Natalie Nicholson voted sexiest woman of the 2010 Olympic curling tournament

Assisted by an apparent coordinated effort by supporters of Celtic football club in Scotland (!), American lead Natalie Nicholson is the surprise runaway winner of our Olympic curling poll. There were many twists and turns during the course of the voting, with Denmark's Madeleine Dupont taking an early lead, while Nicholson failed to secure a single vote in the early days. But once the Nicholson juggernaut got underway, Dupont started to fade quite badly, and her Danish team-mate Camilla Jensen began to look like the best bet to deny Nicholson the crown. Indeed, Jensen did briefly sneak into the lead, but then there was another huge influx of Celtic-fans-for-Nicholson (beats me), at which point the lead became unassailable. Jensen did however secure second place, holding on in spite of a late flurry of votes for Switzerland's Carmen Schäfer - probably a reflection of the fact that Switzerland reached the medal matches and Denmark did not. Scotland's Eve Muirhead (nominally representing Great Britain for the purposes of the Olympics) followed up her third place in last year's World Championships poll by pipping Madeleine Dupont for fourth place.

Hear are the full results. As the number of votes cast was so huge this time round, I've listed the actual number of votes for each woman, rather than percentages -

1 Natalie Nicholson (USA) 188
2 Camilla Jensen (Denmark) 151
3 Carmen Schäfer (Switzerland) 143
4 Eve Muirhead (Great Britain) 97
5 Madeleine Dupont (Denmark) 94
6 Cheryl Bernard (Canada) 37
7 Ludmila Privivkova (Russia) 36
= Melanie Robillard (Germany) 36
9 Nicole Joraanstad (USA) 34
10 Anna le Moine (Sweden) 28
11 Eva Lund (Sweden) 24
12 Anna Sidorova (Russia) 21
13 Janine Greiner (Switzerland) 20
14 Ekaterina Galkina (Russia) 17
15 Debbie McCormick (USA) 16
16 Denise Dupont (Denmark) 15
17 Margarita Fomina (Russia) 14
18 Jackie Lockhart (Great Britain) 12
19 Anna Ohmiya (Japan) 11
= Carmen Küng (Switzerland) 11
21 Stella Heiß (Germany) 10
22 Kajsa Bergström (Sweden) 9
= Angelina Jensen (Denmark) 9
24 Allison Pottinger (USA) 8
= Ane Hansen (Denmark) 8
26 Lorna Vevers (Great Britain) 7
27 Mirjam Ott (Switzerland) 6
= Mari Motohashi (Japan) 6
29 Anette Norberg (Sweden) 4
= Susan O'Connor (Canada) 4
31 Wang Bingyu (China) 3
= Kelly Wood (Great Britain) 3
33 Kotomi Ishizaki (Japan) 2
= Nkeiruka Ezekh (Russia) 2
35 Cathrine Lindahl (Sweden) 1
= Corinna Scholz (Germany) 1
= Mayo Yamaura (Japan) 1
= Moe Meguro (Japan) 1
= Irene Schori (Switzerland) 1
= Tracy Sachtjen (USA) 1

An astonishing 753 sets of votes were cast in total - but as multiple voting was permitted, the number of individual votes cast adds up to far more.

We also ran two other Winter Olympic-themed polls. Here are the results -

Sexiest woman of 2010 Olympic ice dance

1 Tessa Virtue (Canada) 16
2 Sinead Kerr (Great Britain) 13
3 Tanith Belbin (USA) 10
4 Nora Hoffmann (Hungary) 7
= Oksana Domnina (Russia) 7
6 Penny Coomes (Great Britain) 4
7 Isabelle Delobel (France) 2
= Vanessa Crone (Canada) 2
= Anna Cappellini (Italy) 2
= Emily Samuelson (USA) 2
11 Allison Reed (Georgia) 1
= Nathalie Pechalat (France) 1

35 sets of votes were cast in total.

Hottest woman of 2010 Olympic ladies' figure skating event

1 Kiira Korpi (Finland) 10
2 Sonia Lafuente (Spain) 7
3 Sarah Meier (Switzerland) 5
4 Joannie Rochette (Canada) 4
= Laura Lepisto (Finland) 4
6 Julia Sebestyen (Hungary) 3
7 Ksenia Makarova (Russia) 2
= Elene Gedevanishvili (Georgia) 2
= Isabelle Pieman (Belgium) 2
10 Cynthia Phaneuf (Canada) 1
= Miki Ando (Japan) 1
= Anna Jurkiewicz (Poland) 1
= Kim Yu-Na (South Korea) 1

25 sets of votes were cast in total.

Poll : Hottest Woman of the 2010 Olympic Ladies' Figure Skating Competition

As promised, here is the third of our Winter Olympic-related polls. As with the curling and ice dance polls, all of the competitors in the ladies' singles event are included. Here is the full list -

Kiira Korpi (Finland)
Laura Lepisto (Finland)
Cynthia Phaneuf (Canada)
Joannie Rochette (Canada)
Elena Glebova (Estonia)
Julia Sebestyen (Hungary)
Mao Asada (Japan)
Akiko Suzuki (Japan)
Miki Ando (Japan)
Cheltzie Lee (Australia)
Isabelle Pieman (Belgium)
Miriam Ziegler (Austria)
Liu Yan (China)
Elene Gedevanishvili (Georgia)
Anastasia Gimazetdinova (Uzbekistan)
Sarah Meier (Switzerland)
Mirai Nagasu (USA)
Rachael Flatt (USA)
Tugba Karademir (Turkey)
Sonia Lafuente (Spain)
Teodora Postic (Slovenia)
Ivana Reitmayerova (Slovakia)
Ksenia Makarova (Russia)
Alena Leonova (Russia)
Anna Jurkiewicz (Poland)
Kwak Min-Jung (South Korea)
Kim Yu-Na (South Korea)
Carolina Kostner (Italy)
Jenna McCorkell (Great Britain)
Sarah Hecken (Germany)

As with the other Winter Olympic polls, you can vote for more than one favourite if you wish. Oh, and in case you're wondering, you can find the voting form by scrolling down the page!

Curling poll update (Monday afternoon) : Midway through the voting, an incredible 465 sets of votes have been cast - that's already about two-and-a-half times as many as we had for last year's world championship poll. Having not received a single vote in the early stages, American lead player Natalie Nicholson has stormed into first place, although she still has Danish counterpart Camilla Jensen on her tail. Early leader Madeleine Dupont is now trailing somewhat in third place, and is in danger of being overtaken by British skip Eve Muirhead (who finished third in last year's world championship poll). Switzerland's Carmen Schäfer (second last year) is in fifth place.

Poll : Sexiest Woman of 2010 Olympic Ice Dance Competition

As a complement to our curling poll, here is the first of a couple more Winter Olympic-themed polls. The ice dance competition gets underway tomorrow, and you can vote for any of the twenty-three female competitors. To find the voting form, scroll down to below the curling poll. Here is the full list of contenders -

Sinead Kerr (Great Britain)
Penny Coomes (Great Britain)
Nathalie Pechalat (France)
Isabelle Delobel (France)
Oksana Domnina (Russia)
Jana Khokhlova (Russia)
Ekaterina Bobrova (Russia)
Cathy Reed (Japan)
Tessa Virtue (Canada)
Vanessa Crone (Canada)
Huang Xintong (China)
Anna Zadorozhniuk (Ukraine)
Federica Faiella (Italy)
Anna Cappellini (Italy)
Nora Hoffmann (Hungary)
Christina Beier (Germany)
Allison Reed (Georgia)
Meryl Davis (USA)
Emily Samuelson (USA)
Tanith Belbin (USA)
Alexandra Zaretsky (Israel)
Irina Shtork (Estonia)
Kamila Hájková (Czech Republic)

As with the curling poll, you can vote for more than one favourite. Vote wisely!

Curling poll update (early Thursday morning) : In the early stages of voting, Danish team-mates Camilla Jensen and Madeleine Dupont hold a joint lead with twenty-nine votes apiece, with Switzerland's Carmen Schaefer in third with twenty votes. Doubtlessly all three have been assisted by their nude appearances in Ana Arce's series of curling calendars!