Английская Википедия:Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track
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The Altenberg bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track is a venue in Germany for bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton. Located in Saxony in eastern Germany, it is northwest of Altenberg, near the border with the Czech Republic.
History
Altenberg raced bobsleigh as early as 1908 on a natural track going downhill. By the late 1970s, the East Germans were already successful in luge, and had increasing success in bobsleigh. This included a total of six Winter Olympic medals in bobsleigh in 1976 and 1980, along with five world bobsleigh championship medals between 1977 and 1979.[1][2][3][4] In order to increase East Germany's effort to win more bobsleigh and luge medals both at the Winter Olympics and their respective sport's world championships, a track was constructed.[5] The track at Altenberg was constructed under the order of then-Stasi (Ministry for State Security in East Germany) Minister Erich Mielke.
Construction began in 1981 under restrictive access with a wire fence and armed patrols from the Landstreitkräfte (East German National People's Army) on orders from Mielke.[6] By 1983, construction was completed though trials were less than successful. This would result in turns 11 and 12 being destroyed and rebuilt. It was not until late 1986 when the track was officially completed with homologation received from both the International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) and the International Luge Federation (FIL) the following year.[6] The track was part of the training used by SG Dynamo Zinnwald/ SV Dynamo until the 1990 German reunification.[7][8] Men's skeleton first competed in 1992.[9]
In 1997, the women's single luge start house was created before turn three after being shared with the men's double luge start house before turn seven from 1989 to 1996.[10] Women's skeleton first began competition in 1999 while women's bobsleigh first started the following year.[11][12][13] An 18th curve was modified during the summer of 2007 with the addition of a finish curve and straightaway.[14]
Over the weekend of 1–3 February 2008, the track hosted the 200th FIL Luge World Cup event, which began in December 1977.[15] The track was awarded the 2012 FIL World Luge Championships at the 2008 FIL Congress in Calgary, Canada, on 28 June of that year, following Whistler's bid withdrawal.[16][17] Refurbishment of the track for the 2012 World Luge Championships was projected to cost €1.4 million, which included modernizing the electronics and refrigeration system and renovation of the women's and junior start houses.[5][18]
Track technical details
The track is powered by four refrigeration condensers each with a Шаблон:Convert capacity which combined can keep the track frozen at ambient conditions up to Шаблон:Convert.[19] Its storage tanks hold up to Шаблон:Convert of ammonia, generating the equivalent of 12,000 household refrigerators.[19] There a total of fifty sensors located throughout the track with its staff contacted at a moment's notice if anything bad occurs.[19] Monitoring is done by closed-circuit television to further enhance track security[19] The icing of the track starts in October, taking eight workers one week to evenly ice the track to a layer of Шаблон:Convert at a temperature of Шаблон:Convert.[19]
Statistics
Sport[14] | Length | Turns |
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Bobsleigh and skeleton | Шаблон:Convert | 17 |
Luge - men's singles | Шаблон:Convert | 17 |
Luge - women's singles | Шаблон:Convert | 15 |
Luge - men's doubles, team relay and junior | Шаблон:Convert | 11 |
The vertical drop is Шаблон:Convert from the bobsleigh start, with a maximum grade of 15% and an average grade of 8.66%. The elevation at the base is Шаблон:Convert above sea level.[20]
Image | Turn number | Name | Reason named |
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Omega Kurve | 3, 4, 5 | Omega | After the Omega shape. |
Image not found | 6, 7, 8, 9 | Labyrinth | Four turns in quick succession without a straight (labyrinth) |
Spirale turn | 10. | Kreisel | 320-degree Kreisel (circular) curve. |
Ziel kurve. | 15, 16, 17 | Zielkreisel | "Finish curve" in Шаблон:In lang. Also a Kreisel curve. |
Turns 1, 2, 11–14, and 18 have no names listed in the track diagram.[14] Turn 18 is followed by a Bremshang, a finish/braking straight.
Sport | Record | Nation - athlete(s) | Date | Time (seconds) |
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Bobsleigh two-man | Start | Шаблон:GER - André Lange & Kevin Kuske | 20 December 2003 | 5.12 |
Bobsleigh two-man | Track | Шаблон:RUS - Alexandre Zoubkov & Alexey Voevoda | 7 January 2017 | 54.48 |
Bobsleigh four-man | Start | Шаблон:GER - Christoph Langen, Sven Rühr, Markus Zimmermann, & Olav Hampel | 12 January 1996 | 5.04 |
Bobsleigh four-man | Track | Шаблон:GER - André Lange, René Hoppe, Kevin Kuske, & Martin Putze | 24 February 2008 | 53.17 |
Bobsleigh two-woman | Start[22] | Шаблон:CAN - Kaillie Humphries & Heather Moyse | 19 December 2009 | 5.74 |
Bobsleigh two-woman | Track[22] | Шаблон:CAN - Helen Upperton & Jennifer Ciochetti | 19 December 2009 | 56.79 |
Skeleton - men's | Start | Aleksandr Tretyakov - Шаблон:RUS | 10 February 2007 | 4.90 |
Skeleton - men's | Track | Christopher Grotheer - Шаблон:GER | 7 January 2017 | 56.20 |
Skeleton - women's | Start | Kerstin Jürgens - Шаблон:GER | 8 January 2005 | 5.51 |
Skeleton - women's | Track | Anja Huber - Шаблон:GER | 5 January 2008 | 58.86 |
Luge - men's singles | Start[23] | Johannes Ludwig - Шаблон:GER | 5 December 2009 | 7.555 |
Luge - men's singles | Track[23] | Albert Demtschenko - Шаблон:RUS | 26 November 2005 | 54.222 |
Luge - women's singles | Start[24] | Natalie Geisenberger - Шаблон:GER | 6 December 2009 | 6.054 |
Luge - women's singles | Track[24] | Sylke Otto - Шаблон:GER | 27 November 2005 | 53.091 |
Luge - men's doubles | Start[25] | Шаблон:GER - Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt | 22 January 2009 | 6.202 |
Luge - men's doubles | Track[25] | Шаблон:GER - Tobias Wendl & Tobias Arlt | 2 February 2008 | 42.109 |
Championships hosted
- FIBT World Championships: 1991 (bobsleigh),[3] 1994 (men's skeleton),[26] 2000 (men's bobsleigh),[3] 2008[3]
- FIL European Luge Championships: 2002, 2016[27]
- FIL World Luge Championships: 1996[28] 2012[17]
References
External links
- FIBT track profile - Click on video for ride down the track. It will show the bobsleigh-skeleton part intersecting with the men's single luge track prior to turn one, the women's single luge track prior to turn three, and the men's doubles luge track prior to turn seven.
- FIL-Luge track profile
- Official website Шаблон:In lang
- RSBV.de profile with the track. Шаблон:In lang
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- ↑ Bobsleigh two-man Olympic medalists: 1932–56 and since 1964
- ↑ Bobsleigh four-man Olympic medalists: 1924, 1932-56, and since 1964
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 3,3 Bobsleigh two-man world championship medalists since 1931 Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ Bobsleigh four-man world championships medalists since 1930 Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ 5,0 5,1 RSBV.de link on luge at Altenberg. - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 RSBV.de link on bobsleigh at Altenberg. Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Link to proof the Dynamo track Шаблон:WebarchiveШаблон:In lang
- ↑ SV Dynamo bobsleigh link Шаблон:WebarchiveШаблон:In lang
- ↑ Historical track records of men's skeleton since 1992 at Altenberg. Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Historical track records of luge women's singles track records since 1986 at Altenberg Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Historical track records of women's skeleton since 1999 at Altenberg Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Two-woman bobsleigh track records since 2000 at Altenberg Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ RSBV.de skeleton history at the Altenberg track.Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ 14,0 14,1 14,2 Track profile Шаблон:In lang - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Шаблон:FIL-Luge link (30 January 2008 article accessed 2 December 2009.)
- ↑ Шаблон:FIL-Luge link (29 April 2008 article accessed 2 December 2009).
- ↑ 17,0 17,1 Шаблон:FIL-Luge link (28 June 2008 article accessed 2 December 2009.)
- ↑ Шаблон:FIL-Luge link (11 May 2009 article accessed 2 December 2009)
- ↑ 19,0 19,1 19,2 19,3 19,4 Technical details of Altenberg. - accessed 2 December 2009.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ List of track records at Altenberg current as of 2 December 2009 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ 22,0 22,1 Шаблон:FIBT link (19 December 2009 article accessed 19 December 2009.)
- ↑ 23,0 23,1 FIL Luge World Cup Altenberg 5 December 2009 men's singles results. - accessed 5 December 2009.
- ↑ 24,0 24,1 FIL Luge World Cup Altenberg 6 December 2009 women's singles results. - accessed 6 December 2009.
- ↑ 25,0 25,1 FIL Luge World Cup Altenberg 5 December 2009 doubles results. - accessed 5 December 2009.
- ↑ FIBT men's skeleton world championships men's skeleton results since 1989 Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ FIL European Luge Championships men's singles results since 1914 Шаблон:Webarchive
- ↑ FIL World Luge Championships men's single results since 1955 Шаблон:Webarchive
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