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Hollingsworth takes silver in Germany News Sports Entertainment Radio TV My Region Member Centre Login Sign UpHalifax (Shearwater) Change City9c Tomorrow0c Snow and blowing snow Hockey Headlines Scoreboard Standings Stats NHL Schedule Teams Players Hockey Night in Canada Highlights Fantasy Pool FIFA World Cup Vancouver Now Football Headlines CFL Scoreboard CFL Standings CFL Stats CFL Teams NFL Scoreboard NFL Standings NFL Stats NFL Teams NFL Players Video Alpine Skiing Curling Figure Skating Basketball NBA Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Basketball News Feed Baseball MLB Scoreboard Standings Stats Teams Players Baseball News Feed Soccer MLS Scoreboard MLS Standings International Stats Soccer News Feed Amateur Sports Golf Tennis Auto Racing Story Tools EMAIL PRINT Text Size S M L XL REPORT TYPO SEND YOUR FEEDBACK Hollingsworth takes silver in GermanyLast Updated Friday December 11 2009 134 PM ET The Canadian Press Canadas Mellisa Hollingsworth leads the overall World Cup skeleton standings (Matthew StockmanGetty Images) Canadian skeleton racer Mellisa Hollingsworth continued her podium streak Friday capturing her fourth straight World Cup medal of the seasonThe Eckville Alta native finished second to winner Kerstin Szymkowiak of Germany as racers battled cold weather and heavy snow in Winterberg GermanyHollingsworth 29 was fifth after the first run but rebounded in the second heat to finish with a total time of two minutes 522 secondsOne of Canadas medal hopefuls at Februarys Vancouver Olympics Hollingsworth has a gold and two bronze medals so far this seasonThat silver medal was like a gold for me today because I was standing beside Kerstin on the podium and it is her home track said Hollingsworth Winterberg is known as a bit of a crap shoot with the changing ice and weather conditions and you could see that today in the times It can feel like you had a great run and have no time at the bottom and vice versa but Im definitely happy with it todayOn the mens side Latvias Martins Dukurs won gold with a combined time of 15906 Germanys Frank Rommel was second in 15981 while Russias Alexander Tretiakov took the bronze with a time of 15987Szymkowiak had the two fastest runs to win in 20472 Svetlana Trunova of Russia finished third in 20549Leader of the packHollingsworth a bronze medallist at the 2006 Olympics leads the overall standings after four of eight events with 835 pointsThings are going really well for me right now but I do feel like I have a lot to draw on and learn over the next four World Cup races before the Olympics added HollingsworthI dont see this as pressure getting to the podium each week leading to the Olympics I know the work that is required each week to go out there and do my best and my goal is to finish No 1Michelle Kelly of Fort St John Alta finished in a tie for fourth with S...