LugeTobogganing - Altenberg
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The Germans Tobias Wendl and Tobias Artl dominate'' the eighth round of the World Cup luge went to the scene this morning in Altenberg, with one race win and advance their third'' Crystal Ball's career, the second in a row.
Saturday 18 January 2014 6 minutes reading time
The two Bavarian quest'' today were practically perfect, and as is often the case led the race from the first meter of the head of the first descent. Wendl-Artl have indeed set new records in the first run and push the casing of Saxony closing the practice victory already in the initial round.
In the next downhill "Bayern Express" were repeated again on record time, taking their twenty-third career success in the sixth season, and especially celebrated with a proof of'' advance the achievement of the third Crystal Ball's career.
Wendl-Artl have virtually made the race as if the first double wrought was delayed by more than 200 milliseconds, as a further testament to how at this time the two Germans are much stronger than the couple'' s entire circuit.
To cover their backs to the duo's flagship Germany we thought the teammates Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken that for the fourth time this season have come in second place. For the young German association that today's race was quite difficult from the standpoint of nervous, as ever on this occasion as the opponents Russians and Austrians had finished the first run on many times close to those of the two Teutonic.
At the end of the initial heats in fact, the gap between the Russian Antonov-Denisyev seconds in the provisional standings and sixth Linger-Linger was contained in a patch of just 69 milliseconds. With this situation'' quest today it took was a small mistake in the second drop-down compromise for a place in the top-three. Eggert-Benecken thanks to the second fastest time of the day were able to put great pressure on the Russian couple who started after them. Denisyev Antonov-perhaps because of their disuse to play a leading role in the world of sledding, downhill decisive in particular have messed up a lot in 12 out of the curve, and they have lost in one stroke not only the place of honor'' but also the third step of the podium finishing in seventh place.
The podium was completed by the Austrians Penz-Fischler who have had the better of the Russians Yuzhakov-Makhnutin for just 87 thousandths of a second, and on teammates Linger-Linger fifths and trailing by just one thousandth from the fourth position.
The great performance shown quest'' today by the Russian team are a clear signal that in the course of the season the Russian engineers have worked very level of materials and time that athletes have available to sleds that allow him to fight for at least the first five the rankings, and then at the next Olympic Games in Sochi will not be surprised if you find the home of tobogganists between the protagonists of the Olympic events.
Try colorless for the Italian team. Altenberg on a track in which the component of the thrust does not play a decisive role in the final result, we expect a good performance by Christian Oberstolz and Patrick Gruber and young Patrick Ludwig Rieder and Rastner. The two double quest Italian'' have not been able to ever be the match for a place on the podium. Rieder-Rastner have finished sixth, and eighth Oberstolz-Gruber at the end of the first session, they completed a second descent full of burrs that made him retreat'' s last place of the top ten. The third double blue Fischnaller-Schwienbacher, finished in twelfth position.
'' The last race of the World Cup luge will be held in a week in Sigulda, Latvia, where you will also award the European title.
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