Lake Placid (pps) Host U.S.A. has dominated the Nationscup on home track in Lake Placid, New York. The athletes of head coach Miroslav Zajonc celebrated three double victories. The Winners are former Junior World Champion Kate Hansen, Chris Mazdzer, who finished on 6th place last week at the Worlds at Whistler/Canada, and Matthew Mortensen–Preston Griffall in double’s race.

Kate Hansen sent her teammate and Junior World Champion Emily Sweeney to second place. Third place went to Eliza Tieuma from Latvia. Mortensen-Griffall won in front of their team-mates Jake Hyrns-Andrew Sherk followed by Paul Ifrim-Andrei Anghed from Romania. Chris Mazdzer took home victory ahead of his team mate Taylor Morris. Third place went to Canada’s Sam Edney, who realized 5th place at the Worlds last week.

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