Bobsleigh at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Two-woman
| Two-woman at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
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Gold medalist Canada-1 team of Kaillie Humphries (driving sled) and Heather Moyse during the fourth run of the bobsleigh two-woman event on 24 February 2010.
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| Venue | Whistler Sliding Centre | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23–24 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 21 teams from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:32.28 | ||||||||||||
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Kaillie Humphries Heather Moyse |
 Canada
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Helen Upperton Shelley-Ann Brown |
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Erin Pac Elana Meyers |
 United States
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The two-woman bobsleigh competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, was held at the Whistler Sliding Centre in Whistler, British Columbia, on 20–21 February. The German team of Sandra Kiriasis and Anja Schneiderheinze (Schneiderheinze-Stöckel since 2007) were the defending Olympic champions in this event.Great Britain's team of Nicole Minichiello and Gillian Cooke were the defending world champions in this event. The test event held at the Olympic venue was won by the American duo of Shauna Rohbock and Elana Meyers. The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games took place in Igls, Austria (southeast of Innsbruck) on 22 January 2010 and was won by the American duo of Rohbock and Michelle Rzepka while Kiriasis won the overall World Cup.
While the IOC does not consider bobsled times eligible for Olympic records, the FIBT does maintain records for both the start and a complete run at each track it competes.
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