On this day in 2010: Amy Williams claims skeleton gold at Winter Olympics
Britain's Amy Williams during the Women's Skeleton Run three during the 2010 Winter Olympics at the Vancouver Olympic Centre, Vancouver, Canada
AMY WILLIAMS tamed Canada’s notorious Whistler track on this day in 2010 to claim skeleton gold and become Britain’s first individual Winter Olympic gold medallist in 30 years.
On a course where Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritashvili tragically died the previous week, Williams steered four near-perfect runs to claim victory by over half a second.
Kerstin Szymkowiak took silver a full 0.56 seconds behind Williams, while her Germany team-mate Anja Huber earned the remaining podium place with bronze.
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