Winterberg Race Results

Wonderful Winterberg Wonderland!

We had a great day today at the race. We had a group of friends (senior missionary couples) drive up from Friedrichsdorf to support and cheer on Noelle!

The impatient kids sneaking on the stage to steal the trophy and the stuffed animal!

Noelle was tied for 1st place with Lizzy Yarnold from Great Britain (FYI, she was also tied with Lizzy for 4th place last year in this race after the 1st run). Noelle moved in front of Lizzy last year to claim Bronze and this year Lizzy moved in front of Noelle leaving her with the Silver medal. She accomplished what she came out to do and that was her PR push of 5.51 seconds and making it into the top 3.
Great race and in the morning we are off to Switzerland for the next race on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. Germany time.

NEXT RACE: Winterberg World Cup #5

Next Race - Winterberg Germany

When:       This Saturday - January 4, 2014
Where:     Winterberg, Germany
Time:        5:45 a.m. & 7:15 a.m. MST, Heat Start Times
Start #:     Noelle starts 7th off
Watch Online:      Heat 1 on YouTube:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rf28N7m5Pok
                                           Heat 2 on YouTube:    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIMG8-QDC_Y

Insider Info

Noelle Pikus-Pace is feeling good this week. Her back has been healthy so far, she has a tender hamstring but is working through it carefully. Annie O'Shea - USA flew in for this race because Katie is trying to recover from her head injury from sliding preseason.

Olympic Qualification:

Noelle is in a good spot right now ranked 4th in the World and 1st in the US. The Olympic team is not officially named until after the Igls, Austria race on January 18th, but it would take some real opposition to keep her out right now.

Here are Noelle's past results here on the Winterberg track and the competitors to look out for in the race:

2004: Noelle Pikus-Pace 1st Place
2007: Noelle Pikus-Pace 3rd Place
2012: Noelle Pikus-Pace 3rd Place

Competitors to look out for:

Shelley Rudman -GBR
Anja Huber - GER
Melissa Hollingsworth - CAN
Lizzy Yarnold - GBR