Skeleton_at_the_2010_Winter_Olympics_–_Men's
The men's skeleton event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, took place at the Whistler Sliding Centre on 18–19 February.[1] Canada's Duff Gibson was the defending Olympic champion.[2] Gibson retired after the 2006 Olympics. Switzerland's Gregor Stähli, the defending Olympic bronze medalist was the defending world champion,[3] but did not compete due to a thigh injury sustained during the World Cup event in Lake Placid, New York, on 20 November 2009.[4] The test event held at the venue was won by Jon Montgomery of Canada.[5] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games took place in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck), on 23 January 2010 and was won by Latvia's Martins Dukurs[6] who also won the overall World Cup title.[7]
Canada's Jon Montgomery took the gold medal, 0.07 seconds ahead of Latvia's Martins Dukurs who had been leading heading into the final run. Bronze was won by Aleksandr Tretyakov of Russia.