Person familiar with case: Second protest filed over gold medalist Amy Williams’ helmet

AP Source: 2nd protest filed on Williams’ helmet

WHISTLER, British Columbia — A person with direct knowledge of the case says a second protest has been filed about the helmet Britain’s Amy Williams used while sliding to the gold medal in the Olympic women’s skeleton competition.

The person tells The Associated Press that the protest filed less than an hour after Williams clinched her gold medal on Friday night is “more detailed” than the one denied a day earlier by the International Federation of Bobsleigh and Tobogganing.

The FIBT did not immediately say when it would hear the latest protest.

A bloc of nations, including the United States, are arguing that Williams’ helmet does not conform to aerodynamic standards.

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WHISTLER, British Columbia (AP) — Amy Williams has won the gold medal in women’s skeleton, becoming Britain’s first individual Winter Olympic champion since figure skater Robin Cousins 30 years ago.

Williams finished four runs at the Whistler Sliding Center in 3 minutes, 35.64 seconds. Germany’s Kerstin Szymkowiak won the silver, and another German, Anja Huber, won the bronze.

Williams raced with a helmet that had ridges — spoilers, the technical term — along the top, something that a bloc of nations including the United States argued was aerodynamically illegal.

Race officials denied a protest filed after Thursday’s first two runs of the two-day competition.