Great Britain at the 2010 Winter Olympics the women's skeleton. Williams became the first British gold medalist in an individual event at the Winter Olympics for thirty years, following Robin Cousins' victory in figure skating at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, and the first British female individual Winter Olympics gold medalist since Jeannette Altwegg in 1952. Shelley Rudman, Britain's only medalist at the 2006 Olympics, finished sixth in the women's event and her fiancé, Kristan Bromley, finished in the same position in the men's event. Cumulative time and standings given in brackets. Key: <nowiki>*</nowiki> New track records Four British snowboarders qualified for the Games.Ben Kilner
Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres naturally frozen ice. Yevgeny Grishin equalizied his own world record. Yevgeny Grishin set a new world record only six days before this event on the same venue. He equalizied his world record time and won the gold medal. Johnny Sands and Yuri Mikhaylov did not finish after a fall. Speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's 500 metres The 500 metres speed skating event was part of the speed skating at the 1956 Winter Olympics programme. The competition was held on naturally frozen ice on the Lake Misurina. It was held on Saturday, 28 January 1956, and started