For the second weekend in a row, Sigulda will host the World Cup stage in the skeleton, where housewife Andija Steel has taken 10th place in the women’s competition on Friday after the first race. The second trip at 11.20 live broadcast will be available on LTV7 and replay.lv.
The leader after the first race is the Austrian Janīna Floka, who won in Sigulda a week ago in the previous stage. The closest Russian competitor Yelena Nikitin was 0.31 seconds ahead of the leader.
Andy Steel’s first trip
Andy Steel’s first trip to the PK skeleton2min
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Steel was pleasantly surprised a week ago with the 3rd place in the stage, but the next start for the young athlete turned out to be more difficult. The first race did not succeed without mistakes, which prevented it from entering the TOP 5, and it will not be easy to fight for it in the second race either. Andy is separated from the leader by 0.80 seconds.
Andy Steel on the first trip
After the first trip, Steel admitted in an interview on Latvian Television that there were many small mistakes that took a lot of time, and the skeleton was also prepared for warmer weather. The athlete emphasized that everything possible should be done on the second trip.
Interview with Gints Dzerve after the first trip
Interview with coach Gints Dzervis after the 1st trip1min
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In turn, the coach of the Latvian youth team Gints Dzērve said that all the athletes made mistakes on the track, but in choosing the steel equipment it turned out to be wrong to rely on the weather to be wet and warm.
18 skeletonists took part in the competition. The distribution of seats in the stage will be determined by the sum of both trips.
Interview with Gints Dzerve before the competition
Interview with coach Gints Dzervis7min
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Coach Dzērve described the 3rd place won by Tēraudas a week ago in an interview with Latvian Television as a big and pleasant surprise, which increases Andija’s faith in her strength and confidence that the work gives the desired result. Eight young skeletonists are training under the supervision of the crane, although he admitted that it is difficult to accurately predict future season plans for the national team due to the pandemic, but the main starts will be all championships.
Later on Friday, the men will start, representing Latvia for Martin and Thomas Dukuri.
On Saturday and Sunday, one stage each on the Sigulda track is planned for bobsleigh doubles crews. The race will be shown live on LTV7 and replay.lv.
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