Janine Flock celebrates brilliant victory in Sigulda - a glimmer of hope for the Olympics!

Janine Flock celebrates brilliant victory in Sigulda - a glimmer of hope for the Olympics!

Sigulda, Lettland - The Skeleton World Cup in Sigulda was a brilliant success for Tyroleaner Janine Flock. On Friday, the 32-year-old secured her first win of the season after leaving the Russian Julia Kanakina with a lead of 0.17 seconds in a gripping competition. In addition to her impressive achievements, which she achieved with the clear best time in the first run and the fifth fastest time in the final, Flock also followed the Dutch athlete Kimberley Bos. This reports, among other things, krone.at .

Despite a difficult Olympic winter, which was characterized by intervertebral disc problems, she managed to go to the podium in the last two competitions. Flock's victory in Sigulda marks her tenth World Cup victory in her career and draws attention to her remarkable return to the top. "Today I had tears in my eyes for the first time. I was very touched," Flock reported emotionally. Her trainer Matthias Guggenberger emphasized the importance of this victory for the team and concluded: "A good annual financial statements on a technically difficult path, now we can all go into the new year", and that you should not start nervously towards the upcoming Olympic Games, but have to work continuously, as laola1.at reported.

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