Noelle Pikus-Pace: "Dream come true" to win silver

Team USA's Noelle Pikus-Pace has said that it is "a dream come true" for her to win the silver medal in the women's skeleton event at the Winter Olympics.

The 31-year-old finished 0.97 seconds behind Great Britain's Lizzy Yarnold in second in Sochi.

"This is a dream come true for myself and my family," The AP quotes her as saying.

"Absolutely unbelievable. I stood up there at the start knowing this was my race and I knew I was just going to go for it."

Pikus-Pace came out of retirement in 2012.