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British slider Amy Williams wins Olympic skeleton gold.
Amy Williams won Britain's first solo Winter Olympics gold medal for 30 years with victory in the women's skeleton. Her achievement is all the more remarkable as Britain does not have a full skeleton track to train on, apart from a dry starting section near Bath!
The Bath slider, 27, broke her own track record on the way to Team GB's first medal of the Vancouver Games in a time of three minutes 35.64 seconds.
German Kerstin Szymkowiak was 0.56 seconds behind in silver with her team-mate Anja Huber taking bronze, while GB's Shelley Rudman finished sixth.
Seems at least the Canadians and the Yanks couldn't accept a Brit beating them though!
The report doesn't mention which other 'LOSERS' complained! ...
A Canadian complaint about the helmet worn by Williams was rejected.
It was the second complaint against the aerodynamics of her helmet after the United States issued a similar protest following the opening two runs on Thursday.
But Williams shrugged off the fuss surrounding the design of her headgear as she capitalised on a 0.30-second overnight lead.....
The United States lodged a complaint, supported by five other nations, against Williams' helmet after Thursday's two runs but it was dismissed by skeleton's international governing body.
The US had claimed ridges on Williams' helmet gave her an illegal aerodynamic advantage.
International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) jury president Wolfgang Strauss said the helmet's manufacturer confirmed the ridges, or spoilers, "are an integral part of the helmet".
Canada then lodged a second complaint after Williams' winning run on Friday but that too was thrown out.
Literally a bunch of whinging 'LOSERS'! Funny how NOBODY complained until she started kicking their sorry asses on Thursday!
http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/skeleton/8520464.stm
Amy Williams won Britain's first solo Winter Olympics gold medal for 30 years with victory in the women's skeleton. Her achievement is all the more remarkable as Britain does not have a full skeleton track to train on, apart from a dry starting section near Bath!
The Bath slider, 27, broke her own track record on the way to Team GB's first medal of the Vancouver Games in a time of three minutes 35.64 seconds.
German Kerstin Szymkowiak was 0.56 seconds behind in silver with her team-mate Anja Huber taking bronze, while GB's Shelley Rudman finished sixth.
Seems at least the Canadians and the Yanks couldn't accept a Brit beating them though!
The report doesn't mention which other 'LOSERS' complained! ...A Canadian complaint about the helmet worn by Williams was rejected.
It was the second complaint against the aerodynamics of her helmet after the United States issued a similar protest following the opening two runs on Thursday.
But Williams shrugged off the fuss surrounding the design of her headgear as she capitalised on a 0.30-second overnight lead.....
The United States lodged a complaint, supported by five other nations, against Williams' helmet after Thursday's two runs but it was dismissed by skeleton's international governing body.
The US had claimed ridges on Williams' helmet gave her an illegal aerodynamic advantage.
International Bobsleigh and Tobogganing Federation (FIBT) jury president Wolfgang Strauss said the helmet's manufacturer confirmed the ridges, or spoilers, "are an integral part of the helmet".
Canada then lodged a second complaint after Williams' winning run on Friday but that too was thrown out.
Literally a bunch of whinging 'LOSERS'!
Funny how NOBODY complained until she started kicking their sorry asses on Thursday!http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/vancouver_2010/skeleton/8520464.stm
