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Fire and Ice :British Women go for bobsleigh Gold at Winter Olympics

28 Jan 2010...There isn’t a single bobsleigh track in Britain, but bombing down a frozen chute at 90mph represents this country’s likeliest chance of success at the Winter Olympics.....

28 Jan 2010 ... It was already a ripping yarn before Gillian Cooke split her bodysuit and became a.
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Eye Problems and bare backsides fail to deter Britain's bobsleigh hopefuls

26 Jan 2010....The British Olympic Association has announced its biggest team for a winter Olympics since Albertville in 1992....

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Bobsleigh: Mini driver and Cooke, queens of the ice age
19 Apr 2009 ... Nicola Minichiello (front) and Gillian Cooke win the World Bobsleigh Championship in Lake Placid. Reuters. Nicola Minichiello (front) and ...
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Nicola Minichiello: Formula One champ on ice
5 Apr 2009 ... Alongside a muddy field in North Yorkshire, Nicola Minichiello is pushing a replica bobsleigh up and down a narrow
Times Online

Mentoring from Britain's bobsleigh team | Education | The Guardian
31 Mar 2009 ... Bob the confidence builder ... This year, Nicola Minichiello and Gill Cooke surprised almost everyone except themselves when they saw off ...
Guardian

Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke win World Bobsleigh
22 Feb 2009 ... With just under a year to go to the Winter Olympics Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke - with a little help from social networking site ...
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Nicola Minichiello claims Bobsleigh World Cup bronze - Telegraph
18 Feb 2009 ... Britain's hopes for medals at the Vancouver Winter Olympics that begin in less than a year have been given another boost after Nicola ...
www.telegraph.co.uk

Cooke jumps to it and wins bobsleigh gold
GILLIAN Cooke's success in the bobsleigh after starting in athletics is not the first gold medal victory in sporting diversification. ...
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Our Heroes 2009: Gillian Cooke went from bobsleigh champion to ...
20 Mar 2009 ... ATHLETE Gillian Cooke had never even been on a bobsleigh until September last year - five months later, she was crowned world champion in ...
Daily Record

Bobsleigh champions met on Facebook
A chance meeting on internet site Facebook took former athlete Gillian Cooke on a white-knuckle ride that culminated in her becoming a bobsleigh world ...
Eurosport!

Snow sports News: Cooke becomes Bobsleigh World Champion
Scottish brakeman Gillian Cooke and her driver Nicola Minniciello made history yesterday by becoming the first British women to take gold at the Bobsleigh ...
In the Winning Zone


Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke win bobsleigh World Cup medals
14 Jan 2009 ... BOBSLEIGH The British crew of Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke won their first World Cup medal of the season by taking silver at the ...
This is Bath

Is Gillian Cooke Scotland's answer to Rebecca Romero? .
Gillian Cooke is in her hotel room in Cesana, Italy. ... Since her first real taste of a real bobsled run, Cooke has represented Great Britain on the World ...
In the Winning Zone

Scots star Gillian Cooke sets sights on Olympic gold after wining
GILLIAN COOKE put the Olympics on her menu by being crowned women's bobsleigh world champion.
Daily Record

Bobsleigh: Cooke the golden girl
23 Feb 2009 ... Bobsleigh: Cooke the golden girl - WHEN Edinburgh long jumper Gillian Cooke was forced to curtail her athletic ambitions because of a foot ...
Scotsman

Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke win World Bobsleigh
Nicola Minichiello and Gillian Cooke have given Great Britain's winter sports squad a huge boost by winning the World Bobsleigh...
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