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Recent skeleton News

Top 5 for Chaffer and Australians finish top 10 in World Cup standings

Friday, 10th February 2012

For the first time, two Australian sliders have finished the World Cup Skeleton season ranked in the world’s top ten.

Lucy Chaffer, who finished fifth in the final round at Calgary today, ended the eight-race series ranked seventh, with Emma Lincoln-Smith ranked ninth.

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Chaffer takes skeleton Silver medal in Whistler

Friday, 3rd February 2012

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Lucy Chaffer has taken the silver medal in the Skeleton World Cup race in Canada, finishing less than two tenths of a second behind local hero, Melissa Hollingsworth.

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) scholarship athlete was second fastest on both her runs in round six of the World Cup, held on the 2010 Olympic Winter Games track at Whistler.

Teammate, Emma-Lincoln Smith, had a difficult day, finishing in 17th place.

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Events in the next 7 Days

FIBT World Championships - Lake Placid, USA

Sunday, 26th February 2012

FIBT World Cup

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The AIS Skeleton program aims to provide elite scholarship athletes with a world class program opportunity including world's best coaching, team management and support services.

The program is supported by:

National Federation: Australian Bobsleigh and Skeleton Association Inc
Program Partners: Australian Olympic Committee, Australian Sports Commission, Australian Institute of Sport
Domestic Training Base: Australian Institute of Sport - Canberra

Performance highlights since the inception of the program include:

World Cup Medal in 2007 (Michelle Steele)
Fifth place at the World Championships in 2009 (Emma Lincoln-Smith)
World Junior Champion in 2006 (Melissa Hoar)
Three athletes achieved a World Cup top-10 and a World Cup top-10 ranking(Michelle Steele, Melissa Hoar, Emma Lincoln-Smith)