Without a driver two months before the 2002 Games in Salt Lake City, brakeman Vonetta Flowers eventually landed in the USA-2 sled with Jill Bakken. With the hype surrounding gold-medal favorite USA-1, driven by Jean Prahm (née Racine), Bakken/Flowers wasn't expected to generate much hype. But that all changed when the pair set a track record of 48.81 seconds on the first run, taking a substantial lead of .29 of a second. They kept their lead after the second run, giving Flowers the disti... More >