Home-track advantage should play into the hands of Kaillie Humphries and Helen Upperton, especially in an event won and lost by fractions of a second.
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Olympic Contenders: Women's two-man bobsled
- February 22, 2010 11:11 PM |
- By Erin Valois
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Here is a look at the women's two-man bobsled competition, which gets under way at 8 p.m. ET:
The Contenders
With two of the top 5 pilots on the World Cup tour, this is one of those events the Canadian Olympic Committee is banking on for a medal. But we all know how that's worked out so far at these Games. Watch out for the Germans, especially Cathleen Martini, who has won four races and finished second on two other occasions this season.
The Top Five (World Cup rankings)
1. Sandra Kiriasis, GER, 1608 pts
2. Kaillie Humphries, CAN, 1563
3. Cathleen Martini, GER, 1545
4. Shauna Rohbock, USA, 1530
5. Helen Upperton, CAN, 1442
Canadian Medal Hopes
Home-track advantage should play into the hands of Kaillie Humphries and Helen Upperton, especially in an event won and lost by fractions of a second. Humphries had three podium finishes in her last four races prior to the Games, with the other being a fourth. Upperton, meanwhile, will be relying on her experience of having competed in Turin, where she just missed out on a bronze.
The Dark Horse
They've already dominated the slopes, why not the track? American pilots Shauna Rohbock, Erin Pac and Bree Schaaf are all ranked in the top 10 this season. Rohbock won at Whistler a year ago during a test event.
James Madge, National Post
About the Author
- Bruce Arthur Bruce Arthur is the National Post's national sports columnist. A Vancouver native, he has been with the Post since 2001, and a columnist since 2005. He is covering his second Olympics, after the 2008 Games in Beijing. He expects these Games to be slightly less propagandistic, and for China to win slightly fewer medals.
- Joe O'Connor Joe O'Connor is a roving sports feature writer with an open-ended beat. He joined the National Post in 2002, and has spent the past seven years bouncing from sport to sport, offering fresh perspectives and delivering unique stories wherever he goes. Whether it has been getting Don Cherry to open up about his love life; George Chuvalo to talk about heartbreaking loss; or racing down the side of a mountain with former Crazy Canuck, Dave Irwin, the veteran Postie chases a story wherever it leads. Before joining the newspaper he was a two-time silver medalist at the National Magazine Awards. Vancouver will be his first Olympics.
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