British slider Shelley Rudman was fourth place after the first run in the women's Olympic skeleton competition in Cesana.A sensational second run pushed her into medal contention.The 24-year-old from Wiltshire finished in a time of two minutes, 1.49 seconds - 1.23 seconds behind Swiss champion Maya Pedersen.Also today, Britain's men's curlers beat Germany 7-6, and Rhona Martin's British women's team beat Russia 10-4.16 February 2006
