Competitive bobsledder Gillian Cooke tore the back of her spandex suit at a race in Switzerland exposing her rear-end. The incident happened live on television in January 2010 as Cooke squatted and stretched her legs before getting into the bobsleigh. The camera was positioned right behind Cooke and recorded the split pants just as it happened. The video of Cooke splitting her pants quickly became a popular video on YouTube. In the video, the announcer jokes that "Gillian Cooke will need a new race-suit for the weekend...it's a bit chilly there."http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/19/gillian-cookes-butt-expos_n_428597.html

Gillian Cooke, who hails from Edinburgh, Scotland, is a female bobsledder for the United Kingdom. The 27-year-old Cooke serves as a brakewoman for Team Minichiello, lead by driver Nicola Minichiello. Team Minchiello won a gold medal at the Bobsleigh World Championships in February of 2009. The win made Minichiello and Cooke the first women to win the title and the first British competitors to win the world bobsleigh championship since Robin Dixon and Tony Nash won the competition in 1965.http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/othersports/winter_sports/4780916/Nicola-Minichiello-and-Gillian-Cooke-win-World-Bobsleigh-championships.html Minichiello and Cooke will compete in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada.http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1244454/Bobsleigh-rider-Gillian-Cooke-shows-cheeky-splits-pants-World-Championships.htmlhttp://www.teamminichiello.co.uk/the-team.phtml

Before bobsledding, Cooke was a pole vaulter and long jumper who competed in the Commonwealth Youth Games.http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/athletics/6276395.stmhttp://www.teamminichiello.co.uk/gillian-cooke.phtml