LugeTobogganing - Koenigssee
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Fifth win of the season for the favored, Tobias Wendl and Tobias Artl in Koenigssee in the sixth round of the World Cup luge.
Saturday 4 January 2014 5 minutes reading time
The two Bavarian home track have played two rounds tutt'' other-than-perfect, but thanks to the stratospheric materials and their driving skills learned in the final stretch, they have torn the new record in the first heat of the historic German track while the second are "limited" to achieve the best time.
In particular, the "Bayern Express" in the first run have made serious mistakes right after the start, where they are able to better manage their great power by their own toboggan slide on two occasions. Despite these inaccuracies, the central part'' then there was the story and the two world champions have crossed the finish line by a margin of almost three tenths ahead of the teammates Eggert-Benecken.
For Wendl-Artl that today is the fifth victory of the season in six races, but especially with today's victory the two share rose to six consecutive victories on the track at Koenigssee, with a single length from the historical record of Patrick Leitner and Alexander Resch .
Behind the two phenomena Bavarian closed for the third time this season the association according to German race led by Toni Eggert and Sascha Benecken. The two quests'' today have played a magnificent race, but against the clear supremacy of the two teammates have been able to do very little.
The podium was completed by Tristan Walker and Justin Snith that despite trailing by 753 thousandths winners have achieved a remarkable third place giving to themselves and to Canada's first podium in the history of the sport. The two world champions under 23 were impeccable in the final part of the track Bavarian recovering a position with respect to the first round and 137 thousandths ahead of the Austrians Penz-Fischler.
The top five was completed by the Latvian brothers Andris and Juri Sics who have taken on this occasion the best result of the season.
Home race in Italy without infamy and without praise for the three double blue at the start. The sixth position have closed the experts Oberstolz-Gruber who were the authors of interesting references lap times in the upper part of the track but who have committed some smudges too much in the final stretch. A placement further back you are classified young Rieder Rastner-evident that without the'' correction in the final segment would quietly closed in front of teammates. Eleventh place for falling Fischnaller-Schwienbacher who took off after qualifying in the Nations Cup on Friday.
To note the good performance of young Germans Geucke noni-Gamm, who have been enrolled by their federation in place of Rothamel-Foertsch.
Race to forget for the two-time Olympic champions Linger-Linger which were reversed during the first run when traveling on the times similar to those of Walker-Snith. At the same point have had similar fate even Americans Mortensen-Grifall.
The next round of the World Cup luge doubles is scheduled in seven days on the gut of Oberhof in Thuringia.
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