Skeleton
Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards won a bronze medal in Skeleton, thus becoming the first Canadian to win an Olympic medal in the event. A day later, Duff Gibson became the first Canadian to win a Gold medal in the event after taking the Men's Gold. Fellow Canadian Jeff Pain won the Silver medal, and there were chances of a Bronze as well; however, their teammate placed fourth.
Gibson, 39, became the oldest competitor to win an individual gold medal in Winter Olympics history, surpassing Al MacInnis as the oldest Canadian to win a gold medal. MacInnis won gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics on the Canadian men's hockey team.
| Athlete | Event | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | Rank | ||
| Lindsay Alcock | Women's | 1:01.26 | 1:01.59 | 2:02.85 | 10 |
| Paul Boehm | Men's | 58.61 | 58.45 | 1:57.06 | 4 |
| Duff Gibson | Men's | 57.80 | 58.08 | 1:55.88 | |
| Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards | Women's | 1:00.39 | 1:01.02 | 2:01.41 | |
| Jeff Pain | Men's | 57.98 | 58.16 | 1:56.14 | |
Read more about this topic: Canada At The 2006 Winter Olympics
Famous quotes containing the word skeleton:
“that skeleton wearing his bones like a broiler,
or his righteousness like a swastika.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)
“The Queen has lands and gold, Mother
The Queen has lands and gold,
While you are forced to your empty breast
A skeleton Babe to hold”
—Amelia Edwards (1831–1892)
“The bone-frame was made for
no such shock knit within terror,
yet the skeleton stood up to it:
the flesh? it was melted away,
the heart burnt out, dead ember,
tendons, muscles shattered, outer husk dismembered....”
—Hilda Doolittle (1886–1961)