Matt Weston wins Team GB’s first Winter Olympics gold medal in males’s skeleton
Matt Weston has secured Team GB’s first medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics as he scooped gold in the men’s skeleton.
The dual world champion had dominated from the beginning of the competition, setting track records in both of his first two runs at the Cortina Sliding Centre on Thursday (February 12).
He started the final two heats on Friday with a combined time of one minute 52.09s, 0.3s ahead of Axel Jungk, and quickly built on that advantage when setting another new best in clocking 55.63s for his third run.
That gave him a 0.39s advantage over Jungk going into the final heat and Weston made no mistake as he increased his margin of victory to 0.88s in his final run.
Jungk was second with fellow German Christopher Grotheer third.
(Image: AFP via Getty Images)
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