For Immediate Release:

Tuesday, January 3, 2006

Contact: Tom LaDue

Public and Media Relations Director

United States Bobsled and Skeleton Federation

(518) 523-1842 ext. 106

Burbank, California – The 2005 World Cup Skeleton Champion Noelle Pikus-Pace (Orem, Utah) will be appearing on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno on Tuesday night, January 3rd, 2006 at 11:30 pm eastern time. Pikus-Pace will be talking about her recovery from her broken leg back in October and the possibility of making it to the upcoming Olympic Games in Torino, Italy.

The women’s skeleton team has already secured one spot as a result of nations points and will be looking to secure a second spot following the next World Cup race in Konigssee, Germany. The women’s team is ranked fourth in the nations points and will need to have a strong performance in the World Cup race in Germany to earn a second spot in the women’s race as the top three nations earn two sleds in the Games.

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