Natalie Geisenberger wins in Lillehammer. Great performance for Sandra Gasparini

The Bavarian aided by excellent materials, developed in collaboration with Georg Hackl, in the second run to the nearest thousandth equaled the track record of Norway which had been established in 1995 by compatriot Gabi Kohlisch. With this extraordinary performance Natalie, has put a lot of pressure against the twenty-American Kate Hansen leader after the first round. '' L'' americanina did not hold the emotion, and in the central section of the track has committed several errors sinking in the standings until the twelfth position. Despite a second run to forget, however, remains under the eyes of all the great first descent performed by the young American. The performance of Hansen is not entirely surprising, as the twenty-one American had already expressed at high levels in the early American trials in October where he had always put in line the more experienced teammates. In addition, the signs on the eve of the American experts regarding the'' excellent form of Kate and her special feeling with the materials produced by Dow Chemical Company'','' d have been apt and now on it will be interesting to follow with focusing on the future performance of the American national champion. Geisenberger with success today focuses its seventeenth victory in the World Cup, the seventh in the last nine races on the world circuit max. Behind him, separated by 184 milliseconds has placed two-time European champion Tatiana Ivanova. The Russian appeared much on the ball, especially in the boost phase where he clocked lap times close to those of many German rival. The podium was completed by Canadian Alex Gough, author of a'' good second run that has enabled her to earn five position with respect to the first run. The great revelation of the day was the Latvian Eliza Tiruma who finished just 35 thousandths from'' last step of the podium giving an encouraging signal to Latvia in key relay. Good performance for the'' blue Sandra Gasparini who returned to express themselves at a good level finishing in sixth position. In particular, the'' athlete Vipiteno, like compatriot Sandra Robatscher, convinced during the first run where she managed to contain the detachment towards the first class below 200 millessimi. Also positive was the debut in the maximum circuit Sandra Robatscher, which revealed a good guide in the course of the first run that has yielded an interesting seventh partial. In the second run, however, the Tyrolean'' has committed a gross inaccuracy in the central closing out their evidence in seventeenth position. Great defeat of the day was definitely the Germany. The German squadron beyond the success of Geisenberger comes fully downscaled from this first round of the season. The veteran Anke Wischnewski ended only in seventh place after a disastrous first run, while Olympic champion Tatjana Hüfner seems a bad copy of that athlete capable of dominating four editions of the World Cup. The Bavarian, this eighteenth'' today, apparently not yet been able to settle back problems that have occurred as early as last October. Another downside for the German team relates to the failure of today's entrance to the race Dajana Eitberger capsized yesterday at the Nations Cup The circuit women's World Cup luge will return next weekend to Igls in Austria.