A bone of contention

It's been a veritable gold rush in the last 24 hours; Christine Nesbitt and Jon Montgomery picked up Canada's third and fourth gold medals in the women's 1000m speed skating and men's skeleton - the event where the competitors plunge headfirst down the bobsled run on what is basically a tea tray - respectively, whilst Britain reached the top of the podium for the first time through Amy Williams' wonderful run (or should that be slide?) in the women's skeleton....a random thought: do you think a forensic anthropologist could tell the gender of a dead competitor just by looking at the skeleton?

My loyalties face a stern test in the next couple of hours though as the Canadian skeleton team have lodged a protest over Williams' helmet, claiming that it is too aerodynamic and hence illegal. The protest is likely to be thrown out and no Canadians can actually benefit as a result - the best placed Canuck was only fifth - but were it to succeed I might have to question my citizenship application and perhaps my entire future in the country.

I'd miss my Tims though, so maybe I'll let this one slide.......did you see what I did there? Slide...skeleton racing...

Never mind.