LugeSledding - Whistler
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Continue the extraordinary season of'' blue Dominik Fischnaller. The South Tyrolean'' quest'' today thanks to a second run practically perfect two positions was able to recover and win the third podium of the year'' in the first four races held so far.
Saturday 7 December 2013 5 minutes reading time
The twenty year old Rio Pusteria went strong in the final stretch of the track in Whistler, what is best suited to its characteristics, finishing in third place just three thousandths of second place. The result of today's Fischnaller is very positive in view of the coming season because it highlights all the maturity of the athlete'' and especially the quality of the materials that Italians seem to finally be competitive again as before.
In front of the'' blue on the top step of the podium Felix Loch. The German phenomenon on the track that has the'' Olympic champion and world champion raced on an'' other dimension, closing two runs with the total count of 1:36.686 and disconnecting the first of nearly three-tenths of rivals.
For today's Loch is a major achievement because it allows him to recover the yellow bib of the overall leader and above all guarantees with mathematical certainty that you have the place in the squad for the forthcoming Olympic Games in Sochi.
In second place surprise he finished the'' American Chris Madzder. The U.S. national champion scored his best career result in bringing the United States on the podium in a World Cup event after seven years of the second-place Tony Benshoof.
At the foot of the podium have closed the disappointing David Moeller and Andi Langenhan that at the end of the first run occupied the third and second place respectively. The two Germans in spite of the great split in the boost phase have not been flawless in the final stretch of the track Canadian finishing in fourth and fifth place. For Langenhan however, that today is his personal best season that we hope will soon be replicated in the remaining races of the year''.
Samuel Edney was reconfirmed at the top of the specialty grasping for the third consecutive race in sixth place. The brilliant results of Canadian singles player will be crucial tomorrow in the team events. Behind closed Edney Swiss Gregory Cariget as it often happens that gets great performance on North American guts.
Armin Zöggeler second and last blue at the start, finished in tenth position. The Cannibal in one of the tracks that likes less had completed the first race in seventh place. During the second run, however, there were some burrs in the concluding part of the gut that'' he did go back three placings.
Some positions behind the'' blue closed, the winner of Winterberg Chris Eissler fifteenth, and his compatriot Johannes Ludwig, who finished in thirteenth place.
The next round of the World Cup luge is seven days in Park City.
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