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Rises to four the number of consecutive wins Natalie Geissenberger in this edition of the Luge World Cup. The Bavarian quest''oggi in Calgary in the fourth stage of the World Series, has hired a wonderful duel with Canada's Gough who & egrave; resolved in favor of the German to just 58 thousandths.
Saturday 13 December 2014 6 minutes reading time
After the first run it Geisenberger and Gough were separated by just four thousandths tiny. In the final round the hostess tried to put pressure on the dominatrix of the last two seasons by establishing an excellent reference clock and waiting for the rival to the leader ''s corner.
Geisenberger once picked up the gauntlet, printed some good lap times in the central part of the Canada Olympic Park realizing again the fastest time in the heats and going cos & Igrave; to win her first career success on gut dell''Alberta. The Olympic champion has again proven to be able to better manage any situation on any type of road and weather conditions, characteristics that make her un''autentica champion of the discipline. This success, the fourth in a row this season, allowing the twenty-six of Berchtesgaden to further strengthen its leadership in the ranking of the World Cup, led a full score.
The 'other big star of the day & egrave; was undoubtedly the hostess Alex Gough. The 'athlete of Calgary forced to skip the first three rounds of the series to discuss the thesis in engineering, quest''oggi had the merit of making the race uncertain until the top-meter. Gough that three years ago he won at this track, quest''oggi centra front of his audience his seventeenth career podium and is a candidate to present itself as an alternative to Huefner and Wischnewski in the role of anti-Geisenberger.
The race today has clearly favored the athletes home and as it was a week ago in Lake Placid with the United States, has allowed Canada to obtain an outstanding team result. In addition to the country from Gough leaf 'Maple & pu ograve; celebrate the first podium of the young career of Arianne Jones. The twenty-four of Calgary & egrave; climb into the chair during the final descent signing a good third part-time which allowed him to operate overtaking rated against Tatjana Huefner. Canada has also placed two other athletes set within the top ten with Kimberley McRae and Jordan Smith who finished in seventh and ninth.
At the edge of the podium finished a disappointed Tatjana Huefner. The German turned in a race of the highest level to top-split where both the first and the second descent lost physiologically beauty of 2/10. Without that kind of problem in the final stretch Huefner probably would have ended up against Geisenberger and Gough. Behind him have concluded two other Teutonic, Anke Wischnewski and Dajana Eitberger that & ograve; have never been able to be able to play for a place on the podium.
The top ten & egrave; was completed by American Erin Hamlin and Emily Sweeney respectively eighth and tenth that have become the stars of a small comeback in the final run.
Overall good test for the two blue in the race. Andrea Voetter tenth after the first run ended all''undicesimo place getting his best result in the World Cup, while Sandra Robatscher, tenth a week ago in Lake Placid, you & egrave; placed in thirteenth position penalized by a first descent not exceptional.
Another race to forget for the Russian national who also quest''oggi has played the role of appearance. The best of Russian & egrave; Ekaterina Baturina was eighteenth while Tatiana Ivanova and Natalia Khoreva still sail around the twentieth position.
Tomorrow & egrave; scheduled for the second sprint race dell''anno with the participation of the best 15 teams in the overall standings.
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