Skeleton
See also: Skeleton at the 2006 Winter Olympics| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's details |
Duff Gibson Canada (CAN) |
Jeff Pain Canada (CAN) |
Gregor Stähli Switzerland (SUI) |
| Women's details |
Maya Pedersen-Bieri Switzerland (SUI) |
Shelley Rudman Great Britain (GBR) |
Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards Canada (CAN) |
Read more about this topic: List Of 2006 Winter Olympics Medal Winners
Famous quotes containing the word skeleton:
“Grammar is a tricky, inconsistent thing. Being the backbone of speech and writing, it should, we think, be eminently logical, make perfect sense, like the human skeleton. But, of course, the skeleton is arbitrary, too. Why twelve pairs of ribs rather than eleven or thirteen? Why thirty-two teeth? It has something to do with evolution and functionalism—but only sometimes, not always. So there are aspects of grammar that make good, logical sense, and others that do not.”
—John Simon (b. 1925)
“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)
“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)