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The crew of the Latvian pilot Oskars Ķibermanis won the first place on Sunday at the World Cup (PK) stage in St. Moritz, Switzerland, which is also the European Championship (EC), but Emīls Cipulis took the 22nd place without qualifying for the second race.
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Ķibermanis has become a two-time European champion, because in 2020 he won the doubles championship in Sigulda. In four fours, he won the World Cup twice, his first success in 2017 here in St. Moritz.
Ķibermanis, with pushers Dāvis Spriņģis, Matīss Mikni and Edgars Nemmi, finished in the sum of two races in two minutes and 9.38 seconds. The second place was taken by the four of the German Francesco Friedrich, who gave in to the Latvian crew by 0.16 seconds, but the best three was finished by the Russian pilot Rostislav Gaitjukevich, who was 0.28 seconds behind the winner.
Kibermanis completed the track in a minute and 4.69 seconds on the first race and was in the lead after the first race. The second position was taken by the Russian pilot Gaitjukevich, whose crew was 0.15 seconds behind Kibermann, but the top three was completed by the German Friedrich’s four, conceding 0.19 seconds.
It has already been reported that Cipulis with pushers Ivo Dan Kleinberg, Lauri Kaufman, Christ Lindenblat made several mistakes in the first race, as a result of which he took only the 22nd second place and did not qualify for the second race, lagging behind Kiberman by 1.3 seconds and losing the qualifying for the Beijing Olympics. .
Friedrich won the World Cup with 1785 points, Justin Kripss from Canada took the second place with 1530 points, and Gaitjukevich was the third with 1480 points. Kiberman was awarded sixth place for 1395 points.
In the Olympic Games, Latvia has two quotas in two and one in four.
Last year, Latvian crews did not participate in the European Championship, but Friedrich won.
Last season, in the World Cup, there were only four races in the Quartet, and Friedrich won in all of them. The four of Oskars Melbārzs was ranked eighth in the overall standings, but Ķibermanis was in 23rd place, starting in only one of the four stages.
It has already been reported that on Saturday, the crews of Kiberman and Mikni won fourth place in the European Championship, but took fifth place in the World Cup stage, while Cipulis and Kleinberg took 11th and 14th place, respectively.
The end of the season is scheduled for the Beijing Olympics in February.
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