Diario Folk/Sports/Rio Grandina Nicole Silvera finishes in a historic 16th place at the Skeleton World Championships

She was born in Rio Grande and has been living in Canada since childhood. Nicole SilveraFriday, 28, wrote another unpublished chapter for Brazil in winter sports. As a skeletal athlete, she finished the World Championships in 16th place, the best position for a country representative in the history of this competition.

In St. Moritz, Switzerland, Nicole finished the second day of the snowfall in the same position as the first. In total, he added a time of 4min 38sec51. Germany’s Susanne Kreher was crowned champion, 4m33s57, a hundred ahead of Dutch runner-up Kimberly Bos. The one who completed the podium was the Canadian Mirella Rahvina. It is worth remembering: 32 athletes competed in the World Cup.

rio-grandina continues to improve its performance: in 2019 it ranked 25th; in 2020, the twenty-fourth; And in 2021, 17. At the Beijing Winter Olympics last year, Nicole Silvera ranked 13. She started doing skeleton sports in 2018, at the age of 24. Before that, try another snowboarding sport, bobsledding. Professionally, in Canada, the athlete balances between sports and work as a nurse.

The skeleton

Played individually, skeleton is one of the most extreme winter sports. In competitions, the athlete takes off on a sled and heads towards the track. He makes two to four touchdowns and whoever has the shortest total time wins.

Like bobsleigh, the sport has its origins in the 19th century, with sleds becoming popular as a means of transportation in the mountains. Germany, Austria, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and Canada are some of the countries that stand out in the major international competition, but the method is growing and expanding into other countries, such as South Korea, Australia, and Brazil itself.