Moscow, 2 Dec - Sport News Agency "R-Sport", Dyachkova Helena. The preolympic season of the World Cup on bobsled and skeleton starts on Friday a stage in the Canadian Whistler. The national team Russian Federation will be presented in competitions by three man's and two female bobsleigh crews, and also six skeleton racers.
In the current season of the World Cup will carry out eight stages. The two first will pass in North America – besides Whistler (on December 2-3), the Olympic route Igr-2010 in Vancouver, competitions will take place also in the American Lake Placid (on December 16-17). After New year the strongest bobsledders and skeleton racers in the world will get over to Europe where they are waited by two stages to Germany – in Altenberg (on January 6-8) and in Vinterberg (on January 13-15), competitions in which will be combined with the championship Europe.
the Fifth stage of a season will accept the Swiss Saint-Moritz (on January 20-22), the sixth – German Kenigzy (on January 27-29), and the seventh – Austrian Igls (on February 3-5). Then in the World Cup there will be a break on the World Cup which will take place to Sochi. The final stage will take place on March 17-19 on new track in South Korean Pyeongchang – the capital of the winter Olympic Games of 2018.
In man's competitions of the two and the fours the national team Russian Federation will be presented to p by crews of pilots Kasyanova Alexandra, Stulnev Aleksey and Andrianov Maxime. In the female two Russians Rodionova Alexandra and Sergeeva Nadezhda will act. The structure of a national team was determined by skeleton following the results of a Cup Russian Federation, according to its results Kanakina Julia, Tretyakov Alexander, Tregubov Nikita and Veselov Yegor Nikitina Helena, Orlova Maria.
In bobsled the circle of rivals of Russians remains to p invariable. First of all, it is bobsledders combined Germany which structure did not weaken even unexpected for many withdrawal from sports of one of long-term leaders of team Arndt Maximilian. Besides young, but already skilled pilots Francesco Friedrich and Valter Niko in Whistler will act the world champion among juniors and the silver prize-winner of the World Cup-2016 in the two Lokhner Yokhannes. Among other applicants for success in the current season Swiss Rico Peter, American Kholkomb Stephen, Korean Wong Yeung Yeon, Canadian Justin Kripps.
A here the world champion in the fours the Latvian Melbardis Oscar at the two first stages, as well as all national team of Latvia on bobsled will not act, - the pilot is still restored from a trauma and comes to ice only after New year. In female bobsled for leadership North American crews will fight again: the double Olympic champion Canadian Kailey Hamfris and Elana's Americans Mayers Taylor and Grubel Jamie - the Poseur.
In man's skeleton by the main favourite still have the Latvian Dukurs Martin, the invariable winner of a Cup of the world of the last years. Tretyakov Alexander and Tregubov Nikita, Germans Axel Yungk and Korean Songbing Jun applies for medals and his elder brother Dukurs Thomas, and also Russians. In female competitions in the current season British Lizzie Yarnold who has passed year – the Olympic champion Sochi will act. To argue for leadership, besides Russians, it is necessary to it with Germans Khermann Tina and Jacqueline Lelling, Canadians of Jane Chennell and Vatye Elizabeth and the Austrian Flok Zhanin.
the Season-2016/17 becomes the first stage of selection on the Olympic Games in Pyeongchang. To apply for hit on the Olympic Games, athletes need to carry out in the next two seasons at least five races on three various routes. To offset there are World Cup stages, the Cup Europe, the Cup North America and the Interkontinentalny cup (in skeleton). Quotas of participation in the Olympic Games will be finally distributed in January, 2018 on the basis of a world rating.