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Canadian bobsledder Helen Upperton, on how she focused for competition.

Final words, from many places, on the Vancouver Games 2010

The way the ice is shaped — piled thick, though Canadian women's pilot Helen Upperton says it was even thicker before she and other racers from the host nation suggested changes a year ago — it makes it difficult for bobsleds to get through if they're not on the absolutely perfect line.

Olympic sliding track to get minor makeover 2010

Pac and push athlete Elana Meyers won bronze Wednesday with a four-run time of 3: 33.40, finishing behind gold medalist and Canada-1 pilot Kaillie Humphries (3: 32.28) and Canada-2 pilot Helen Upperton (3: 33.13).

USA's Pac gets bronze, Canada gold-silver, in women's bobsled 2010

Upperton and Rohbock, who is using Valerie Fleming as brakeman, finished 2-3 in World Cup, respectively.

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Dr. Tregear, commonly called "Old Trigger," lived at Upperton, a suburb of Eastbourne, and had accommodation for seventy boys, but during the whole time I remained there we never had more than fifty.

The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895

There was only one change, and at Upperton the pony-cart would be waiting for me.

Fifty-Two Stories For Girls 1888

With veteran Helen Upperton competing on a condensed schedule this year and Moyse taking the year off, Humphries hooked up Baadsvik to take the Canadian women's bobsled program on her shoulders.

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Moyse of Summerside and Humphries of Calgary tore up the Whistler Sliding Centre track at the 2010 Games en route to gold, finishing ahead of fellow Canadians Helen Upperton of Calgary and Shelley-Ann Brown of Pickering, Ont.

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But after dating a new sled in training, Calgary's Upperton gave Fernando another shot and the love affair that has regularly escorted Upperton to the winner's circle throughout her career, was quickly rekindled.

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Melissa Hollingsworth won gold in the women's skeleton, and in women's bobsled Kaillie Humphries and Emily Baadsvik won gold while teammates Helen Upperton and Shelly-Ann Brown took bronze.

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