Gold in Sochi!!! Pure Amazing

Noelle Pikus-Pace come home with the Gold Medal on the Olympic track in Sochi!

The last World Cup race of the 2012-2013 season took place last night in Sochi, Russia: The Olympic Test Event.  Noelle came from behind by .17 seconds and moved up from 2nd to 1st place by .11 seconds to claim the Gold Medal.

Watch her runs at the following links:

1st Run - Noelle is 3rd off (the beginning of the video)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3Deflp91gs
2nd Run - Noelle is 2nd to last off (41min 10 sec mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VAONTms5eCM

Sochi-The Final Race!

Women's skeleton world cup race:

February 15th, at 9:30 p.m. Friday night MST.
It will be live on YouTube at the following link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXuKnaTukb4&feature=g-user-lss

Noelle Pikus-Pace will be going off 3rd.  We are hoping for a top 6 finish.  She has had tractors and bulldozers running 24/7 outside her window, so she has had some rough nights and little sleep.  This unfortunately results in poor concentration in a sport where your reflexes need to be precise.

We have faith, Go Noelle!!

World Championships Silver! Congrats Noelle!!!

CONGRATULATIONS NOELLE TO YOUR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS SILVER MEDAL!!!

For a brief recap of the World Championships race in St. Moritz.  Noelle Pikus-Pace finished in 2nd after the 2 day event.  She posted the 2 fastest times on the 2nd day closing in on the lead.  The most important thing about her silver medal finish in this race, is this:  Noelle earned a bye onto the US World Cup team for the 2013-2014 season!

The kids and I returned home last week, along with Noelle's parents and sister Amanda, while Noelle continued onto her final race in Sochi, Russia.  They call this World Cup race the Olympic test event.  This race is scheduled to take place on Saturday, Feb 16 at 6:00 a.m. MST, but I just received news that the race may take place Friday night at 9:30 p.m. MST.  It should be live on Youtube as usual.

Please keep checking back, I will have the site updated no later than Friday with the official time.