GOLD: Helena Jonsson, SWE
SILVER: Anna Carin Olofsson-Zidek, SWE
BRONZE: Magdalena Neuener, GERWOMEN'S SUPER COMBINED
GOLD: Lindsey Vonn, USA
SILVER: Maria Reisch, GER
BRONZE: Anja Paersson, SWE
Dark Horse: Julia Mancuso, USA
WOMEN'S SKELETON (3:00)
The German women have reached the big tim this season, but the field is also wide open. Four winners and seven medal winners. The two Americans Noelle Pikus-Pace and Katie Uehlander have been just behind the main contenders, but are outside shots. Uhlaender, a former two-time World Cup overall champ is still recovering from a shattered knee cap in a spring snowmobile injury.
GOLD: Mellisa Hollingsworth, CAN
SILVER: Kerstin Szymkowiak, GER
BRONZE: Shelley Rudman, GBR
Other contenders: Marion Trott, GER (the World Champion suffers from horrible starts, but is the best driver along the course); Anja Huber, GER; Amy Gough, CAN; Noelle Pikus-Pace, USA; Katie Uhlaender, USA; Michelle Kelly, CAN; Amy Williams, GBR; Maya Pedersen, SUI; Svetlana Trunova, RUS; Emma Lincoln-Smith, AUS GOLD:
MEN'S SKELETON (3:00)
Five men have won World Cup races this season, and nine have made the podium. Martins Dukurs won the overall title handily, capturing four races. Alexander Tretiakov has the fastest start by a wide margin, but has been inconsistent, placing between 2nd and 15th this season. Ertic Bernotas captured the race in St. Moritz, but did not place higher than 5th in any other race this season.
The favorites:
GOLD: Martins Dukurs, LAT
SILVER: Jon Montgomery, CAN
BRONZE: Frank Rommel, GER
Other contenders: Alexander Tretiakov, RUS; Michi Hallilovic, GER, Sandro Stielicke, GER; Kristian Bromley, GBR; Tomass Dukurs, LAT ( no medals this year, but three 4ths); Jeff Pain, CAN; Michael Douglas, CAN; Zach Lund, USA
Dark Horse: My personal favorite - World Championship silver medalist Adam Pengilly, GBR - no higher than 10th this year, I stood next to his father as Andy went from ninth to second on the final run in Lake Placid. I'll be pulling for him to repeat his Lake Placid success.
WOMEN'S HALFPIPE (3:30-qualifying; 9:00-final)
GOLD: Kelly Clark, USA
SILVER: Gretchen Bleiler, USA
BRONZE: Sun Zhifeng, CHN
MEN'S 20 KILOMETER BIATHLON (4:00)
GOLD: Christoph Sumann, AUT
SILVER: Serguei Sednov, UKRBRONZE: Tim Burke, USA
WOMEN'S 1000 METER SPEED SKATING (4:00)
GOLD: Christine Nesbitt, CAN
SILVER: Annette Gerritsen, NED
BRONZE: Wang Beixing, CHN
MEN'S FIGURE SKATING (7:45)
I won't change my picks from before the short:
GOLD: Yevgeny Plushenko, RUS
SILVER: Evan Lysacek, USA
BRONZE: Nobunari Oda, JPN
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