LugeTobogganing - Oberhof
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The track in Oberhof continues to give great satisfaction to Germany. Quest'' today in the seventh round of the World Cup luge, the home team has placed three representatives in the top three of the rankings, leaving the rest of the group only the reserve positions.
Sunday 12 January 2014 7 minutes reading time
The race today was dominated by Felix Loch that in the first descent was clever to limit the damage in the boost phase and make the most of his mighty fastest luge track in the stretch of Thuringia, touching the tips of more speed , of the day and crossing the finish line with a new record of the gut.
In the run following the Olympic champion was again repeated, establishing once again the primacy of the track and cross the finish line by a margin of nearly two tenths on the first beat. The advantage of today's German against competitors he'' s amazing, because it was built only in the final part of a gut rather easy that further demonstrates the incredible power of the binomial'' Loch-Materials.
For the German ace that today is the fourth consecutive victory at Oberhof that makes him the most successful ever at this track, but above all allows him to make a serious claim on winning his third consecutive World Cup.
Behind closed a positive Andi Langenhan back on the podium at a distance of 7 races since his last appearance in the top three, which occurred in the course of'' final round of last season when imposed in the pre-Olympics in Sochi. The twenty-nine of Suhl'' quest today was superb being thrust in developing its new starting record in both races, but in the final stretch has been nothing against the incredible top speeds reached by Loch, closing the place d ' 'honor. This result allows to obtain Langenhan legitimate place within the German Olympic team, as the strict regulations of the federation stipulated that the Teutonic pass for Sochi was awarded to those athletes who at least once in the season would be on the podium.
The festival in Germany house was completed in the third position of Julian Von Schleinitz that the maximum return in the circuit of the sled got his second podium of his career. For the German formation that today is the sixth hat-trick in the last six editions held in the gut of Oberhof.
At the foot of the podium were a revived Albert Demtschenko that thanks to a good final run has regained a position to obtain the best result of the season. The Russian has as its objective a medal in five circles in his Sochi, is slowly climbing the charts once again demonstrating that this season has preferred to refine the materials and preserve the physical condition in view of'' deliberately sacrificing the important Olympic event standings of the World Cup.
Try disappointing for David Moeller who finished only fifth to more than 800 milliseconds from Loch winner. The number two on the German battleship,'' quest today was not helped by the materials in the final part of the basin in East Germany but mostly failed to achieve excellent departure times that'' relegated to the margins of the podium.
Race negative because of the color blue. For Oberhof on runway less favorable to the characteristics of tobogganists tricolor, the Italian team is literally sporfondata in the first round to make a difference where it was not the dreaded push but rather the blunders committed by the two top athletes, and Armin Zöggeler Dominik Fischnaller. The two-time Olympic champion out of the curve 11 has risked even the overthrow of staying in the race as a miracle and thereby obtain the twenty-eighth part time. Fischnaller however, has bumped against the right side of the track in the stretch faster compromising their performance and closing the first run in sixteenth position.
In the final descent the two Italian bishops were partially redone recovering some positions. Zöggeler was placed twenty-second place while Dominik Fischnaller thanks'' s eighth run time is moved up to tenth place. The other three in blue race Emanuel Rieder, David Mair and Kevin Fischnaller closed respectively in the fourteenth, sixteenth and twenty-first place overall.
Good team for the'' three square Austria that its representatives in the first nine locations and Latvia who wins with veteran Rubenis'' s eighth and the youngest Maurins and Kivlenieks'' s eleventh and twelfth place.
The next round of the World Cup luge is scheduled for seven days on the track in Altenberg.
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