US EditionFinally, it’s Flock! Austrian wins the Olympic women’s skeleton gold, avenging some near
- On Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, Austria's Janine Flock won women's skeleton gold in Cortina d'Ampezzo, completing four runs in 3 minutes, 49.02 seconds and celebrating with the Austrian national team flag.
- After a 2018 collapse that cost her a medal, Flock entered these Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at the Olympics or world championships.
- Flock's lead entering the final two runs was a mere 0.04 seconds over Susanne Kreher, Germany; going first in the third heat, Kreher led briefly but finished 0.21 seconds behind, with a final margin of three-tenths of a second.
- The 36-year-old Flock earned her first Olympic medal in four attempts, holding off Susanne Kreher and Jacqueline Pfeifer, who took bronze in 3:49.46 to become the second woman with two Olympic skeleton medals.
- It was a win about two decades in the making, and Flock, a three-time World Cup overall champion, holds 15 World Cup race wins and 45 World Cup medals.
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Flock triumphs as Austria breaks through in Olympic women's skeleton
CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy, Feb. 14 (Xinhua) -- Four-time Olympian Janine Flock became Austria's first Olympic gold medalist in skeleton and the oldest women's Olympic skeleton champion in history at the Milan-Cortina 2026 Winter Games here on Saturday.
Janine Flock was waiting for the last race from the front for eight years, but she didn't get a medal, now she improved. Prevc won with a perfect jump. Saturday's summary.
The German sleigh riders are still on a medal course: even faster than Susanne Kreher and Jacqueline Pfeifer was only the Austrian Janine Flock.
She won her first Olympic gold with a total time of 3:49.02 minutes.
Silver for Susanne Kreher, bronze for Jacqueline Pfeifer: Skeleton women are also clearing out at Olympia. There is a lot of technical tiffiness behind the success – and the fear of espionage in the ice channel.
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