Surprise silver for Shelley as Pedersen strikes gold

SHELLEY RUDMAN surged to an Olympic silver medal in her first full season last night with a sensational second run in the women’s skeleton at Cesana Pariol.

The 24-year-old Wiltshire girl produced the performance of her life to make up two places and more than a quarter-of-a-second on her two closest rivals.

Rudman, who was fastest in Wednesday’s final practice session, had finished the first run in fourth place but responded with a faultless performance to move into the medals.