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Great news from Oberhof. L'' Italy for the first time this season will field a full contingent at the start, thanks to the qualification of all their athletes in the Nations Cup today.
Friday 10 January 2014 3 minutes reading time
In the men David Mair, Emanuel Rieder and Kevin Fischnaller have centered a pass for Sunday's race despite the huge gap'' paid against the German competition. Athletes of the house were devastating with Johannes Ludwig has the fastest time. The bronze medal World Championships probably pissed for not being called for the Olympic and exclusion'' to Sunday's race, he wanted to show his talent with the facts.
In second place trailing by 66 thousandths behind the winner was placed Julian Von Schleinitz that the coach Norbert Loch drew in the team after four rounds to stop. Third place went to the Latvian Kivlenieks that preceded Ralf Palik another major element of the Teutonic team this season.
Qualification without too many worries of mind'' for the'' highlander Albert Demtschenko and for the young German Florian Berkes in this race that has taken the place of the winner of Winterberg Chris Eissler.
Among the women happened to Aileen Frisch for the first time this season was highlighted in Friday's race. The great performance of the young German is however clear for the ranking of the Nations Cup, so the first of the qualifying today was a Russian Ekaterina Baturina finished second to 159 milliseconds from the winner. The podium is completed by an'' other home athlete Natalie Burkhardt.
Discrete performance for the blue Robatscher Sandra and Andrea Voetter twelfth and fifteenth respectively, which for the first time fail to qualify for both the real test of the World Cup.
Finally, in doubles, winning the young German association composed by Nico Gruessner and Chris Rohmeis that preceded his countrymen Loeffler-Kuechler of 48 milliseconds and the Russians Medvedev Bogdanov-149.
Fourth place for veterans Fischnaller blue-Schwienbacher (pictured) who qualify easily to the competition tomorrow.
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