Canadian Mellissa Hollingsworth won World Cup gold on Thursday at a skeleton track that has plagued her since a disappointing fifth place finish at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.

Some of the world's top bobsledders, lugers and skeleton racers are in Sochi this week testing out the new sliding track for the 2014 Winter Olympics. Safety has been a major concern throughout the construction of the track, especially after the death of Georgian luge athlete Nodar Kumaritashvili in a training run at the facility used for sliding at the 2010 Vancouver Games.