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Amy Williams eyes Winter Olympic Skeleton gold for Britain

by Paul Conneally | February 19, 2010 at 02:02 am

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At the half-way point of the Winter Olympics womens skeleton event Britains Amy Williams has a lead which could see Team Great Britain achieving its first Winter Olympic Gold for 20 years.

Williams set a new track record and goes into tonight's final with a 0.30 second lead.

The US team lodged a protest about Williams' helmet design but this has now been thrown out by the Bobsleigh Federation.

This is 27-year-old Williams' first Olympics and she hopes to follow fellow Team GBR member Shelley Rudman to medal glory in the skeleton - Rudman scored silver in the last Winter Olympics.

Amy Williams has Britain's first individual Winter Olympics gold in 20 years in her sights after she set a new track record women's skeleton. The competition resumes in Whistler tonight with Williams holding the halfway lead