USA Luge & egrave; was the first federation to organize a national event, by entering the 'event set in a specific breeding program for their athletes for the next edition of the World Cup.
Wednesday 5 November 2014 5 minutes reading time
All''appello there have been major players in the stars and stripes, many of which last October took part in a week of collective testing on the track in Lillehammer. The national championship (click here for the final) you & egrave; competed in the Olympic distance of 4 rounds (two on Saturday and two on Sunday), in addition it & egrave; running a sort of second race that counts as the first selection trials, whose ranking took into account only the two initial runs.
In the men happened to the wire for the favorite Chris Mazdzer, author of two podium finishes last season and the World Cup title holder. The twenty-six & nbsp; Pittsfield, & nbsp; & agrave despite being down; a place holder in the maximum circuit sledding not & egrave; saved by running a great first down that allowed him to easily win the race on Saturday and seeding to manage in the next three rounds the 'huge advantage gained. & nbsp; Behind him & egrave; admirably defended the young Tucker West, who on this occasion in addition to confirming his huge talent in the boost phase, the & egrave; reported to be the result ugrave & more; fast in 3 of the 4 runs in the program. West, born in 1995, to 348 milliseconds suffered in the first round could beat Mazdzer, because at the end of the 4 runs between the two c '' & egrave; was a gap of only 76 milliseconds. The podium & egrave; was completed by twenty Aidan Kelly for & ograve; non & egrave; never came into play for the final success. Kelly has in fact ended with more than 2 seconds behind the winner.
A few surprises in the women's field, where Erin Hamlin after the success of three weeks ago in Lillehammer Cup has done its also the national event. The bronze medal in Sochi had no rivals in establishing all four rounds in the program references the best lap times cause a rift between himself and the first of the rivals. The runner-up, Summer Britcher, has been delayed by more than a second behind the winner, winning & ograve; the internal challenge with Emily Sweeney who finished in third place. Disappointing performance for the veteran Julia Cluckey to that of l & agrave; lackluster fifth place finish paid a disadvantage that exceeded 3/2, a little '' too many to un''atleta who until last year was placed in a permanent position in the World Cup circuit. & nbsp;
Among the doubles, where & egrave; staged a fight with two of the new US partnerships, clear statement to Matt Mortensen and Jayson Terdiman that preceded by more than one second more & ugrave; young Hyrns-Sherk.
At the end of the event the board of directors of USA Luge announced the list of athletes that will take part in the next edition of the World Cup. In the list that we propose below, detach the anticipated decrease of Kate Hansen and Preston Griffall which in May had announced its' intention to take a year out.
Women's Singles: Erin Hamlin, Summer Britcher, Emily Sweeney and Julia Cluckey
Men's Singles: Chris Mazdzer, Tucker West, Aidan Kelly and Taylor Morris (schedule to be determined)
Double: Mortensen-Terdiman and Hyrns-Sherk (reduced schedule of races to be determined)
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