LugeTobogganing - Natural
Alessandro Genuzio
Partir & agrave; on the afternoon of Saturday, December 12 from K & uuml; htai, in Austria, the '2015-2016 edition of the World Cup luge natural track, which will end & agrave; (Weather permitting) on ​​February 21 in Umhausen, also in Austria. & Nbsp;
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Adverse weather conditions have already & agrave; caused a change from the original schedule of the season, in fact the first of the two Italian scheduled to Olang & egrave; It was canceled and will be installed & agrave; Latsch always played in the same days (8-10 January). The resort & agrave; South Tyrol back cos & Igrave; to host a stage of the world circuit of maximum discipline for the first time since 2010.
Un''importantissima novelty & agrave; Calendar quest''anno & egrave; represented by the runway of Moscow, in which garegger & agrave; for the first time ever in January, on the occasion of the fourth stage of the World Cup.
This season promises to be full of satisfaction and success for the Italian team, and especially for its flagship, Patrick Pigneter, the pi & ugrave; stronger than ever in the history of the discipline. The twenty-eight of & nbsp; V & ouml; ls am Schlern / Fi & egrave; Schlern & nbsp; will go & agrave; chasing his eleventh consecutive Crystal ball in single (specialty & agrave; where & egrave; even World and European Champion in office), for which it seems not to have virtually none. The 'opponent pi & ugrave; formidable on paper appears to be the teammate Alex Gruber, who last season & egrave; He was able to beat his rival at the National Championships and the stage of the World Cup of Deutschnofen / Nova Ponente. For the first time in over twenty five years will not be & agrave; match Blasbichler Anton, who has decided to end his career last spring.
Pigneter will try & agrave; confirmed, even in doubles, specialty & agrave; in which along with Florian Clara he has won seven World Cups. The two South Tyrolean, who are also world and European champions in office, will have to see if the above compounds with double Russians Aleksandr Egorov / Petr Popov and Pavel Porshnev / Ivan Lazarev. The second of two Russian crews & egrave; was the 'only the last eight years to stop the' hegemony of Pigneter / Clara winning the Crystal Ball in 2011-2012.
Among women the Russian Ekatharina Lavrentjeva andr & agrave; all''assalto the thirteenth World Cup of his career, the 'eleventh consecutive. Italian girls are the main rivals for the thirty-four of kandalaksha. The twenty-four world champion in office Evelin Lanthaler seems to be the rival pi & ugrave; accredited, but also the other three girls blue, what & egrave; Sara Bachmann, Greta Pinggera and Carmen Planotscher have what it takes to fight for the victory in every race season.
The FIL will broadcast & agrave; live streaming on their official website the first round of the season. That's when the races will take place:
Double: Saturday, December 12 from 14 to 15 hours
Single men and single women: Sunday, December 13 from 12:50 to 15:00.
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