Gb Clinch Two Skeleton Golds In World Cup Opener

Great Britain's Matt Weston kicked disconnected his skeleton World Cup run successful cleanable manner by winning Friday's opening title of nan play successful Cortina.

The 28-year-old vanished 0.15 seconds up of Austria's Samuel Maier successful Italy aft nan 2 runs to gain his 10th World Cup golden medal.

Later connected Friday, British brace Tabby Stoecker and Marcus Wyatt triumphed successful nan squad title pinch a mixed clip of 2 minutes 1.23 seconds.

That near them 5 hundredths of a 2nd clear of Germany's Jacqueline Pfeifer and Axel Jungk and 2 tenths up of Austria's Janine Flock and Maier astatine nan venue which will big February's Olympic Winter Games.

Stoecker, who was 5th successful nan women's arena conscionable anterior to nan squad competition, was nan fastest female successful nan title successful a clip of 1 infinitesimal 1.31 seconds, while Wyatt was conscionable ninth hundredths from nan fastest men's clip of nan nighttime successful 59.92 seconds.

Earlier, Weston's commencement times of 4.78 and 4.76 seconds were only 24th and 18th quickest successful nan pack, leaving him pinch a struggle to make nan podium.

But two-time world champion Weston made up nan shortage done nan 16-corner track, to triumph pinch a clip of 1 infinitesimal 53.84 seconds and declare his 21st podium decorativeness successful his past 25 races.

"I'm delighted pinch that win. It's been a tricky pre-season pinch nan wounded truthful to travel present and do that is simply a monolithic boost," said Weston.

A hamstring wounded meant Weston missed a pre-season training campy successful Norway.

"I'm not capable to push astatine anyplace adjacent my accustomed gait but I consciousness for illustration I've really clicked pinch nan way and that showed," said Weston.

"To commencement 24th and past 18th but still get nan triumph proves that my sliding was connected point, moreover though I've missed retired connected a batch of crystal clip because of nan injury.

"It's been an unthinkable 2 aliases 3 weeks present - it's an astonishing venue and a really absorbing way - and I'm already looking guardant to trying to lucifer today's consequence erstwhile we travel backmost for nan large one," said Weston.

"I cognize that this consequence won't mean thing travel nan Olympics but it's a awesome measurement to commencement nan play and it will decidedly springiness maine assurance erstwhile we travel backmost present successful February."

The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics will return spot successful Italy, from 6-22 February 2026.