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Grand final of the World Cup on the splendid Swiss track: the Azzurri third in the double with historic Latvian brace.
Saturday 6 February 2021 4 minutes reading time
Ludwig Rieder and Patrick Rastner once again on the podium in the last round of the season, on the day when the Luge World Cup makes a historic return to Sankt Moritz, where no competitions have been made since the 2011/12 season.
Last curve of the Swiss track, a cross and delight for the double blue: on the one hand an error precludes a possible attack on the summit and an encore after the victory of Igls, but to counterbalance in the same point they are wrong and in a more marked way, the Germans Eggert / Benecken, effectively evading the fight for the podium. To complete the excellent test of the blue colors, the sixth place of Naigler / Malleier and the eighth of Rieder / Kainzwaldner, authors of an error in the final part of the first run.
Victory, the first in her career, for Bots / Plume. The Baltics, after a perfect first descent, manage not to lose too much in the second and contain the return of the Sics brothers, who complete a historic Latvian double. Fifth place Wendl / Arlt, after a bad first heat and a more convincing second descent, while the winners of the Steu / Koller cup finish in seventh place.
Race of the men's single conditioned by the deterioration of the track that has mixed a little the values on the field. The Austrian Nico Gleirscher, who after a first heat ended with a wide margin over his rivals, manages to defend himself from the return of the competition in the second and to stamp the first seasonal success in CdM. In the all-Teutonic fight for second place, Max Langenhan wins, who thanks to a perfect second run precedes the seasonal ruler Felix Loch by one glue, while the fresh world champion Roman Repilov concludes in fifth place.
At home Italy test colorless, especially in the first heat, for both blue bearers, with Kevin Fischnaller 13th to precede Dominik Fischnaller, 15th. Tomorrow seasonal closure of the sled with the women's single race and the Relay Team.
Matteo Collodoro
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