"It's a great feeling to have the steering connected to my hands now, not to mention that I'm sitting in a recliner," said Schaaf, a skeleton World Cup athlete that traded in her sled for the D-rings of a bobsled in 2007. "I think my experience sliding at the elite level in skeleton will carry over. I won't be less nervous, but I think I'll be more prepared. I want to be in the mix, and to be near the top girls in World Championships." Phoebe Burns (Lake Placid, N.Y.) teamed with Jamie Gruebel (Newtown, Pa.) for the silver medal with a total time of 3:54.71 after sliding runs of 58.45 and 58.42 today.
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