Anne Abernathy, known by the nickname "Grandma Luge",[10] was 52 years old at the time of the Turin Olympics.[11] Abernathy was the oldest female athlete at these Olympics.[12] About her age, she said, "It's a big deal for a lot of women that someone over 50 is going out there and doing it."[13] She had represented the Virgin Islands at the five proceeding Winter Olympics.[14] She was forced out of the women's singles competition due to a broken wrist suffered in her fifth training run on 12 February.[12][13][15] Initially left off the start list entirely, a three-judge panel of the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on 17 February 2006 that she should officially be recorded as "Did Not Start".[9] The other female lugers gifted her a signed start number 31, with Michelle Despain of Argentina writing "Thank you for your example, Anne."[9] In the competition, the Germans swept the medals; Sylke Otto won gold; Silke Kraushaar-Pielach took the silver, and Tatjana Hüfner won the bronze.[16]