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"Steven Holcomb\u00A0(Park City, Utah)\u00A0continued his dominance of the men\u2019s bobsled World Cup circuit after winning today\u2019s four-man bobsled event in Lake Placid. Holcomb teamed with\u00A0Curt Tomasevicz\u00A0(Shelby, Neb.),\u00A0Steve Langton\u00A0(Melrose, Mass.) and\u00A0Chris Fogt\u00A0(Alpine, Utah) to finish the first half of the season 7-for-7.Are you using your WPTZ mobile app? If so, click here to watch the video.\u00A0\u201CIf you told me that I would have won everything a month ago, I would have thought you were crazy,\u201D Holcomb said. \u201CIt is surreal and a little overwhelming.\u201DThe USA-1 push crew powered the Night Train2\u00A0off the start with the fastest push times of the event, 4.96 and 4.97 seconds, to give Holcomb a head start down the hill.\u00A0 Holcomb put the team 0.20 seconds ahead of the field with a first run of 54.97 seconds. \u00A0Times in the second heat were inconsistent as snow continued to fall throughout the afternoon, and Holcomb\u2019s crew was the last team to take a final run.\u00A0 Holcomb had the fastest splits, but started to lose time as he descended the course.\u00A0 USA-1 clocked the third fastest time of the heat, 55.18 seconds, but held onto the lead by 0.07 seconds for gold.___________________Noelle Pikus-Pace\u00A0(Orem, Utah) descended the Lake Placid track for the last time in her career to secure a bronze medal in the shortened one-heat women\u2019s skeleton race. The race was postponed while the jury corrected a problem with the start groove, and after a one-hour delay the decision was made to shorten the competition to a single heat. Pikus-Pace is now tied for sixth with British athlete Shelley Rudman for all-time podium finishes, and she\u2019s moved up to fourth in overall season standings.\u201CI came out and just had fun,\u201D Pikus-Pace said. \u201CEvery time that the weather is involved, delays are happening, and the athletes get a little antsy. The nerves start getting high.\u00A0 For me this was just about getting out here, having some fun, and remembering why it is that I do this.\u00A0 I really did \u2013 I enjoyed my run, had a lot of fun.\u00A0 Now it\u2019s time to have a nice Christmas break with my family and to look forward to the second half.\u201DCourtesy: USBSF"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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