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2013 FIBT World Championships – Team Competition

January 27, 2013 ken 0

From St. Moritz, Switzerland The USA took gold in almost everything it could last year in Lake Placid. This year gold has been a little harder to come by, but the team competitions gives the […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Team Competition

January 19, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria For the second time this year, the FIBT put on a team competition, pitting various nations against each other in men’s and women’s skeleton, women’s bobsled and two-man bobsled. This time out […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Men’s Skeleton

January 19, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria You’ll hear some sliders say that they’re using this week’s race in Igls as a prep for the coming World Championships. If that’s the case for Martins Dukurs, the rest of the […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Men’s Skeleton – Heat 1

January 19, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria About a season ago I ran out of ways to explain how much better than everyone else Martins Dukurs is. To demonstrate it today, the track’s been described as a little slow […]

2012/2013 FIBT World Cup – Round 8 – Women’s Skeleton

January 18, 2013 ken 0

From Igls, Austria Elena Nikitina needed a flawless run to beat America’s Noelle Pikus-Pace. Nikitina found speed on all parts of the track and takes gold in just her third race at the World Cup […]