LugeLuge - Lake Placid
Alessandro Genuzio
Third race of the season and third victory for Natalie Geisenberger that continues to be the 'absolute ruler of the women's luge.
Saturday 6 December 2014 6 minutes reading time
The Bavarian on gut Lake Placid has shown & nbsp; once again to everyone (including derogatory) that for two years now & egrave; the 'single outstanding athlete capable of making a difference on all types of track and with all kinds of weather. Olympic champion quest''oggi closed practice for victory gi & agrave; during the first descent of almost three tenths disconnecting the first of the pursuers. In the final run of the twenty-six Monaco but stationed in Berchtesgaden, has further increased their lead by closing with a margin of half a second on the runner.
The German champion gets cos & Igrave; the second career win on the track of Mount Van Hoevenberg, the third of the season after the two races in Igls and further strengthens its leadership in the overall standings of the World Cup.
Beyond the & agrave; Geisenberger domain of the race today revealed an exceptional team performance of the US team that facilitated the field factor has placed four athletes in the top eight of the standings. The best of American & egrave; Erin Hamlin was second, that as the majority of slittiniste won the final result by the difference in the initial rounds. For the bronze Olympic Sochi is the best result ever in a competition of the World Cup that she at this track in 2009 laure & ograve; world champion. Excellent performance even for young Emily Sweeney and Summer Britcher that with the fifth and sixth place today collect the best positions of always in the maximum circuit of the slides. Always at home USA good eighth place for Julia Clukey which falls into the top ten after seven races.
The podium & egrave; was completed by Germany's Tatjana Huefner that on this occasion not only & egrave; was beaten by historical rival Geisenberger but also by Hamlin and maybe now potr & agrave; put your heart at peace and begin to understand that the leader of the general & egrave; to command its own merits and not for alleged favoritism by the German Federation. Huefner preceded teammate Anke Wischnewski who took cos & Igrave; his second consecutive fourth place in the traditional race format.
House Italy celebrates the 'excellent tenth position of nineteen Sandra Robatscher author undoubtedly the best race of his career. The 'South Tyrolean quest''oggi confirmed the enormous progress made over dell''estate who had already & agrave; intravvisti a week ago at Igls in the first round. The 'Blue & egrave; was preceded by a few thousandths from Canadian Arianne Jones, who this season along with Kimberley McRae will have & agrave; uphold the 'honor of Canada in absentia of movement leader Alex Gough struggling with the discussion of the thesis in engineering. The 'other blue in the race Andrea Voetter completed its test in fifteenth position.
The big disappointment of the day comes dall''intera Russian team female under the heavy snowfall in Lake Placid & egrave; was literally outclassed by the competition. Russia has achieved his best result of the twelfth Baturina while the two European champion Tatiana Ivanova and Natalia Khoreva closed respectively in fourteenth and eighteenth place.
The next meeting with the women's circuit sledding & egrave; scheduled in seven days on the track in Calgary where in addition to the traditional format torner & agrave; scene in the 'innovative Sprint Cup.
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