2014 Olympics - Women's Skeleton

From Sochi, Russia

The entire 2013/2014 FIBT season was dominated by two women: Lizzy Yarnold and Noelle Pikus-Pace. Coming into the second day of women’s skeleton, Yarnold saw herself with a solid lead over Pikus-Pace that was stretched to .78 after the third heat. That’s all she needed, but still managed to pick up another two tenths to win by just under a second. It’s the second gold for Great Britain in as many Olympics. Pikus-Pace took silver easily, while Elena Nikitina held off a huge charge by American Katie Uhlaender to take bronze. Uhlaender finished just .04 off the podium, while Olga Potylitsina finished fifth.

Canada was never a factor for medals this week in women’s skeleton. Sarah Reid, though, spent the entire race easily in the top ten, finishing in seventh. Teammate Mellisa Hollingsworth had a huge final run to finished tied for 11th with New Zealand’s Katharine Eustace. Shelley Rudman finished 16th for Great Britain.

Results:

Pos	Name	Nation	Draw	Run 1	Run 2	Run 3	Run 4	Total
1	Elizabeth Yarnold	GBR	2	58.43	58.46	57.91	58.10	3:52.89
2	Noelle Pikus-Pace	USA	1	58.68	58.65	58.25	58.28	3:53.86
3	Elena Nikitina	RUS	12	58.48	58.96	58.33	58.53	3:54.30
4	Katie Uhlaender	USA	15	58.83	58.75	58.41	58.35	3:54.34
5	Olga Potylitsina	RUS	13	59.00	58.75	58.13	58.52	3:54.40
6	Maria Orlova	RUS	10	58.97	59.02	58.30	58.43	3:54.72
7	Sarah Reid	CAN	16	59.14	59.17	58.27	58.15	3:54.73
8	Anja Huber	GER	5	59.17	59.13	58.63	58.31	3:55.24
9	Janine Flock	AUT	4	59.47	59.39	58.61	58.56	3:56.03
10	Sophia Griebel	GER	8	59.43	59.20	58.74	58.75	3:56.12
11	Mellisa Hollingsworth	CAN	17	59.68	59.70	58.68	58.15	3:56.21
11	Katharine Eustace	NZL	9	59.52	59.46	58.69	58.54	3:56.21
13	Marion Thees	GER	6	59.25	59.42	58.89	58.67	3:56.23
14	Michelle Steele	AUS	11	59.42	59.41	58.76	58.69	3:56.28
15	Lelde Priedulena	LAT	19	59.73	59.31	58.73	58.51	3:56.28
16	Shelley Rudman	GBR	3	59.46	59.33	58.82	58.86	3:56.47
17	Lucy Chaffer	AUS	14	60.16	59.25	58.74	58.49	3:56.64
18	Marina Gilardoni	SUI	7	59.77	59.79	58.77	58.41	3:56.74
19	Nozomi Komuro	JPN	18	59.94	59.82	59.24	58.76	3:57.76
20	Maria Marinela Mazilu	ROU	20	59.99	59.89	59.63	59.11	3:58.62