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The track Sigulda continues to confirm a real stronghold for Tatiana Ivanova, who quest''oggi in the seventh round of the season has not really rivals.
Saturday 9 January 2016 6 minutes reading time
The original twenty-four & nbsp; & egrave Chusovoy; was just perfect setting in both races scheduled new records gut Latvia. Ivanova helped by excellent materials that have adapted better to the & nbsp; & agrave freezing temperatures of the resort; Baltic, made the difference in the final stretch of the track by finding the perfect trajectories that have allowed it to driving a wedge against significant opponents. But the real great merit of the Russian & egrave; was to be managed for a time to stay focused during the break between the first and second down, particularly allowing her to manage as best as possible the 'infinitesimal margin advantage (one thousandth ed) that boasted in towards the first of the rivals.
For the 'top athlete of Russia & nbsp; then arrives the & nbsp; fourth success in the World Cup, the second of his career in Sigulda, gut decidedly friend to Ivanova that on this track in the recent past won a European title, a silver and continental even the 'silver champion.
With Ivanova in this state of grace, the German battleship not & egrave; able to start the new year with a success. Both Tatjana Huefner Natalie Geisenberger fact that they finished behind the Russian detached respectively 97 and 132 milliseconds. A margin of considerable delay if you think that this detachment & egrave; came to shape only during the second run where the rider of Russia & egrave; It was nothing short of masterful. Between the two Teutonic what comes out of this meeting with a & nbsp; & egrave smile more; undoubtedly Huefner that centers the first podium of the season and proves to be continuously growing form of & nbsp; when there are now only three weeks all''appuntamento highlight of the season, the World Cup Koenigssee.
He smiles bitterly instead Natalie Geisenberger that with this third place nell''impresa fails to grab the lead in the general classification, taking in the sun still 34 lengths from Summer Britcher current head-ranking. The young American who in the recent four races North American had picked up three wins and a podium out completely resized from this second European appointment calendar, ending in an anonymous eleventh position and proving to require a & nbsp; more experience along the principal routes of calendar to point to the Crystal Ball.
At home the United States' only athlete who saved the disappointing away Baltic & egrave; Erin Hamlin was the veteran who finished in fifth place being preceded by the talented Eliza Tiruma-Cauce that the home track has achieved his best result in the World Cup.
Of note is the 'excellent seventh position Victoria Demtschenko that under the watchful eye of his father Albert has played by far the & nbsp; best race of his young career. The 'illustrious daughter of' Art & egrave; He was preceded by Dajana Eitberger, but & egrave; He was able to get behind the athletes of the caliber of Gough and Sweeney, showing in his first full season in the senior circuit had cloth to sell.
For the Italian colors comes a fourteenth place with Andrea Voetter, only one of the two blue to have won yesterday the pass for the race today. The neo-Italian champion played a good first run but not as often happens & egrave; He succeeded in repeating itself in the final run losing two placings.
The next round of the World Cup women's luge & egrave; scheduled in seven days to Oberhof where disputer & agrave; as well the third sprint of the season.
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