LugeTobogganing - Sochi
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Natalie Geisenberger mortgage the gold medal in the women's luge, thanks to a superb third round in which he has further adjusted the track record of Sochi by her prisoner.
Tuesday 11 February 2014 4 minutes reading time
The Bavarian champion has brought its margin of advantage to over a second towards the first of the enemy at a time and run from the end of the speech appears to be permanently closed to the most precious metal.
Geisenberger game is slower than the previous day, but by the second intermediate then traveled to another dimension than the other competitors in this descent inflicting heavy detachments which are certainly not only the result of the excellent material that is available but The finest of his guidance.
If the gold medal in history there has never been, in the third run is now going to define the composition of the last two steps of the podium. Tatjana Hüfner thanks to a stunning third-down has now put in the safe Olympic silver as its main opponent to the place of honor, the American Erin Hamlin has lost further ground settling in third place with a gap of 169 milliseconds from the second position.
Hamlin, which is in part the big surprise of this Olympic race, has a comfortable margin (355 milliseconds) against the little coveted "wooden medal" which is currently on the neck of Alex Gough. The Canadian has signed his personal best in this third round gaining a position in partial remains now but to cut off the podium in five circles.
The big disappointment of this first run today comes from the Russian Natalia Khoreva, author of a serious mistake in the upper part of the track that has affected the outcome of the race given that in one fell swoop has gone from fourth to eighth. The consideration of the European champion has favored the recovery of some placement Gough, McRae, Ivanova and Wischnewski. The third round, however, has eclipsed the dreams of the coin of Russia, as the top athlete of the host nation Tatiana Ivanova was not able to catch up on the front of the class, settling in sixth position. A little disappointing given that the twenty-three Russian athletes was one of the most anticipated of the vigil.
Further evidence for Sandra Gasparini colorless continues to sail in fourteenth place with a gap of more than 600 milliseconds from the last position of the top ten. A disappointing result that goes to weaken the chances of even a few of the blue team medal in the relay.
The other two young Italian, Andrea and Sandra Voetter Robatscher have closed in the twentieth and twenty-third position.
The decisive round will fire starting at 17:10.
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