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Team GB secure first gold at 2026 Winter Olympics as Matt Weston wins men's singles skeleton
Matt Weston set four track records with flawless runs to claim Team GB's first gold at the 2026 Winter Olympics in skeleton, ending decades of near misses.
- On Friday, Matt Weston sealed victory after his final two runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre, becoming the first British man to win Olympic skeleton gold at Milano Cortina.
- A season of dominance left Weston as the reigning world champion who won five of the seven World Cup events this season and twice broke the Cortina track record on Thursday.
- On run three, Weston extended his lead over Germany's Axel Jungk to 0.39 seconds and completed a fourth track record and fourth perfect run as the clock struck 10pm in Cortina.
- Following several near-misses for Team GB, Weston becomes the third British Olympic skeleton champion, joining Amy Williams and Lizzy Yarnold, ending a tough week for British athletes.
- After the race, Weston said `It means a hell of a lot`, thanked National Lottery supporters, noted he had missed funerals and birthdays, and hoped he made his fiancée, family and friends proud.
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The men's skeleton at the Milan Cortina Olympics was won by Briton Matt Weston (3:43.33), ahead of Germans Axel Jungk (+0.88) and Christopher Grotheer (+1.07).
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