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The German Federation asked the luge at the top of the International Federation to change the rules of the team trials which will be staged next Thursday.
Wednesday 12 February 2014 2 minutes reading time
The German leaders have proposed to rearrange the ice at the end of the descent of the seventh of the twelve nations of the way to avoid that competition is not distorted by the different track conditions, arguing that after 21 passes the mantle of the race will definitely deteriorated and that the last competitors at the start would be too penalized.
'' The initiative of Germany has now found the opposition of Russia'' s news agency ITAR-TASS through its vice-president, said: "The organizers should not even listen to the demands of the Germans. Rules and these are there should be no pause technique.
Obviously between the Russian press has mounted a real case because the motion of the Germans from their point of view would be to penalize the host nation that happens to start with the number seven.
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