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Incredible final in Sigulda in the men's race of 45mi World Championships artificial luge track. A surprise win & egrave; was the Russian Semen Pavlichenko that comes just 71 thousandths Felix Loch, while the third & egrave; came the 'Austrian Wolfgang Kindl. Race to forget for the Italian colors with both Fischnaller that spilled.
Sunday 15 February 2015 7 minutes reading time
The '2015 edition of the event the champion will come & agrave; remembered for the great suspense that held bank up on the top athlete on track, showing for the second time this season a leveling of the values ​​in the field. At the end of the first descent in fact, well-eight athletes were enclosed in a patch of just 200 milliseconds and among them 8 were present all the pi & ugrave; Expected protagonists.
The first round was led by Semen Pavlichenko that galvanized the podium in Lillehammer and especially helped by materials fast in the decisive final stretch could snatch the best time. The Russian ahead by just 20 thousandths the 'blue Dominik Fischnaller author of two thirds of the race fantastic that were throwing to the first position, but the straight leading to the final Kraisel' blue committing a small error making a climb '' trifle from Pavlichenko. The big favorite of the eve Felix Loch however, closed in third place at 36 cents from the leader.
With these detachments cos & Igrave; There content was set to attend a spectacular second run full of twists.
The final round has found nell''americano Chris Mazdzer his first major role. The US thirteenth after a disappointing first round, he invented a small masterpiece tearing a time that data in hand would have earned him a placement behind the podium in the initial run. With this performance the twenty-six of Pittsfield climbed up position after position to win the final sixth place.
At this point in saliva chair the 'Austrian Wolfgang Kindl who initially improved the reference clock of Mazdzer and then climbed over nell''ordine Langenhan and Peretjagin. But to know the 'exact composition of the podium were missing all''appello descents of the first three on the Loch, Fischnaller and Pavlichenko.
The German led a second race on the same lap times of the first, with a first part of the race with a fast and final stretch in defense, which allowed him to take the leadership with virtual 113 thousandths ahead of Kindl, putting so much pressure on the shoulders of Fischnaller .
The 'blue initially seemed to have the situation in hand traveling on the same intermediate rival, but a few corners from the end of the twenty-Maranza blatantly wrong the' output curve leading into the stretch pi & ugrave; Fast Track Latvian spilling, and throwing away a medal he had practically gi & agrave; neck.
A huge disappointment for the young South Tyrolean that after very exciting season of World Cup, wanted to redeem himself nell''evento champion. Therefore, continues the tab & ugrave; worldwide for the Italian luger, that in the three editions of the World Championships in which he competed, boasts the best result 'eleventh place in Altenberg 2012.
Those who do not & egrave; did take dall''emozione & egrave; Semen was Pavlichenko, athlete who until now had won only one podium finish in the World Cup. The Russian who knows every secret track Baltic his usual training ground, contained the delay from Loch at the top and then as in the first run was the difference in the final stretch printing again the best part-time. With this success Pavlichenko became the second Russian to be crowned champion of the world of sledding in the history of the sport, before he had succeeded in 1981 Sergey Danilin to Hammarstrand.
Today's victory could mark a turning point in the career of ventirenne Bratsk, he who in the junior category was considered an athlete with great potential, but that once "landed" in the senior circuit until two weeks ago had not yet convinced.
The negative day Italian & egrave; was completed by the overturning of Kevin Fischnaller. The cousin of the pi & ugrave; Dominik is famous & egrave; reversed during the second run when he was disputing evidence decidedly subdued.
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