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British bob pair eye medal chance
21 February 2006
British pair Nicola Minichiello and Jackie Davies clocked the fastest second run to boost their chance of a women's bobsleigh medal.
Taken from bbc.co.uk/sport
The duo lie in sixth place, just 0.34 seconds off the overnight lead, going into Tuesday's final two runs.
Favourites Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze led a German 1-2 after the opening two efforts.
But Davies, a corporal in the British Army, said: "We're going for gold. In bobsleigh anything can happen."
The leaders' combined time of one minute 54.93 seconds put them 0.08 secs ahead of compatriots Susi Erdmann and Nicole Herschmann.
The USA's Shauna Roebuck and Valerie Fleming are in third.
Minichiello and Davies recorded the fastest second-run time of 57.49 secs to move up from eighth to sixth place.
Their combined time stands at 1:55.27 - just 0.34 secs behind the leaders and only 0.25 secs outside of a bronze medal place.
"Going into the second day we know we can hold it together because mentally we're really, really strong," said Davies.
"The other girls out in front are there for the taking."
After the disappointment of their initial slide, the British pair slashed 0.29 seconds off their first-run time.
"The first run was frustrating," Minichiello told BBC Sport. "I allowed the nerves to get to me a little and I drove very mechanically.
"But the second run was the fastest of all the drivers. We now just need to do two more runs like that and it will be fantastic."
Minichiello also revealed that before their second run, the duo studied a video of their first slide and were able to pinpoint their errors.
Knowing precisely where they went wrong helped them to deliver a far smoother second drive and a much faster time.
Dropping down a place in the second run to fourth were the Canadian pair of Helen Upperton and Heather Moyse.
Driver Upperton, 27, who was born in Kuwait but raised in Calgary, holds dual British and Canadian nationality because her parents are both from Hampshire.
The Netherlands I sled did not start the second run after suffering a bad crash in the first, when the bob rolled over and slid around several corners before coming to a rest.
Driver Ilse Broeders and brakewoman Jeanette Pennings were, however, able to walk away and appeared not to have sustained any serious injury although they will take no further part in the Games.
The duo lie in sixth place, just 0.34 seconds off the overnight lead, going into Tuesday's final two runs.
Favourites Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze led a German 1-2 after the opening two efforts.
But Davies, a corporal in the British Army, said: "We're going for gold. In bobsleigh anything can happen."
The leaders' combined time of one minute 54.93 seconds put them 0.08 secs ahead of compatriots Susi Erdmann and Nicole Herschmann.
The USA's Shauna Roebuck and Valerie Fleming are in third.
Minichiello and Davies recorded the fastest second-run time of 57.49 secs to move up from eighth to sixth place.
Their combined time stands at 1:55.27 - just 0.34 secs behind the leaders and only 0.25 secs outside of a bronze medal place.
"Going into the second day we know we can hold it together because mentally we're really, really strong," said Davies.
"The other girls out in front are there for the taking."
After the disappointment of their initial slide, the British pair slashed 0.29 seconds off their first-run time.
"The first run was frustrating," Minichiello told BBC Sport. "I allowed the nerves to get to me a little and I drove very mechanically.
"But the second run was the fastest of all the drivers. We now just need to do two more runs like that and it will be fantastic."
Minichiello also revealed that before their second run, the duo studied a video of their first slide and were able to pinpoint their errors.
Knowing precisely where they went wrong helped them to deliver a far smoother second drive and a much faster time.
Dropping down a place in the second run to fourth were the Canadian pair of Helen Upperton and Heather Moyse.
Driver Upperton, 27, who was born in Kuwait but raised in Calgary, holds dual British and Canadian nationality because her parents are both from Hampshire.
The Netherlands I sled did not start the second run after suffering a bad crash in the first, when the bob rolled over and slid around several corners before coming to a rest.
Driver Ilse Broeders and brakewoman Jeanette Pennings were, however, able to walk away and appeared not to have sustained any serious injury although they will take no further part in the Games.