Matt Weston cements his status as the best skeleton racer in the world, making history by winning Olympic gold in emphatic fashion in Cortina and securing Team GB’s first medal of the 2026 Winter Games.

Matt Weston wins gold for Great Britain in the men’s skeleton and Ilia Malinin finishes in a shock eighth place in the men’s figure skating final

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Team GB's Matt Weston steps up to the podium to receive his men's skeleton gold medal at the 2026 Winter Olympics.

The reigning world champion and World Cup winner withstood all the pressure to break the Cortina track record four times in a row on his way to becoming Britain’s first ever men’s skeleton Olympic cha

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It was a stunning response from Weston who went to Cortina as a big favourite for gold after dominating the World Cup season, winning five of the seven races, with the other two going to his Great Britain team-mate Marcus Wyatt, who finished a disappointing ninth.

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