Novouralsk (ck) - Athletes from three different nations claimed the top spots in the three events. After Austria’s Christoph Regensburger/Dominik Holzknecht won the first gold medal on the first day of the 32nd European Junior Championships, Sara Bachmann won gold for Italy and Egor Dorofeev for Russia. Dorofeev became the most successful athlete of the championships with a gold medal in the singles and silver in the doubles race, followed by Christoph Regensburger with gold in doubles and bronze in singles. Sara Bachmann stayed cool about her win: “I started great into the competition yesterday and I gave my best today. I was quite relaxed and not nervous”, she said. Her win was a close finish, as after the second run she was ranked second behind the eventual silver medallist Darija Melejeva (RUS). Bronze medallist Greta Pinggera (ITA) was not pleased, even though she worked hard for her medal. ranked only fifth after the first run, she gained one rank after the second run and finally made the podium with an excellent third run. “This title was my big goal of this season and I know that I could have won it. However, the best should win and I screwed up yesterday”, she said and seeks for the reason within herself: “I was too tense, I wanted too much, so I could not race as freely as I usually can”. Petra Dragicevic (SLO) performed well once again and managed to place herself at the sixth position within the Russian-Italian group at the top of the result sheet. Germany managed to place two athletes within the top ten, but had to forfeit their up-and-coming rookie Theresa Maurer, who was disqualified after the first run because of an irregularity on her sled (too steep steels). The men’s event, in the past dominated by Italy or Austria, saw a Russian win. Egor Dorofeev could as well be one of the future stars. With three fastest run times he upset the field by a 1.6 seconds winning margin and won without any troubles. “I am deeply impressed that I managed to win a medal for Russia here”, he said. “But it was a difficult race, there was a lot of competition and very strong competition.” The strongest competition came from Austria in the name of Florian Glatzl, who gave an impressive comeback after a one year injury break. “It is an incredible feeling for me, this are my second European Junior Championships and I am on the podium”, he said full of joy. Glatzl, who originally comes from Tyrol, lives in Styria as a full time student and will graduate from high school this year. “It was difficult here, the ice is very different here than at home”, he said full of respect of the “Green cape” track. In a tight finish Christoph Regensburger defeated his double partner Dominik Holzknecht and claimed the bronze medal. “I would rather have pushed somebody else off the podium”, Regensburger said, ”but last year he was faster than me, today I am faster, this is how it goes in sports.” Regensburger competed for the last time in the junior’s class: “From now on my full focus is on the senior class and my goal is to place myself in the top field, not the middle field”. Results: Final Results Junior Women (17): 1. Sara BACHMANN (ITA), 1:03,71(1), 1:03,72(2), 1:03,54(1), 3:10,97 2. Darija MALEJEVA (RUS), 1:03,79(2), 1:03,46(1), 1:03,97(3), 3:11,22 3. Greta PINGGERA (ITA), 1:04,39(5), 1:03,84(4), 1:03,91(2), 3:12,14 4. Lubov STARIKOVA (RUS), 1:04,38(4), 1:03,81(3), 1:04,02(4), 3:12,21 5. Carmen PLANÖTSCHER (ITA), 1:04,16(3), 1:04,08(5), 1:04,07(5), 3:12,31 6. Petra DRAGICEVIC (SLO), 1:04,49(6), 1:05,05(6), 1:04,58(6), 3:14,12 7. Maria KAMAREVTSEVA (RUS), 1:05,32(7), 1:07,51(11), 1:06,27(7), 3:19,10 8. Michelle DIEPOLD (AUT), 1:08,10(12), 1:06,60(8), 1:06,71(8), 3:21,41 9. Michaela NIEMETZ (GER), 3:22,34 10. Martina ROWOLD (GER), 3:23,92 Final Results Junior Men (23): 1. Egor DOROFEEV (RUS), 1:01,44(1), 1:01,13(1), 1:01,34(1), 3:03,91 2. Florian GLATZL (AUT), 1:01,56(2), 1:02,09(2), 1:01,86(2), 3:05,51 3. Christoph REGENSBURGER (AUT), 1:02,10(4), 1:02,41(3), 1:01,94(3), 3:06,45 4. Dominik HOLZKNECHT (AUT), 1:01,99(3), 1:02,44(4), 1:02,06(4), 3:06,49 5. Thomas UNTERHOLZNER (ITA), 1:03,13(5), 1:02,88(7), 1:02,48(5), 3:08,49 6. Martin KERSCHBAUMER (ITA), 1:03,38(8), 1:02,64(5), 1:02,90(6), 3:08,92 7. Aleksei MARTIANOV (RUS), 1:03,58(11), 1.02,65(6), 1:02,94(7), 3:09,17 8. Dominik KIRCHMAIR (AUT), 1:03,23(6), 1:02,99(8), 1:03,09(8), 3:09,31 9. Anatolii TALALOV (RUS), 1:03,42(9), 1:03,10(10), 1:04,34(10), 3:10,86 10. Ruslan