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2 hours ago, dcro said:

World Championships started today with some surprising results in sprints. Gold medals for :USA Hamlin, :GER Wendl/Arlt, :AUT Kindl.

 

Only bronze for Germany in women's and no medal for Germany in men's sprint (not even top 5). :yikes: This sport is actually becoming unpredictable. 6 nations won medals today.

 

Not surprisingly in the men's side, they have trouble all season getting podiums, let alone wins. The women results are more interesting, but still it was only the sprints. I'm sure the germans will have their revenge tomorrow. :p

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13 hours ago, Federer91 said:

 

Not surprisingly in the men's side, they have trouble all season getting podiums, let alone wins. The women results are more interesting, but still it was only the sprints. I'm sure the germans will have their revenge tomorrow. :p

 

However, not long ago Germany had a clean sweep of top 5 positions in men's race on this track, so it is still unusual. :p

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