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Monday 13 January 2014 15 minutes reading time
"It is a good feeling when you finish Know That You can win and you are not at your limit," said Patrick Pigneter / Florian Clara (ITA) after winning the race. "We still brake in the curves Whereas others go full speed. And our favorite tracks have yet to come. "At least in the double's event Pigneter / Clara let no doubt That they are racing in Their Own league again. After the first run, Pigneter / Clara were only one-hundredth of a second ahead of Pavel Porshnev / Ivan Lazarev (RUS). "In the second run we did extremely well in the middle part and I think we won the race on the straightaway at the end," Analyzed Pigneter / Clara, now the sun leaders in the GRM World Cup
In the internal Russian duel this time the experienced double Pavel Porshnev / Ivan Lazarev was ahead and With Their second place they Achieved Their best result in this season. Just in time for the European Chamionships next week they are back in shape: "At the beginning of the winter we had troubles with our sled as well as with our technique, but now we really made some progress. We have to thank our coach Andrej Knyr who really spent a lot of time working on our sled, "said Lazarev. They see the competition Within Their team as a good thing: "It is great when you finish people have so strong in your own team, I know We both become better and better."
Aleksandr Yegorov / Petr Popov, recently permanently runner-up, finished third, but are still second in the overall World Cup GRM "We had a good feeling here from the beginning and in the training run That We already thought anything would be possible here , but then we had a major mistake in the second run, "Yegorov said. But Their focus is now the European Championships, next week: "We did everything for this race," said Popov, an engineer for electronics from Kandalaksha.
Austria's doubles had to settle for the spots next to the podium this time: Christoph Regensburger / Dominik Holzknecht finished fourth, Christian Schopf / Andreas Schopf fifth.
In the doubles' Nations Cup Pavel Silin / Iwan Rodin (RUS) won ahead of Rupert Brüggler / Tobias Angerer (AUT) and Stanislav Kovshik / Ilya Tarasov (RUS).
In the women's World Cup GRM the first run was held today, Saturday, and Ekatharina Lavrentjeva (RUS) put herself at the top of the field. She is Followed by the Italian threesome of Greta Pinggera, Evelin Lanthaler and Carmen Planötscher. The current leader in the world cup, Tina Unterberger (AUT) is ranked fifth with a half second gap behind Lavrentjeva.
Scored Italy to win in the Nation's Cup: Sara Bachmann won ahead of Melanie Svhwarz (ITA). Lubov Starikova (RUS) finished third, Followed by Austria's Michelle Diepold and Katrin Mladek.
In the men's qualification Breitenberger Florian (ITA) won ahead of Florian Clara (ITA). They will start in the World Cup together with GRM seeded Patrick Pigneter and Alex Gruber. The Austrian world cup team will be completed by Thomas Schopf and Bernd Neurauter. World Cup leader Michael Scheikl and Thomas Kammerlander are seeded.
New Zealand's new and very young team can be happy about Jack Leslie's 17th place in the qualification as he Claimed the last spot in the world cup field of 25.
Doubles Final Results:
1. Patrick Pigneter / Florian CLARA (ITA), 0:58,62 (1), 0:58,62 (1), 1:57,24
2. Pavel Porshnev / Ivan Lazarev (RUS), 0:58,63 (2), 0:59,02 (2), 1:57,65
3. Aleksandr EGOROV / Petr Popov (RUS), 0:58,70 (3), 0:59,55 (3), 1:58,25
4. Christoph REGENSBURGER / Dominik Holzknecht (AUT), 0:59,27 (5), 0:59,62 (4), 1:58,89
5. Christian SCHOPF / Andreas SCHOPF (AUT), 0:58,93 (4), 0:59,97 (5), 1:58,90
6. Andrzej Laszczak / Damian WANICZEK (POL), 1:00,60 (6), 1:01,56 (6), 2:02,16
GRM World Cup Ranking Doubles (3/7):
1. Patrick Pigneter / Florian CLARA (ITA) 270
2. Aleksandr EGOROV / Petr POPOV (RUS) 240
3. Christian SCHOPF / SCHOPF Andreas (AUT) 210
4. Pavel Porshnev / Ivan Lazarev (RUS) 200
5. Christoph REGENSBURGER / Dominik Holzknecht (AUT) 158
6. Rupert Brüggler / ANGERER Tobias (AUT) 122
"I had to give it all to win here. When the times are so tight, you can not afford one tiny mistake, "said serial winner Patrick Pigneter (ITA), who had been in the second position after the first run. And once again it was Thomas Kammerlander (AUT) who had the chance to push Pigneter off the throne. "I actually think I could have won, but it was so tight after the first run and we all had to take full risk. I made two small mistakes but at the end they made the difference. However, I am satisfied with the second place, "said Kammerlander, who will come to His home in Umhausen race next week as one of the top medal contenders. His goal for the European Championship Which is held together with a world cup in a race-by-race format: "A medal would be nice."
The only one who managed to finish on the podium in each race this season, is Michael Scheikl (AUT), this time he finished third. "The track here in Passeier is known for ITS narrow time differences. I did well in the upper part of the track, but for the long straight in the lower part I do not weigh enough. Then again, I have advantages in narrow curves. Has started this season really well and I hope it will go on like that, "said Scheikl.
Ekatharina Lavrentjeva (RUS), who had had to give up her leading position for one full week, Claimed her 48th world cup win and put herself back on top. She was not even sure she had won: "I could not see the time and I had no feeling about how well I did in the final part. Yesterday I really screwed up the final straight, I did much better today. Passeier is not an easy track for me, I prefer tracks with blackberries curves. "Often As I know the real competition was for the seats behind her. Runner up Pinggera Greta (ITA) said aggressively: "Obviously I am to closing the gap to her." And indeed, her final time was only nine hundredths slower than the Russian's, in the first run she missed her by three hundredths of a second. "I had some problems at the beginning of the winter, I know I missed the race in Russia, a parallel race is always a bit of a lottery, I know now I am lacking important points in the overall rankings. I just take it from race to race now, "said Pinggera.
Not entirely happy was local star Evelin Lanthaler (ITA) about her third place: "I know I could have done better. I am angry with myself, I did not have one perfect run. To race on track at home is always an advantage as well as a disadvantage as everybody Has expectations. However, I was very pleased with my fastest run time in the second run. "
The winner in the team event was the Italian team. Ranks two and three went to Russia and Austria respectively. 15-year-old Theresa Maurer from Germany Achieved the second fastest run time in the women's category, only defeated by Ekatherina Lavrentjeva. The German team with Marcus Grausam and the newly formed double Wichan Christian / Oliver Schiller finished fifth right after Poland.
In the Nation's Cup with a record field of 21 entries, the winner was Anton Blasbichler (ITA) ahead of Stefan Gruber (ITA) and Florian Glatzl (AUT). Athletes who did not qualify for the World Cup to the two national quota of only four men and three women, participate on in the Nation's Cup
Final Result GRM World Cup Men:
1. Patrick Pigneter (ITA), 0:54,42 (2), 0:54,44 (1), 1:48,86
2. Thomas KAMMERLANDER (AUT), 0:54,37 (1), 0:54,67 (4), 1:49,04
3. Michael Scheikl (AUT), 0:54,64 (3), 0:54,58 (2), 1:49,22
4. Florian Breitenberger (ITA), 0:54,76 (5), 0:54,66 (3), 1:49,42
5. Alex Gruber (ITA), 0:54,73 (4), 0:54,80 (5), 1:49,53
6. Thomas SCHOPF (AUT), 0:55,08 (6), 0:55,41 (6), 1:50,49
7. Jurii TALIKH (RUS), 0:55,37 (7), 0:55,48 (7), 1:50,85
8. Florian CLARA (ITA), 0:55,37 (7), 0:55,73 (10), 1:51,10
GRM World Cup Ranking Men (3/7):
1. Patrick Pigneter (ITA) 260
2. Thomas KAMMERLANDER (AUT) 245
3. Michael Scheikl (AUT) 240
4. Alex Gruber (ITA) 164
5. Breitenberger Florian (ENG) 130
6. EGOROV Aleksandr (RUS) 124
7. Jurii TALIKH (RUS) 113
8. Stanislav KOVSHIK (RUS) 110
9. Thomas SCHOPF (AUT) 109
10. Gregorii Bukin (RUS) 108
GRM World Cup Women Final Results:
1. Ekatharina Lavrentjeva (RUS), 0:57,39 (1), 0:56,10 (2), 1:53,49
2. Greta PINGGERA (ITA), 0:57,42 (2), 0:56,16 (3), 1:53,58
3. Evelin lanthaler (ITA), 0:57,63 (3), 0:56,00 (1), 1:53,63
4. Carmen PLANÖTSCHER (ITA), 0:57,63 (3), 0:56,79 (6), 1:54,42
5. Tina UNTERBERGER (AUT), 0:57,96 (5), 0:56,58 (4), 1:54,54
6. Theresa MAURER (GER), 0:58,08 (6), 0:56,69 (5), 1:54,77
7. Mary AUER (AUT), 0:58,80 (8), 0:57,29 (7), 1:56:09
8. Michaela MAURER (GER), 0:58,74 (7), 0:57,50 (8), 1:56,24
GRM World Cup Ranking Women (3/7):
1. Ekatharina Lavrentjeva (RUS) 255
2. Tina UNTERBERGER (AUT) 225
3. Evelin lanthaler (ITA) 179
4. Liudmila Aksenenko (RUS) 169
5. Carmen PLANÖTSCHER (ITA) 160
6. Christina Götschl (AUT) 123
7. Great PINGGERA (ITA) 121
8. Petra Dragicevic (SLO) 112
9. Michaela Niemetz (GER) 98
10. Theresa MAURER (GER) 96
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