Britain won the first Olympic mixed skeleton title with Matt Weston and Tabitha Stoecker taking gold in Milan Cortina.

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Janine Flock finished the job, and a gold medal finally sways from her neck. The Austrian slider who came into these Milan Cortina Games winless in 16 all-time appearances at either the Olympics or the world championships got the biggest win of her long and legendary career on Saturday night.

Austrian Janine Flock finally wrapped up Olympic women's skeleton gold aged 36 on Saturday, eight years after throwing away victory and four years after struggling badly. "I can’t believe it, it doesn’t feel real right now.

Matt Weston landed gold alongside Tabby Stoecker to become double Olympic champion; he picked up his first gold in the mens skeleton before making it double with Stoecker in the mixed team event; West

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When Matt Weston woke up in the Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo on Saturday morning, the first thing he did was check the drawer beside his bed. “I was like, ‘Still there? A dream?’ I had a little look and made sure.

Supporters packed The Crab Barn early Friday morning for a watch party cheering on Olympic skeleton athlete Mystique Ro as she competed on the world stage.