LugeSledding - Whistler
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The queen of the sled to the female dominates the fourth round of the World Cup was staged quest today'' on the track in Whistler.
Sunday 8 December 2013 4 minutes reading time
The twenty-five Bavarian as is often the case proved to be significantly higher than the other competitors by printing the two fastest times in the heats and win his twentieth success in the maximum circuit of the slides. Geisenberger with today's victory puts a serious threat to the achievement of its second crystal ball and above equals the historical series of consecutive wins in the first four events of the year'' which belonged to Tatjana Huefner.
At this time Natalie seems to be in a state of exceptional form that accompanied by his great talent and the excellent materials prepared by the expert hands of Georg Hackl always allow her to make a difference in the tours of various parts of the intestines resulting elusive World Cup for the opponents. The superiority of Geisenberger is unlikely to be challenged in the course of the races of the maximum circuit of the slides, but in Sochi'''' s most important event of the year its domain could be put to the test on the performance of the mistress of Tatiana Ivanova home.
In second position separated by 133 milliseconds closed Alex Gough. '' The athlete has confirmed in front of his home audience'' s world championship silver a year ago and made the best chronometric performance in the boost phase. The Canadian preceded on the podium Anke Wischnewski, author of'' a strong performance during the final descent, which enabled it to gain a position with respect to the first run.
Behind Wischnewski she finished her teammate Tatjana Huefner for the second time this season failed to reach the podium.
Continue the good time for the American bobsleigh team. Erin Hamlin with fifth place today achieved his best result of the season, while the young Kate Hansen sixth, equaling his best finish of his career in the circuit more important than sledding. Good performance also for Julia Cluckey tenth, allowing the U.S. team to place three of his representatives among the top ten in the final standings.
The top ten was completed by Dajana Eitberger seventh, eighth and Alexandra Rodionova by Nina Reithmayer ninth.
Disappointing race for Sandra Gasparini that for the second consecutive time this season out of the top ten. '' The athlete Sterzing only Italian representative in Whistler finished in twelfth position, a result that'' he placed outside the seeding group and seven days in the next round of the season in Park City will force her to qualify through the Nations Cup
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