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EVENTS Alpine Skiing At The 2006 Winter Olympics In the Super G Downhill, Chemmy Alcott is a rare female competitor in a historically male-dominated GB team. Noel Baxter , Alain Baxter and James Leuzinger were the mens representatives in the Slalom , and the Baxters also raced in the Giant Slalom . Finlay Mickel and Roger Cruickshank were the men's Downhill and Super G skiiers. In the Men's Downhill, Finlay Mickel finished 25th, 2.68 seconds behind the winner Antoine Deneriaz . Roger Cruickshank, skiing with a knee-brace, finished 37th, 5.85 behind. Noel Baxter finished 14th in the Men's Combined. Cruickshank also finished 37th in the Giant Slalom before announcing his retirement from skiing. Chemmy Alcott impressed as she finished 11th in the Women's Downhill, but was disqualified from the Combined due to a technical infringment with the width of her skis. Biathlon At The 2006 Winter Olympics Tom Clemens was the 20km Individual and 10km Sprint GB representative. The women's 15km Individual and 7.5km Sprint choice was Emma Fowler . Clemens finished 79th in the Sprint and 57th in the 20km, while Fowler finished 79th in the 15km. Bobsleigh At The 2006 Winter Olympics The men chosen for the 2-man and 4-man bobsleigh event were: Marcus Adam , Dan Humphries , Lee Johnston , Karl Johnston and Martin Wright . Women for the 2-man event were Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Davies Curling At The 2006 Winter Olympics Britain sent two teams to the Olympic curling competition. All of the members of both teams were Scottish . The women's team were the defending Olympic gold medallists. The members of the men's team were Euan Byers , Ewan McDonald , David Murdoch , Warwick Smith and Craig Wilson . The members of the women's team were Kelly Wood , Lynn Cameron , Deborah Knox , Jacqueline Lockhart , and Rhona Martin . The men lost the bronze medal match to the USA while the women did not progress past the round-robin initial round. Figure Skating At The 2006 Winter Olympics The British figure skating representatives were Sinéad Kerr and her brother John Kerr , who competed in Ice Dancing . They hail from Scotland and Turin was their first Olympic games. Luge At The 2006 Winter Olympics The British luge participants for 2006 were Mark Hatton and AJ Rosen . Hatton finished a disappointing 35th place after coming off his luge on his third run of four, although he stayed in contact with the luge and remounted. Rosen finished in 16th place. Men's Singles Luge Short Track Speed Skating At The 2006 Winter Olympics The men's short track speed skating team was John Eley and Paul Stanley . The women's team was Sarah Lindsay and Joanna Williams . Lindsay participated in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. This was the first Olympics in which Great Britain and Northern Ireland sent a full short track speed skating team. Men's 500 m
: Qualifying Heats - 0:42.511 (Heat 2; 2nd place) : Quarterfinals - 0:42.424 (Quarterfinal 3; 2nd place) : Semifinals - 0:42.650 (Semifinal 1; 3rd place) : Finals - 0:42.497 (5th place)
: Qualifying Heats - 0:43.486 (Heat 7; 4th place - did not advance) Men's 1000 m
:Qualifying Heats - 1:28.511 (Heat 1; 4th place) (did not advance)
: Qualifying Heats - 1:29.147 (Heat 2; 3rd place) (did not advance) Men's 1500 m
:Qualifying Heats - 2:23.887 (Heat 1; 3rd place) :Semifinals - 2:21.862 (Semifinal 1; 5th place) (did not advance) Women's 500 m
:Qualifying Heats - 0:46.290 (Heat 8; 2nd place) :Quarterfinals - 1:09.785 (Quarterfinal 2; 3rd place) :Semifinals - 0:46.060 (Semifinal 1; 5th place) (did not advance)
:Qualifying Heats - 0:46.857 (Heat 1; 3rd place) (did not advance) Women's 1000 m
: Qualifying Heats - 1:35.539 (Heat 2, 3rd place - did not advance) Women's 1500 m
: Qualifying Heats - 2:38.460 (Heat 6; 3rd place) : Semifinals - 2:29.173 (Semifinal 3; 6th place) (did not advance) Skeleton Two men and one woman skeleton athletes traveled to Turin. Shelley Rudman was selected as the woman's sole representative; the men were Kristan Bromley and Adam Pengilly Shelley Rudman won the silver medal in the women's event, while Bromley and Pengilly finished fifth and eighth respectively. Men's Skeleton Women's Skeleton Snowboarding The GB team made its début on the Olympic halfpipe in 2006. Kate Foster , Zoe Gillings , Lesley McKenna and Daniel Wakeham made up the young quartet. Wakeham finished 26th in Men's Halfpipe qualifying, missing the final. Gillings qualified 12th for the Snowboard Cross quarter-finals (a new event for the Winter Olympics) with a time of 1:31. She failed to progress further, being taken out of the heat following a collision. Halfpipe Men's Halfpipe In Men’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 men from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 39.4 - 43.8 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 37.9 - 45.3 points. Shaun White from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.8 points. Andy Finch of the United States had the lowest final score of 24.7 points and took 12th place. Women’s Halfpipe In Women’s Halfpipe, there were two qualifying runs. The top 6 women from each qualifying run were advanced to the finals. In the first qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from 34.5 - 44.9 points. In the second qualifying run, the top 6 scores ranged from a 34.8 - 43.1 points. Hannah Teter from the United States won the gold medal with a final run score of 46.4 points. Chikako Fushimi of Japan had the lowest final score of 15.6 points and took 12th place. Snowboard Cross Women's Snowboard Cross SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINK |
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