Switzerland's Maya Pedersen totaled 1.59.83 to win the gold
medal in the women's skeleton competition of the Turin Winter
Olympics on Thursday.
Britain's Shelley Rudman, 1.23 off pace, took the silver and
Canadan Mellisa Hollingsworth-Richards got the bronze in
2:01.41.
(Xinhua?News Agency?February 17, 2006)