2010 Winter Olympics
From news on athletes, tickets, facilities and the border, Adventure writer Craig Hill takes you inside the ramp up to the 2010 Winter Olympics. Just 175 miles north of Tacoma, the Vancouver, B.C., games will likely be the closest the Olympics ever come to the South Sound region. Reach Craig via e-mail at craig.hill@thenewstribune.com.
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A look inside the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, B.C.
Thursday, February 5th, 2009
Posted by Craig Hill @ 06:18:35 pm

The women’s skeleton just wrapped up here at Whistler. The verdict: Look out for Germany in 2010.

Germans Shelley Rudman, Anja Huber and Marion Trott swept the race. Katie Uhlaender was the top American. She finished fourth.

Melisa Hollingsworth of Canada looked as if she would win the event after winning the first heat. But pour turn dropped her ninth place.

Michelle Kelly of Canada was upset with her run.

“The good news is we have the home field advantage,” Kelly said. “We have a whole year to train on this track before the Olympics and nobody else has that.”

Noelle Pikus-Pace of Utah finished eighth.

“It’s different than any track I’ve been on,” Pikus-Pace said. “But I like it. The ice is like glass. It’s a good course.”