From Calgary, Canada
If either Shelley Rudman or Marion Thees win today, they automatically win the 8-round World Cup, and the other slider can do nothing about it. Rudman has done her part, finishing heat 1 in a three-way tie for the second with Canadian Mellisa Hollingsworth and German Anja Huber. Thees is .36 out with a very disappointing first run and currently sits 11th.
World junior champion Lizzy Yarnold is the leader, well ahead of the three-way tie for second. Rounding out the top 5 is Canada’s Amy Gough. She’s got a handful of sliders including Lucy Katherine Chaffer, Americans Katie Uhlaender and Anne O’Shea and teammate Sarah Reid.
| Pos | Name | Nation | Draw | Run 1 |
| 1 | Elizabeth Yarnold | GBR | 11 | 58.03 |
| 2 | Anja Huber | GER | 2 | 58.29 |
| 2 | Mellisa Hollingsworth | CAN | 5 | 58.29 |
| 2 | Shelley Rudman | GBR | 10 | 58.29 |
| 5 | Amy Gough | CAN | 3 | 58.41 |
| 6 | Lucy Katherine Chaffer | AUS | 4 | 58.45 |
| 7 | Katie Uhlaender | USA | 7 | 58.48 |
| 8 | Anne O’Shea | USA | 8 | 58.52 |
| 9 | Sarah Reid | CAN | 13 | 58.53 |
| 10 | Olga Potylitsina | RUS | 12 | 58.62 |
| 11 | Marion Thees | GER | 9 | 58.65 |
| 12 | Janine Flock | AUT | 16 | 58.74 |
| 13 | Lelde Priedulena | LAT | 21 | 58.88 |
| 14 | Emma Lincoln-Smith | AUS | 1 | 58.90 |
| 15 | Katharine Eustace | NZL | 14 | 58.91 |
| 16 | Katharina Heinz | GER | 6 | 58.92 |
| 17 | Nozomi Komuro | JPN | 18 | 58.98 |
| 18 | Olda Nikandrova | RUS | 17 | 59.03 |
| 19 | Marina Gilardoni | SUI | 20 | 59.07 |
| 20 | Maria Orlova | RUS | 15 | 59.15 |
| 21 | Joska Le Conte | NED | 19 | 59.34 |
| 22 | Barbara Hosch | SUI | 22 | 60.30 |
| 23 | Michaela Glaesser | CZE | 23 | 60.55 |
| 24 | Delia Andreea Ivas | ROM | 24 | 60.56 |
