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This is the question that fans of Austrian luge are asking these days after seeing the excellent test of the younger brother of the famous Austrian jumper in the World Youth Challenge Igls, an event which, although having no validity rainbow is considered in full as a true world championship reserved for the Youth category.
Thursday 27 February 2014 5 minutes reading time
Lukas sixteen years still to go, took an interesting second place behind him numerous tobogganists putting that on the eve of the competition were credited to the podium, raising therefore great interest in all of Austria. Schlierenzauer fact, not only is the younger brother of the jump champion Gregor, but is deeply connected to the world of sledding, given that his uncle Markus Prock was one of the leaders of the discipline collecting career in the beauty of 10 Cups World and her cousin Nina is a promising luger who has already debuted in the maximum circuit of the sled.
With these premises Lukas Schlierenzauer seems to be without a shadow of a doubt destined for the sport, but as we all know one youth competition is not enough to understand the true value of the athlete, indeed very often we have witnessed enormous performance of young athletes in the minor categories and then when these campioncioni have begun to engage in major competitions have melted like snow in the sun.
Schlierenzauer in this race was preceded by compatriot Nico Gleirscher thanks to a stunning second run has recovered two positions ahead of the brother of the famous jumper just 76 thousandths. Gleischer who was also related with the neo-junior world champion David led an extraordinary Austrian team who placed four of its representatives to the first five places in the final standings. To stop the domain white-red we thought the blue Theo Gruber race leader after the first run which unfortunately has frustrated his dreams of success in the final run coming preceded either by no Schlierenzauer that Gleischer. Gruber confirms an interesting young Italian team although still needs to find a more regular basis on the two heats, he ended the world junior Sigulda in sixth place.
The other four Italians at the start, Malleier Fabian, Felix Schwarz, Lukas Gufler and Moritz Pruenster closed respectively in the seventh, eleventh, sixteenth and twenty-first position.
In the area of ​​women without discussion victory for the German Jessica Tiebel, athlete Messas in light already in Sigulda in the last Junior World Championships, and World Youth Challenge Igls has trimmed more than 800 milliseconds at the first beat, her teammate Tina Mueller. The podium was completed by Swiss Natalie Maag, who has recovered in the final run for two placings from the first three positions undermining the Austrian Madeleine Egle that after the second place of the first descent ended in fifth place.
The only representative of the Italian team Welscher Jasmin has finished tenth off by more than a second and eight tenths behind the winner but the author nevertheless a good first run.
Between the double success for the final two Austrian Florian Schmid and Fabian Strickner authors of two heats fast which allowed him to overcome more than a second-Latvians Sakovits Vancovics and almost two seconds Germans Gabber-Dietrich.
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