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Si & egrave; concluded last weekend in Sigulda the lengthy selection process established by the Federation of German luge (BSD) to define the quotas in view dell''imminente start of the season for the World Cup.
Monday 17 November 2014 6 minutes reading time
The Latvian gut that there are less than three months sar & agrave; Theatre of the World Championships, & egrave; was the 'last impartial judge to assign the last two seats set within the men's team and the' last slot of the female. The initial trials which took place in Winterberg had in fact already & agrave; qualified for next season Andi Langenhan and Johannes Ludwig, while the next one was awarded & nbsp; Anke Wischnewski, Eggert-Benecken and the young double & nbsp; GEUEKE-Gamm. Besides these five names the BSD had already & agrave; assigned to the right pectoral Natalie Geisenberger, Tatjana Huefner, Felix Loch and Wendl-Arlt association.
Therefore, on the famous track on the outskirts of Riga, among men, it & egrave; witnessed an interesting challenge to three of the 'expert Ralf Palik and the two under 23 Julian Von Schleinitz and Florian Berkes. The internal struggle for the last two places within the German team & egrave; resolved in favor of the last two contenders that on this occasion have approached more to the times of the first three of Wunderteam Teutonic. Von Schleinitz Berkes and have in fact finished in fourth and fifth position behind the pi & ugrave; famed Loch, Langenhan and Ludwig, while Palik concluded his evidence in sixth and last place. (Click here for full results)
This allowed the big trials of the German team to test the technical solutions that marry well with your gut Baltic, a plant that in previous years & egrave; always been indigestible to bearer of Germany.
Among women Natalie Geisenberger and Tatjana Huefner have played a part in the race compared to the other participants who have suffered detachments rather marked by the two leaders of the women's movement. In third place is & egrave; placed Dajana Eitberger that although separated by nearly half a second behind the winner beat Aileen Frisch, direct rival for a place in the World Cup, winning for the second consecutive year the pass for the circuit pi & ugrave; important sledding.
Finally the test given to double, the duo Toni Eggert / Sascha Benecken defeated for the third time and quite clearly the Olympic champions Tobias Wendl / Tobias Arlt. Beyond the & agrave; the various references chronometric results of these first races to be taken with the tongs and they were in past seasons the various Loch and Wendl-Arlt seemed to struggle, but then when I started important appointments reveal the true values ​​in the field.
Following the event, the 'head-coach of Germany, Norbert Loch, said that both Palik that Frisch doors within the German team are still open. Much will depend & agrave; from the results that the athletes selected will in the first trials of the World Cup and especially how they will behave the two excellent except at the National Championships in late December.
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Women's Singles: Natalie Geisenberger (1988), Tatjana Huefner (1983), Anke Wischnewski (1978) and Dajana Eitberger (1991)
Single men: Felix Loch (1989), Andi Langenhan (1984), Johann Ludwig (1986), Julian Von Schleinitz (1991) and Florian Berkes (1993).
Double: Tobias Wendl (1987) Tobias Arlt (1987), Toni Eggert (1988) Sascha Benecken (1990), Robin GEUEKE (1992) David Gamm (1995)
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