The two-woman bobsleigh competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was held at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, on 20–21 February.2010 Winter Olympics bobsleigh schedule. Accessed 6 November 2009.

Going into the event, the German team of Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze (Schneiderheinze-Stöckel since 2007) were the reigning 2006 Olympic Champions,2006 Winter Olympics bobsleigh two-woman results. Accessed 6 November 2009. while Great Britain's team of Nicole Minichiello and Gillian Cooke were the reigning 2009 World Champions.FIBT World Championships 2009 bobsleigh two-woman results. Accessed 5 November 2009. The February 2009 test event held at the Olympic venue was won by the American duo of Shauna Rohbock and Elana Meyers.Whistler Sliding Centre World Cup 6 February 2009 bobsleigh two-woman results. Accessed 6 November 2009. The last 2009–10 Bobsleigh World Cup event took place four weeks prior to the 2010 Games and was won by the American duo of Rohbock and Michelle RzepkaFIBT Bobsleigh World cup Igls 22 January 2010 two-woman results. Accessed 22 January 2010. while Kiriasis had finished on top of the overall 2009–10 World Cup season standings.FIBT Bobsleigh World Cup final two-woman rankings. Accessed 22 January 2010.

Records While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.

The start and track records were set at the test event for the 2010 Games on 6 February 2009.

Type Date Team Time Start 6 February 2009 Erin PacMichelle Rzepka 5.17 Track 6 February 2009 Shauna RohbockElana Meyers 53.53

Qualifying teams On 20 January 2010, the FIBT announced that the following teams had qualified for the 2010 Games: 20 January 2010. Accessed 21 January 2010.)FIBT bobsleigh two-woman quotas for the 2010 Winter Olympics. 20 January 2010. Accessed 21 January 2010. This was finalized on 26 January 2010. 26 January 2010 accessed 27 January 2010.26 January 2010 FIBT bobsleigh two-woman final quota allocation. Accessed 27 January 2010.

Three teams and .

Two teams , , , and .

One team , , , , , , and

Australia was added following a 9 February 2010 Court of Arbitration for Sport decision for inclusion of them in the two-woman event in the wake of the exclusion of Oceania from the event."Australian pair bob up to sleigh their detractors". 11 February 2010 Sydney Morning Herald. Accessed 10 February 2010. In the meantime, Australia recommended that Ireland remain in the event.

Practice Supplemental training was offered on 19 February 2010 to both the two-woman and four-man bobsleigh events out of caution and further preparation for both events that would take place the following week. 19 February 2010. Accessed 19 February 2010. American bobsledder Shona Rohbock expressed concerns on the 19th that the track could generate speeds that are too dangerous for racing."US bobsledder: Whistler track 'stupid fast'". Tom Withers (AP) Yahoo! Sports 20 February 2010. Accessed 20 February 2010. She stated that she had never experienced speeds at even bobsleigh track she had experienced, event at the St. Moritz track. Officials had told Rohbock that they are considering sanding the runners to slow down the sleds to slow down the speeds. Elana Meyers, an American brakewoman, commented on Twitter that same day that "We (referring to her and her driver Erin Pac) went .. that's fast!" Assistant Coach of the US Team, Scott Argir, was also on record about the abnormalities of the track. One crash occurred on the 19th for the two-woman event when Dutch bobsledder Esme Kamphuis crashed out in the final corners of the track.

Minor changes were made to the track on 22 February 2010 after bobsleigh four-man teams from Latvia and Croatia rolled over in supplementary training."Bobsleigh-Whistler track tweaked after further spills". 22 February 2010. Martyn Herman Yahoo! Sports. Accessed 23 February 2010. Following a meeting with 11 team captains, training runs were postponed by the FIBT until later that day to adjust the shape of turn 11 so it would be easier for sleds to get through the rest of the track without crashing. FIBT spokesman Don Krone stated that "...some drivers have been experiencing difficulties transitioning from turn 11 to turn 12." As a result, Krone stated that "The FIBT track commission, in conjunction with VANOC and with advice from a number of team captains, are working on the shape of turn 11 to make it easier for drivers to get high enough on 11 to turn 12 so that they can successfully make it through turn 13." Krone also stated that it was common that the profile of corners were changed when it was being used by other sliding disciplines (luge and skeleton).

Results The first two runs took place on 23 February at 17:00 PST and 18:00 PST. On 24 February, the final two runs took place at 17:00 PST and 18:15 PST. 24 February 2010. Accessed 24 February 2010.

Defending Olympic champion Kiriasis of Germany finished fourth. Meanwhile, defending world champion Minichiello's sled flipped over after turn 12 during the third run, but the British driver and her brakeman Cooke walked away from the crash at the finish line. Minichiello and Cooke decided not to start the final run. In the final run, Russia 2 crashed which kept them at their finishing position of 18th place. Germany 2's team of Martini and Logsch were in fourth place after the third run, but were disqualified after Martini crashed in turn 13, causing Logsch to be ejected from the sled. Test event winners Rohbock and Meyers of the United States, the defending world championship silver medalists, finished sixth and third, respectively. Humphries broke the start record for the first two runs and tied it in the third run while also breaking the track record during the first three runs. Pac had a bad final run, dropping the sled she and Meyers had from second to third. Upperton had the fastest time to move Canada 2 from third to second in the final run. It was the first Olympic medals for all of the top three finishers. 25 February 2010 Accessed 25 February 2010. Meyers was the first woman from the American state of Georgia to win a Winter Olympic medal.

TR = Track Record. Top finish in each run is in boldface.

Rank Bib Country Athletes Run 12010 Winter Olympics 23 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-woman run 1 results. Accessed 24 February 2010. Run 22010 Winter Olympics 23 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-woman run 2 results. Accessed 24 February 2010. Run 32010 Winter Olympics 24 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-woman run 3 results. Accessed 25 February 2010. Run 42010 Winter Olympics 24 February 2010 Bobsleigh two-woman run 4 results. Accessed 25 February 2010. Total Behind 2 Kaillie HumphriesHeather Moyse 53.19-TR 53.01-TR 52.85-TR 53.23 3:32.28 5 Helen UppertonShelley-Ann Brown 53.50 53.12 53.34 53.17 3:33.13 +0.85 6 Erin PacElana Meyers 53.28 53.05 53.29 53.78 3:33.40 +1.12 1 Sandra KiriasisChristin Senkel 53.41 53.23 53.58 53.59 3:33.81 +1.53 9 Bree SchaafEmily Azevedo 53.76 53.33 53.56 53.40 3:34.05 +1.77 4 Shauna RohbockMichelle Rzepka 53.73 53.36 53.53 53.44 3:34.06 +1.78 7 Claudia SchrammJanine Tischer 53.65 53.57 53.81 53.65 3:34.68 +2.40 11 Esme KamphuisTine Veenstra 53.81 53.59 54.09 53.65 3:35.14 +2.86 14 Anastasia SkulkinaElena Doronina 54.38 53.64 54.08 53.83 3:35.93 +3.6510 12 Fabienne MeyerHanne Schenk 54.04 54.27 54.00 53.82 3:36.13 +3.8511 13 Paula WalkerKelly Thomas 54.19 53.58 54.47 53.94 3:36.18 +3.9012 8 Sabina HafnerCaroline Spahni 54.18 54.70 53.87 54.09 3:36.84 +4.56 13 16 Jessica GillarduzziLaura Curione 54.15 54.37 54.40 54.11 3:37.03 +4.7514 18 Elfje WillemsenEva Willemarck 54.27 54.40 54.64 54.17 3:37.48 +5.2015 17 Carmen RadenovicAlina Vera Savin 54.41 54.46 54.82 54.58 3:38.27 +5.9916 20 Manami HinoKonomi Asazu 54.64 54.78 54.65 54.31 3:38.38 +6.1017 19 Aoife HoeyClaire Bergin 55.04 54.49 54.73 54.58 3:38.84 +6.5618 15 Olga FedorovaYulia Timofeeva 54.40 55.21 54.40 57.39 3:41.40 +9.1219 21 Astrid Loch-WilkinsonCecilia McIntosh 54.85 54.66 55.16 10 Nicola MinichielloGillian Cooke 53.85 53.73 55.87 3 Cathleen MartiniRomy Logsch 53.28 53.32 53.39

References

External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's (heat 1), from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-24. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's (heat 2), from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-24. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's (heat 3), from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-24. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Women's (heat 4), from https://web.archive.org/web/20091025194336/http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-24.