Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Two-woman
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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.[1]
Two-woman at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Whistler Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
Dates | 23–24 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 21 teams from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:32.28 | ||||||||||||
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Going into the event, the German team of Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze (Schneiderheinze-Stöckel since 2007) were the reigning 2006 Olympic Champions,[2] while Great Britain's team of Nicole Minichiello and Gillian Cooke were the reigning 2009 World Champions.[3] The February 2009 test event held at the Olympic venue was won by the American duo of Shauna Rohbock and Elana Meyers.[4] 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 Rzepka[5] while Kiriasis had finished on top of the overall 2009–10 World Cup season standings.[6]