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The women's
skeleton A skeleton is the structural frame that supports the body of an animal. There are several types of skeletons, including the exoskeleton, which is the stable outer shell of an organism, the endoskeleton, which forms the support structure inside ...
at the
2006 Winter Olympics The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially the XX Olympic Winter Games ( it, XX Giochi olimpici invernali) and also known as Torino 2006, were a winter multi-sport event held from 10 to 26 February 2006 in Turin, Italy. This marked the second t ...
took place on 16 February, at the Cesana Pariol.


Results

Two-time world champion Maya Pedersen set the two fastest times to win the gold medal, Switzerland's first gold of the games.
Shelley Rudman Shelley Rudman (born 23 March 1981) is a former skeleton bobsleigh athlete. She was the 2013 world champion in the event, won an Olympic silver medal at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games in skeleton and is a former World Cup and European champion ...
won silver, Great Britain's only medal of the games. Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards took bronze for
Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot ...
, the first Olympic medal in skeleton won by a Canadian athlete. Rudman's hometown of Pewsey, Wiltshire held a twelve-hour
canoe marathon Canoe marathon is a paddling sport in which athletes paddle a kayak (double-bladed paddle) or canoe (single-bladed paddle) over a long distance to the finish line. The International Canoe Federation states the standard distances are at least with ...
to raise money to help her go to Turin after she was disqualified from the 2005 world championships in
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for her sled being overweight after she was denied funding by the British Bobsleigh and Skeleton Federation. Pederson trained for the event by watching a video of the course on a big screen in her living room while lying down on her sled on a table.Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Skeleton: Women". In ''The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition'' London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 178-9.


References

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