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This morning on the track at Krasnaya Polyana was held the second of three sessions of the women's luge training and the first round of doubles.
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Germany's Natalie Geisenberger number one favorite for the win, printed clearly the two best references chronometric trimming chipping net rather against their opponents. The Bavarian with his 50 '883'' was the only athlete to get under the wall of the 51 seconds.
Good performance for the Swiss Martina Kocher second and the veteran German Anke Wischnewski third. Fifth and sixth place for the two components of the tip of the Russian team Tatiana and Natalia Ivanova Khoreva.
In Italy we report the sixth house group time clocked by the young Andrea Voetter which was faster than the more experienced teammate Sandra Gasparini.
On the same morning took to the track for the first time, the athletes of the snowmobile tandem. Of this session were not disclosed but the timing of the first indications gathered from the U.S. Luge website, it seems that the U.S. crew'' Niccum-Terdiman with the new sled has turned the same times of the two times Olympic champions Linger-Linger.
Finally, comes the news that the Germans Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken have worked a lot on'' attitude of his sled during a break between heats and the other''.
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