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Will start tomorrow morning at 08.30 Italian first four rounds of the women's skeleton. Quest'' today the athletes at the end of the last rehearsals took part in the award ceremony of the chest.
Wednesday 12 February 2014 4 minutes reading time
At the Olympics as it happens even to the world, the starting list is not decided on the basis of'' extraction of numbers, but the skelettoniste better placed in the FIBT ranking is granted the privilege to choose the bib before the start of the descent.
The two big favorites Eve, Noelle Pikus-Pace and Elizabeth Yarnold (pictured), namely the two dominating the World Cup season just passed, will start with bib number 1 and 2 respectively. This choice is not surprising that much, because with the various steps of the athletes with the high temperatures and the track of the Olympic Sliding Center Sanki will surely deteriorate penalizing the latest starters, so start with a low number will provide a big advantage.
In addition to Pikus-Pace and Yarnold,'' will be to keep an eye on the world champion Shelley Rudman (3), the German Huber (5) and Thees (6), the'' American Uhlaender (15) and of course the athletes Orlova house (10), Nikitina (12) and Potylitsina (13).
The second run will start from the hours 09:40 Italian.
Starting List Skeleton Women
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1
USA
Noelle Pikus-PACE
2
2
GBR
Elizabeth Yarnold
3
3
GBR
Shelley Rudman
4
4
AUT
Janine FLOCK
5
5
GER
Anja Huber
6
6
GER
Marion Thees
7
7
ON
Marina GILARDONI
8
8
GER
Sophia Griebel
9
9
NZL
Katharine EUSTACE
10
10
RUS
Mary ORLOVA
11
11
AUS
Michelle Steele
12
12
RUS
Elena Nikitina
13
13
RUS
Olga POTYLITSINA
14
14
AUS
Lucy Chaffer
15
15
USA
Katie UHLAENDER
16
16
CAN
Sarah REID
17
17
CAN
Mellisa HOLLINGSWORTH
18
18
JPN
Nozomi Komuro
19
19
LAT
Lelde PRIEDULENA
20
20
ROU
Maria Marinela Mazilu
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